The Escher Loop optical illusion creates a staircase that appears endlessly climbable yet never reaches a higher point. Using ...

Illusions teach us how our brain constructs a three-dimensional reality using 2-D images. Optical illusions are fun, but they can also teach us a lot about how our brains work. In particular, how our ...

Writing about the past is influenced not just by the data but also by the cultural frameworks and cognitive inclinations of ...

Warning: This optical illusion might give you a headache. At a glance, the swirls of tilted black-and-white squares create the perception of a spiral. Look more closely and you realize that the ...

Forget the black and blue dress – this photo of an unassuming building is the latest image to demonstrate just how sophisticated our brains are at viewing the colours we see around us. The strange ...

In this challenge, mind-bending acrobat illusions are explained simply. ‘Americans are going to feel it’: Bessent forecasts ...

After a decades-long career, Bob Mackie is getting the documentary treatment. The famed designer and costumier is the subject of the forthcoming documentary “Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion,” spotlighting ...