Writers often draw inspiration from real events, but every now and then a story lines up so perfectly with future reality that it seems almost impossible to ignore. Some call them predictions, others call them coincidences, and skeptics chalk it up to probability. Here...

Optical illusions aren’t just for science textbooks. Nature creates its own strange visual tricks when sunlight, water vapor, ice crystals, or shadows interact in just the right way. Many people accidentally capture these effects on camera without ever knowing what they saw. Here are...