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IFLScience The Big Questions: Can Magic Be Used As A Tool In Science?A phone showing season 5 of The Big Questions; a magician is pulling the phone out of a hat with a wand.

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IFLScience The Big Questions: Can Magic Be Used As A Tool In Science?A phone showing season 5 of The Big Questions; a magician is pulling the phone out of a hat with a wand.
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IFLScience The Big Questions: Can Magic Be Used As A Tool In Science?

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Project Alpha: In 1979, Magicians Infiltrated A Washington Laboratory To Test Scientific Rigor In Parapsychologyphotograph of the moment project alpha was revealed, a bent spoon, and a ghostly image

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Project Alpha: In 1979, Magicians Infiltrated A Washington Laboratory To Test Scientific Rigor In Parapsychologyphotograph of the moment project alpha was revealed, a bent spoon, and a ghostly image
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Project Alpha: In 1979, Magicians Infiltrated A Washington Laboratory To Test Scientific Rigor In Parapsychology

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Does This Ancient Egyptian Scroll Recount The World’s Oldest Magic Trick?Westcar Papyrus

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Does This Ancient Egyptian Scroll Recount The World’s Oldest Magic Trick?Westcar Papyrus
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Does This Ancient Egyptian Scroll Recount The World’s Oldest Magic Trick?

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How Hero Of Alexandria Used Ancient Science To Make “Magical Acts Of The Gods” 2,000 Years AgoA design for a puppet show of the god Dionysus and his worshipers powered by falling weights and an understanding of physics.

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How Hero Of Alexandria Used Ancient Science To Make “Magical Acts Of The Gods” 2,000 Years AgoA design for a puppet show of the god Dionysus and his worshipers powered by falling weights and an understanding of physics.
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How Hero Of Alexandria Used Ancient Science To Make “Magical Acts Of The Gods” 2,000 Years Ago

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Do Animals Fall For Magic Tricks? Watch A Devastated Squirrel Monkey Prove That Yes, They Doa squirrel monkey falls for a magic trick

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Do Animals Fall For Magic Tricks? Watch A Devastated Squirrel Monkey Prove That Yes, They Doa squirrel monkey falls for a magic trick
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Do Animals Fall For Magic Tricks? Watch A Devastated Squirrel Monkey Prove That Yes, They Do

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The Science Of Magic At CURIOUS Live: Psychologist Dr Gustav Kuhn On Using Magic To Study The Human Mindcurious live christmas special the science of magic december 11

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The Science Of Magic At CURIOUS Live: Psychologist Dr Gustav Kuhn On Using Magic To Study The Human Mindcurious live christmas special the science of magic december 11
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The Science Of Magic At CURIOUS Live: Psychologist Dr Gustav Kuhn On Using Magic To Study The Human Mind

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The Science Of Magic: Find Out More In Issue 41 Of CURIOUS – Out NowCURIOUS Issue 40: The science of magic

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The Science Of Magic: Find Out More In Issue 41 Of CURIOUS – Out NowCURIOUS Issue 40: The science of magic
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The Science Of Magic: Find Out More In Issue 41 Of CURIOUS – Out Now

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A Nasty And Fascinating Surprise Found In 200-Year-Old Bottle Presumed To Be RumA scientist with rubber gloves touches an old bottle made between 1790 and 1840.

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A Nasty And Fascinating Surprise Found In 200-Year-Old Bottle Presumed To Be RumA scientist with rubber gloves touches an old bottle made between 1790 and 1840.
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A Nasty And Fascinating Surprise Found In 200-Year-Old Bottle Presumed To Be Rum

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“Witch” Bottles Are Washing Up On The Gulf Coast – Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Open ThemA photo of a green corked bottle being held up by the neck buy a man's hand. The bottle has been positioned against the Sun, which reveals some unknown liquid and what appear to be herbs inside.

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“Witch” Bottles Are Washing Up On The Gulf Coast – Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Open ThemA photo of a green corked bottle being held up by the neck buy a man's hand. The bottle has been positioned against the Sun, which reveals some unknown liquid and what appear to be herbs inside.
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“Witch” Bottles Are Washing Up On The Gulf Coast – Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Open Them

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Why Were So Many Women Accused Of Witchcraft? Maybe Because Of Their Jobsoil painting depicting an old woman in a house with animal skills and other ritualistic objects

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Why Were So Many Women Accused Of Witchcraft? Maybe Because Of Their Jobsoil painting depicting an old woman in a house with animal skills and other ritualistic objects
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Why Were So Many Women Accused Of Witchcraft? Maybe Because Of Their Jobs

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Ritualistic Artifacts Belonging To Sorcerers Uncovered On Hajj Pilgrimage Routecolored quartz pebbles on a black background

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Ritualistic Artifacts Belonging To Sorcerers Uncovered On Hajj Pilgrimage Routecolored quartz pebbles on a black background
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Ritualistic Artifacts Belonging To Sorcerers Uncovered On Hajj Pilgrimage Route

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Ancient Romans Used "Magic" To Keep Restless Spirits Down, Bizarre Grave SuggestsA hand pushing out of some dirt, a la a zombie waking up

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Ancient Romans Used "Magic" To Keep Restless Spirits Down, Bizarre Grave SuggestsA hand pushing out of some dirt, a la a zombie waking up
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Ancient Romans Used "Magic" To Keep Restless Spirits Down, Bizarre Grave Suggests

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Can You Beat A Bird At Spotting A Magic Trick?article image

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Can You Beat A Bird At Spotting A Magic Trick?article image
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Can You Beat A Bird At Spotting A Magic Trick?

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"Witch Bottle" Used To Ward Off Evil Spirits Found At US Civil War Fortarticle image

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"Witch Bottle" Used To Ward Off Evil Spirits Found At US Civil War Fortarticle image
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"Witch Bottle" Used To Ward Off Evil Spirits Found At US Civil War Fort

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How To Force Someone To Fall In Love With You, According To The Ancient Egyptiansarticle image

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How To Force Someone To Fall In Love With You, According To The Ancient Egyptians

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