5 Amazing ‘Magic’ Tricks That Work According the Laws of Physics

Can an empty wine bottle refill by itself? Is it possible to break the bottom of a bottle without making it turn into smithereens? This may sound as ‘magic’, but in reality it is nothing more than… application of the laws of physics. Here you can see some “tricks” with which you can impress your friends, but in reality they simply “obey” the laws of Nature, writes Douglas Main in Popular Science, such as presented by Tim Shaw in the show «None of the Above» on the National Geographic Channel.

1. The trick with an empty wine bottle

Empty the contents of a bottle of wine in a bowl and allow minimal amount in the bottle. Then place the bottle in the microwave for about three minutes. Immediately after that take it out (be careful not to burn your hands!) and soak its mouth into the bowl with the wine. See what happens in the video below:

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You will only need is

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Approximately one quarter of the brain is involved in visual functions, so the sight is unquestionably the most important sense for our perception of the world.

1. The visible spectrum

It is certainly the most well-known limit of our senses. The human eye recognizes light with a wavelength between 390 and 750 nanometers. At the same time, some animals are able to perceive light at other wavelengths.

2. Visual field

Healthy eyes have a visual field of about 200 degrees from right to left. About 120 of the 200 degrees are shared by the two eyes, creating the

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Here is an optical illusion of motion and color perception, which can reveal if you have normal psychological concentration.

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Near-death experiences can be explained by physiological factors

Near-death experiences (NDE), like hovering over one’s body or meeting deceased relatives and friends, are mind games rather than insights into the afterlife, claim British scientists.

Psychologists from the University of Edinburgh and the Medical Research Council (MRC) in Britain concluded that those who “die” and come back to life describe experiences that are merely “dysfunctional manifestations of physiological brain functions“.