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Nature has a mischievous side, and sometimes it loves to play tricks on our eyes. The world is full of illusions that look too strange to be real, yet they´re all natural or naturally captured. These ...

Architects and artists have clever ways of confusing your eyes and creating optical illusions with their building designs.

This mind-bending optical illusion plays with perception and highlights how easily the brain can be fooled by visual cues.

Face it — your eyes are playing tricks on you. Dr. Dean Jackson, a biologist and BBC presenter, shared a puzzling image on ...

Even when you know how an optical illusion works, it can be hard to convince your senses that what you're seeing isn't real. The best way to demystify an illusion isn't necessarily to read about ...

The art of optical illusion has been an integral part of painting since antiquity when it was used as a yardstick by which to judge an artist's level of mastery. This book presents a fascinating ...