Facing a society that was suspicious of innovations in math and science, scholars in early modern Europe resorted to illusion and magic to introduce legitimate new technologies, according to Anthony ...

If you are not familiar with the strange, semisecret world of modern conjuring you may be surprised to know that there are thousands of entertaining tricks with cards, dice, coins, and other objects ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X America’s Got Talent contestant Tom London performed a pretty mind-blowing trick that combined a ...

The event - held on Wednesday 29th August - celebrated 250 years of Circus, and brought together exhibitors sharing everything from stilt walking to the science of wonder. QMUL Maths students Ben ...

Freely available to any school in England, the Manual exposes the secrets behind street magic, close-up and stage tricks, revealing the varied and exciting everyday uses for the mathematics powering ...

Math has a certain logic to it. If you use it to accurately describe a situation, sometimes you can predict the inevitable — for instance, the moment an eclipse will take place — centuries in advance.

A game of Magic: The Gathering begins well before players lay down their first card. As a collectible card game, Magic requires competitive players to select the optimal deck of cards based on how ...

Participants play a Magic: The Gathering card game during a weekly tournament at The Uncommons, a hobby shop in New York City. A game of Magic: The Gathering begins well before players lay down their ...