What cats’ love of boxes and squares can tell us about their visual perception ~science psychology.animal Article 990 words, published May 6 2021 30 votes
Why did Google Maps have a big black smudge in the South Pacific before 2012? And why did it disappear? And what does it have to do with Captain Cook? And what is a phantom island? | Map Men ~humanities.history Video 12:26 37 votes
Ig Nobel Prize winner Higashiyama Atsuki and the “Between-Legs Effect” mystery ~science Article 1908 words, published Aug 17 2023 40 votes
Grab a friend and try this crazy ear stretching illusion called "Buddha's Ear Illusion" ~science psychology Video 1:09, published May 24 2023 9 votes
Wire EDM is an insanely precise manufacturing method. But there's a trick behind these objects that appear to have no seam. ~science Video 9:37 7 votes
Could we make the web more immersive using a simple optical illusion? ~tech Article 2194 words, published Feb 28 2023 8 votes
Magicians’ priming techniques are effective at influencing choice ~science psychology Article 1491 words, published Jul 23 2020 5 votes
"It was a staple of baseball debate that the curveball just might be an optical illusion." ~sports.baseball Article 7 votes
An optical illusion that resembles "looming googly eyes" scares some types of birds, and is being used to keep them away from an airport ~science Article 885 words 12 votes