Pulling a rabbit from a top hat. Teleporting from one cage to another. Finding a coin behind a five-year-old’s ear. Magic has long inspired a sense of awe and wonder, but one portion of the population ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Magicians use a lot of psychology to trick you during a performance. (Getty Images) (Getty Images/iStockphoto) The exploits of any ...

People's perceptions of magic tricks and why they are effective are often in direct contrast to how magicians feel their performances are being received by their audiences, new research has suggested.

Magic is one of the oldest forms of entertainment, and much of its enchantment is said to rely on the audience not knowing how the tricks are done. However, while magicians swear to keep their secrets ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Joining us on Eyewitness News Saturday Morning were Michael Chaut and Todd Robbins, who have been showcasing their magic for years in Greenwich Village. Their Off-Broadway ...

Magic tricks make the impossible seem possible. Magicians have long captivated audiences with visual tricks, such as pulling a bunny from a hat or sawing someone in half, but tricks that rely on sound ...

Ibitoye Kingfahd, also known as "FaddotheGreat", performed more than 1,200 tricks during the show, making him a Guinness World Record holder for the longest magic show.

Salem, Mass., is where Harry Houdini famously escaped from a jail cell in 1906, and at least since then, the town has attracted magicians. But lately, enrollment in Salem's historic magic society has ...

SCOTIA, NY -- It seems the trick to getting out of a traffic ticket is knowing a little bit of magic. At least, that may be how Steven Brundage got out of a ticket when he was pulled over in upstate ...

The exploits of any paranormal detective — from Sherlock Holmes to Scooby-Doo — will tell you that the mysterious and the magical always have an explanation grounded in science. (Take the Victorian ...