This video teaches a powerful self-working card trick based entirely on a hidden mathematical principle. No sleight-of-hand ...

HOLLYWOOD’S golden age may have ended in the 1950s, but it is only recently that Tinseltown appears to have hit upon a mathematical way to capitalise on our fickle attention spans. “Film-makers have ...

Here’s the secret behind one of the mathematical tricks that Persi Diaconis, of Stanford University, developed for his magic act: In order to guess the cards held by five audience members who have all ...

Behind this “effortless” trick is a precise system built on mathematical control and cognitive bias. Even without dexterity, the performer guides spectators toward the final reveal using subtle ...

is a math professor at Harvey Mudd College, but he's got a side gig, too: as a magician. His new book, "The Magic of Math," combines his two passions — which actually have a lot in common.

One of my fellow contributors here recently wrote a post about leap years and why we have them. This reminded me of modular arithmetic and the formula for calculating the day of the week for any date ...

At first glance, blowing a bubble net to trap sardines is not the smartest move a dolphin can make. Bubbles reflect sonar signals better than sardines do, rendering the fish invisible and giving them ...