An optical illusion is a visual phenomenon where our perception of thinking about an image differs from objective reality. These optical illusions occur due to the brain's attempt to interpret complex ...

LAGOS, NIGERIA, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Lagos' bustling streets have become a canvas for bold murals and vibrant graffiti as the city hosts its first Street Art Festival. The 'Legendary Lagos: City of ...

It’s always amazing, and more than a little humbling, when the universe reminds us that our “common sense” is provincial, falling apart on cosmic scales. If you’re on the surface of Earth—and I’m ...

Duping a guppy is easier than duping a ring dove — at least when it comes to a classic optical illusion. In the Ebbinghaus illusion, two identical circles placed side by side are each framed by a set ...

3D screens have really struggled to take off. Neither bulky 3D televisions that require cheap-looking glasses nor VR headsets have ever caught on in the mainstream. Movies projected in 3D have ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — Artists from around Michigan and beyond are slated to descend upon downtown Ann Arbor, turning Main Street into an open-air gallery for a day. Ann Arbor’s first-ever Street Art ...

When light, angle, and timing team up, reality bends and your eyes happily play along. This gallery rounds up 20 delightfully tricky illusions where shadows acr like props, patterns flip foregrounds, ...

An unusual museum balances on a complicated swoop of a busy corner of imperial Budapest dressed with stacked ranks of aluminum crowd-control handrails. It is within a short riverside taxi drive from ...

Claire Owens crawled under a table and stuck her head through an opening — making it appear that her head was in a bowl, in which her mom, Kimberly Owens, pretended to toss a salad. The exhibit, ...

The Best Illusion of the Year contest offers researchers, and participants, an opportunity to explore the gaps and limits of human perception. By Katrina Miller Take a look at this video of a waiting ...