The world’s best new illusions are available for your vote! Read about the science behind them here!
October 4, 2017 — Stephen L. Macknik
Worldwide voting will take place on the contest’s Web site, from 4 P.M. EDT on October 4 to 4 P.M. EDT on October 5. Help us choose the top three winners!
October 3, 2017 — Susana Martinez-Conde
Worldwide voting will take place on the contest’s website, from 4pm EDT on October 4th to 4pm EDT on October 5th. Help us choose the top three winners!
September 29, 2017 — Susana Martinez-Conde
Worldwide voting will take place on the contest’s Web site, from 4 P.M. Eastern time on October 4 to 4 P.M. ET on October 5. Help us choose the top three winners!
September 15, 2017 — Susana Martinez-Conde
Just as art engenders emotion, science communication must identify and develop emotional connections with the public
August 12, 2017 — Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen L. Macknik
A team of researches changed people’s races in a full-body virtual reality immersion experiment
June 18, 2017 — Stephen L. Macknik
You don’t understand mirrors as well as you think...
May 14, 2017 — Susana Martinez-Conde
David Byrne’s musical at The Public Theater is an achievement rich in sensory stimulation and delightful deception...
April 21, 2017 — Stephen L. Macknik
Contestants are invited to submit one-minute videos featuring novel illusions of all sensory modalities (visual, auditory, etcetera) and/or cognitive nature. The top three winners will receive: $3,000 for first place, $2,000 for second place and $1,000 for third place
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March 21, 2017 — Susana Martinez-Conde
These 17th-century plays resonate the fundamental, timeless, question of human existence: How can we know that life is not a dream?
February 22, 2017 — Stephen L. Macknik
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