Discover an incredible illusion drawing that creates the appearance of a mysterious hole opening in the sky. This realistic artwork combines creative pencil sketching, detailed shading, and ...

Sometimes things are not what they seem. They become poetic thanks to optical illusions. Have a look at this collection of ...

Many prey species have eyespot markings that are believed to ward off predators. But how, and does a predator's angle of approach make them less effective? Dr. Hannah Rowland and Dr. John Skelhorn ...

In the must-see video above, clever optical illusion bird sculptures created by artist Thomas Deininger were displayed at Florida’s Art Miami contemporary art fair this December, footage filmed at the ...

If you’ve looked up at the night sky in the last week or so, you may have noticed two bright objects moving steadily closer together. The objects you’re seeing aren’t stray high-altitude balloons or ...

Optical illusions are older than you think. The first optical illusions date back to 20,000 BC and were seen in caves. Nowadays they are found all over the place – on screens, in books and even in ...

A couple of years ago an optical illusion came along and almost broke our site. Over three million people read an article about the most dizzying illusion ever to grace our screens – the rotating ...

Optical illusions aren’t just playful tricks. They often hint at how your brain works beneath the surface. Take this puzzle, for instance. It is one of the most amusing optical illusions in psychology ...

AI models designed to create images from text descriptions can make optical illusions that look like different objects depending on how they are viewed. Daniel Geng at the University of Michigan and ...

If you have never seen an optical illusion, it is an image that makes you see things differently than they actually are. Optical illusions trick your eyes into believing you see something that is not ...

Have you ever felt that a person in a portrait is watching you, their eyes following you about a room? This optical illusion is known as the Mona Lisa effect, after Leonardo da Vinci’s famously ...