Our brain and eyes can play tricks on us—not least when it comes to the expanding hole illusion. A new computational model ...

Today’s optical illusion is challenging viewers to find a hidden "5" among a sea of "2s." The tricky pattern plays with human perception, making it hard to spot the odd number. Can you find it?

Kayaker Adrián Simancas is speaking out after he was briefly stuck inside the mouth of a whale that attempted to swallow him off the coast of Chile.

What a send-off for Goodison Park. And what a sending off with no fewer than four red cards issued after the final whistle by referee Michael Oliver, who later stood accused of losing control. In ...

That’s why it’s hard to take much out of Saturday’s 122-105 loss to the Denver Nuggets on the second night of a back-to-back, ...

"Hopefully we look back as this is a fork in the road where ... and the stats backed up the scoreboard (and the eye test). Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

The result is a harshly critical societal view of play. Activities that you play, instead of simply do, are ousted from the realm of serious business. The word implies fiction, practice, play-acting ...

But that might feel challenging if you identify as the “floater” friend. According to the Urban Dictionary, a floater is someone who knows a lot of people but doesn’t have close, lasting ...

This is when the chopstick was found behind the man’s eye (Picture: Jam Press/Science Direct) A CT scan showing the chopstick stuck up in the man’s nose (Picture: Jam Press/Science Direct ...

Purdue had nearly tripled up U-M, 44-15, with less than six minutes to play in the half, and the stats backed up the scoreboard (and the eye test). Start the day smarter ... Michigan (14-5, 7-2 Big ...