Last August Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt noticed something strange while he was looking at a flight map on his phone. As his eye traced the plane’s flight path, he noticed that the line looked purple, ...

Apple Martin has decided now is the time to come clean: she tried lip filler. Once. However, that was three years ago, and the college student has never been back for a top off. Nevertheless, ...

A few days ago, we looked into how Apple could one day use brain wave sensors in AirPods to measure sleep quality and even detect seizures. Now, a new paper shows how the company is exploring deeper ...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — The Museum of Illusions, with dozens of locations around the world, has officially opened a location in Downtown Detroit. Located at 1545 Woodward ...

A new attraction on the Third Street Promenade is turning heads — and perspectives — as the Museum of Illusions officially opens its doors in Santa Monica. The immersive space spans 12,000 square feet ...

The last ten years were a wild ride for those of us who are interested in mental imagery. It was ten years ago that the condition of not having conscious mental imagery became known to the general ...

Perception researchers have long known about the structural and functional features that differentiate our central vision from our peripheral vision. The central (or foveal) region of our retinas are ...

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 ...

The famous Ebbinghaus illusion, named for its discoverer, the German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850–1909). Despite appearances, the two orange circles are the same size. Have you ever looked at ...

Multiple GOP congressional offices earlier this year received American flags with "optical illusion" swastikas embedded in them, two Republican sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.

Multiple sources tell Fox News that what appeared to be a swastika flag in Republican Rep. Dave Taylor’s D.C. office may actually be an American flag with a hidden pattern visible only on camera — an ...

Everyone loves an optical illusion — even if they leave us completely stumped — and they're all around us in the natural world. From an underwater waterfall in the Indian Ocean to a surrealist scene ...