Optical illusions are often described as mind-boggling, mind-bendint, brain-frying, and everything in between. But let's be honest, most of the time all they elicit is a slight smirk, or maybe the odd ...

Optical illusions occur naturally in different habitats and conditions across the world. Cloud formations can sometimes make it seem like there's an ocean or a UFO in the sky. Whether it is salt flats ...

Your brain is lying to you right now. Not maliciously, and not because something’s wrong with it. It’s doing exactly what evolution designed it to do, making split-second decisions about the world ...

Fooled by an optical illusion? You're not the only one. Learn how these illusions can fool AI, too.

Optical illusions are gaining massive popularity on the internet daily. Since these games are short and have the potential to improve one’s observation skills, millions of players on the internet are ...

A PHOTO has gone viral on Twitter after leaving many people puzzled. With more than 24 million views, X users couldn’t work out what they were looking at. The picture was originally posted ...

Allen Institute researcher Jerome Lecoq points to one of the diagrams that was used in a study focusing on how the brain interprets optical illusions. (Allen Institute Photo / Erik Dinnel) Our brains ...

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, ...

Which way is the dancer spinning? Clockwise? Counterclockwise? You can choose which direction you want her to spin by simply wishing it! (Hint: if the foot touching the ground is perceived to be her ...

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 ...

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 ...