We love a good optical illusion. And while scientists study them to discover more about how our eyes and brains work, artists continue to find ingenious ways to play with perception. Photographer ...

Optical illusions are older than you think. The first optical illusions date back to 20,000 BC and took the form of cave sculptings. Nowadays they are found all over the place – on screens, in books ...

That's where this ingenious makeup hack came in. Using carefully placed shadows and highlights, the makeup team created an optical illusion look that truly terrified viewers. Forget fancy SFX or ...

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 ...

Have you ever looked at two circles of exactly the same size and sworn one was larger? If so, your eyes have been tricked by the Ebbinghaus illusion, a classic example of how context can shape what we ...

Signs and posted speed limits can warn people to drive carefully, but some countries are taking a new approach to making ...

Optical illusions are great fun, and they fool virtually everyone. But have you ever wondered if you could train yourself to unsee these illusions? Our latest research suggests that you can. Optical ...

From The Dress to legless women, the internet is filled with optical illusions that are both accidental and intentional.