Confronted by mysterious happenings on a spooky night, even the most skeptical among us might be tempted to say . . . it's MAGIC! Still, before we concede too much to the practitioners of hocus-pocus, ...

It's sometimes thought that religion and magic are two sides of the same coin, and that science refuted both. Magic and religion both try to explain the world through invisible agencies, whereas ...

Lynn Thorndike, professor of history at Columbia University, this week turned out two final chunky volumes of his six-tome monumental History of Magic & Experimental Science, thereby completing almost ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Image credit: Vetkas/Alena Nv/Shutterstock.com; modified by IFLScience Issue 41 (December 2025) of CURIOUS is out now, bringing you science highlights for the month plus deep dives into intriguing ...

The word "magic" derives from the Latin, the Greek, the Old Persian, and, ultimately, the Proto-Indo-European magh, "to help, to be able, to be powerful," from which also derive the words "almighty," ...

Children in grades 1-6 are invited to explore the science of magic at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 18 at the West Duluth Branch Library, 5830 Grand Ave. Discover how magic and science work together to ...