A Magician Who Ate A Light Bulb Was Just Charged With Robbing Six Banks
A magician famous for eating a light bulb in fewer than 34 seconds couldn't find his way out of handcuffs this week. Robert Williams was captured Wednesday in connection with a string of Brooklyn bank...
View ArticleDavid Blaine Gets 'Electrified' By One Million Volts In Latest Stunt
David Blaine, the American stuntman, climbed onto a podium in New York to begin his latest feat: standing in the middle of a one million-volt lightening storm. He's frozen himself in a giant block of...
View ArticleHow To Extract DNA At Home
Magicians need to resort to trick props to pull a rabbit out of a hat.But we pulled DNA out of a banana with nothing more than a few household ingredients during a Scientific American Google Hangout on...
View ArticleHow The 'Now You See Me' Cast Were Transformed Into Magic Experts
How can a showy magic act known as the Four Horsemen (Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco) convince a Las Vegas crowd—let alone the FBI and Interpol—that they just teleported a...
View ArticleKanye West, Ricky Gervais, Bryan Cranston, And Will Smith Freak Out Over...
Illusionist and endurance artist David Blaine has a history of doing some pretty freaky things in the name of entertainment — last year, he purposely got electrocuted by one million volts.Blaine is...
View ArticleDavid Blaine's Card Trick Thoroughly Freaks Out Harrison Ford
Magician David Blaine's latest TV special on ABC, "David Blaine: Real or Magic," had the illusionist hopping from celeb to celeb, dazzling stars like Ricky Gervais, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Kanye with...
View ArticleHandcuffs Used By Harry Houdini In The 'Chinese Water Torture Trick' Found
A pair of handcuffs which once belonged to Harry Houdini were found to have been altered to allow the legendary escapologist to easily unlock themThe secret behind Harry Houdini’s incredible escapes...
View ArticleHow An Industrial Designer Is Using Magic To Invent Amazing Objects
As a kid, Adrian Westaway loved two things: magic and making inventions. Now, as co-founder of a London-based design and invention studio called Special Projects, he has combined both of those hobbies...
View ArticleWatch this magician do all his magic tricks on an iPad
Ellen DeGeneres recently invited German magician Simon Pierro to appear on her talk show — and it will amaze you what this man can do with just an iPad.During his segment, Pierro pulls all sorts of...
View ArticleWhat magic tricks tell us about free will
Most of the time, when a magician asks you to "pick a card" she makes it feel as though you have a free choice, but you don't really.The authors of a new paper say this is a microcosm for many...
View ArticleStep inside the tiny Florida town that's known as the 'psychic capital of the...
At first glance, the tiny community of Cassadaga is nothing out of the ordinary. Nestled in in the heart of central Florida and surrounded by lakes and forest, the sleepy town may not seem like much —...
View ArticleDonald Trump blasts comedian who called him 'nutty' and mocked his ties
Real-estate magnate Donald Trump slammed another celebrity on Thursday: comedian and magician Penn Jillette.The Republican presidential candidate Trump wrote on Twitter that he heard Jillette's...
View ArticleA magician caused chaos at a Los Angeles hot dog stand with this Jedi trick
This "Star Wars" Jedi force trick freaked everyone out at an LA hot dog stand. It's amazing, and he won't reveal his secrets! Check it out.Produced By Matt Johnston. Video courtesy of Reuters.Follow...
View ArticleThis was Paul Daniels' most famous trick
Television magician and entertainer Paul Daniels has died aged 77 after being diagnosed with a brain tumour, his publicist confirmed Thursday.Daniels, whose wit and famous catchphrase "you'll like...
View ArticleA Magician Stands Directly In Front Of A Pro Golfer And Catches His Shot With...
This is old, but we found it on YouTube.It's a video of a magician doing various golf-related tricks with golfers.The coolest trick starts at the 40-second mark. The magician tells golfer Paul Lawrie...
View ArticleA neuroscientist explains how magicians deceive us
Neuroscientist Susana Martinez-Conde, ,author of "Sleights of Mind," explains how magicians are so good at deceiving us. The key is distraction.Follow BI Video: On TwitterJoin the conversation about...
View ArticleA Magician Who Ate A Light Bulb Was Just Charged With Robbing Six Banks
A magician famous for eating a light bulb in fewer than 34 seconds couldn't find his way out of handcuffs this week.Robert Williams was captured Wednesday in connection with a string of Brooklyn bank...
View ArticleDavid Blaine Gets 'Electrified' By One Million Volts In Latest Stunt
David Blaine, the American stuntman, climbed onto a podium in New York to begin his latest feat: standing in the middle of a one million-volt lightening storm.He's frozen himself in a giant block of...
View ArticleHow To Extract DNA At Home
Magicians need to resort to trick props to pull a rabbit out of a hat.But we pulled DNA out of a banana with nothing more than a few household ingredients during a Scientific American Google Hangout on...
View ArticleHow The 'Now You See Me' Cast Were Transformed Into Magic Experts
How can a showy magic act known as the Four Horsemen (Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco) convince a Las Vegas crowd—let alone the FBI and Interpol—that they just teleported a...
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