From shifting colours to phantom rays, these five challenges reveal how easily your mind can be fooled by light, contrast, ...

Zero-dimensional lead-free organic–inorganic hybrid metal halides have drawn attention as a result of their local metal ion confinement structure and photoelectric properties. Herein, a lead-free ...

Optical illusion: Only sharp eyes can spot the Coca-Cola hidden among Banquet caps Look closely and scan each cap with care to solve the puzzle.

Cracking optical illusions can improve your problem-solving and abstract thinking skills by encouraging you to think of novel ways of approaching the problem.

A mind-bending optical illusion is challenging internet users to find a cleverly hidden dog within a forest scene. The canine's beige and white fur bl ...

An optical illusion apparently determines whether you're positive or prefer keep your distance – so what will you see when you look at the viral image shown here?

An optical illusion has been shared on Reddit that is so needlessly creepy it made me shiver. The illusion itself is mind-boggling and makes you want to watch twice, but it's the presentation of it ...

How Two Neuroscientists View Optical Illusions The Best Illusion of the Year contest offers researchers, and participants, an opportunity to explore the gaps and limits of human perception.

Optical illusions play on how our eyes and brains work together. We're wired to quickly identify patterns and skip what seems redundant. In this case, our brain registers the repeating 67 and 97, and ...