As you approach the unassuming storefront, the first hint that you’re in for something special comes from the vintage-style sign announcing “THE PECULIARIUM” hanging above the entrance. The vibrant ...

Yet tucked away among the usual high street retailers is Manchester's newest museum. It's a bit of a strange location for ...

Ray Harryhausen is one of the key names in special effects history. Inspired by the creature effects of the original King ...

casting moving shadows across the entire scene. In each frame, the animators painstakingly matched the shadows on the cartoon characters to the light in the actual set. A running theme in the history ...

Take a closer look at the arrangement of the tires and the patterns they form. Look for subtle changes in texture or shape that might indicate the presence of the bird. Scan the image systematically, ...

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Medical imaging experts may possess a hidden superpower—an uncanny ability to see through optical illusions—that researchers now believe can be taught, challenging long-held assumptions about the ...

SAN FRANCISCO, April 10 (Reuters) - NEye Systems, a startup developing a new kind of networking chip for artificial intelligence data centers, on Thursday raised $58 million in venture financing ...

We watch square cylinders turn into round ones before our eyes, as our brains battle with the optical illusions that resemble magic. Nicola Tesla is recreated from old electrical equipment and will ...

Often called the pink moon, April’s full moon will rise Saturday. The fourth full moon of the year, and the first of astronomical spring, it also happens to be a micromoon — the opposite of a ...

Aware of myriad ways in which we construct the world by looking, Kentridge uses stereoscopic viewers and creates optical illusions with anamorphic projection, to extend his drawings-in-time into three ...

rejecting a U.S. warning that moving closer to the Asian country would be "cutting your own throat". "We have excellent trade relations with China which we intend to not only continue having ...