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The Science of Magic 

June 19, 2024  •  EPISODE 227

In this episode, Roger Billings reveals the secrets behind a classic card trick. Discover how science and clever techniques combine to create mind-blowing magic and learn how you can perform your own magical feats!

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Dr. Roger Billings is a visionary innovator whose work has touched the lives of millions of students and transformed the landscape of education. Widely known as “DrB” to the countless kids who benefit from his groundbreaking Acellus learning system, Dr. Billings has dedicated his life to advancing education through technology. As part of DrB’s lifelong commitment to supporting education, Science LIVE was launched as a way to “give back” by mentoring students in conjunction with the Roger Billings Scholarship Program.


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100 Comments

  1. Katya

    Hello DR.Billings I really loved your magic

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  2. Brock Brown

    this is cool

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  3. Bianca Champlain

    A magical video!

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  4. Skyler Hebert

    My grandpa bought me a magic set but it was so hard to learn from drawn pictures.

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  5. Logan Phillips

    I know two card tricks and never thought about how science can explain them

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  6. Edan Langston

    I like playing cards. I really like uno

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  7. Elisiyana Louis

    Those magic shows were so magnificent! I enjoyed the one with the lights!

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  8. Angel Ray

    When I was little, I used to want to be a magician 🎩

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  9. Lillian Barkan

    No wonder why Roger Billing is so good at magic because he is amazing at science. The science behind magic is mind-blowing. I love watching magic but I never knew that they used so much science to do the magic.

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  10. Louis hill

    Magic is great

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  11. Maverick Marogy

    This video was so fun!!!!!

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  12. David Hathon

    I love magic

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  13. Gabriel Harrington

    Man, I had no idea that Roger Billings could do magic tricks!

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  14. Menna omran

    science is magic! love this

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  15. Jason Grace

    I LOVE Magic!!!

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  16. Cris W.

    Does anyone know any cool card magic tricks? I love MAGIC TRICKS SOOOOOO MUCH!!!

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  17. Toryn

    I want to see DrB and R-51 say something at the same time

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  18. Mark

    Magic is really hard to do.

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  19. Da Blueberry

    Whoa! that is so cool, thankyou so much for this video.

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  20. Maggie Jo

    😏😏😏😏french fries no cooked in France it was in grease 😏 so funny🤣🤣🤣🤣

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  21. Maggie Jo

    soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  22. I love Hot Wings

    THIS IS AMAZING.

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  23. Emma Ormand

    Thanks for showing us how magic card tricks work! This was awesome particularly the writing on the card!

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  24. Jordan Benson

    I tried doing magic and I got caught redhanded

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  25. Elijah Baldwin

    Wow this was cool

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  26. Libby

    Wow this was really interesting!

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  27. rebecca

    its really cool how magic works

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  28. Ericka Nord

    I loved this!

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  29. julia grace powell

    its so fascinating how people came up with all these magic trick ideas

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  30. Liam

    These tricks that you guys have done are really cool. I enjoyed getting to watch it.

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  31. Cason Patterson

    The science behind magic was so interesting, I enjoyed learning all about it!

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  32. Jaxon Baker

    Magic has always been awesome this video taught me a lot!!

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  33. Audrey Bemis

    LOVED EVERY PART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!❤🤯

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  34. Audrey Bemis

    I wish R 51 was in every show and I could do magic like him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I loooooooooooved it ❤❤❤

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  35. Lily Bemis

    this was such a cool video and dang r51 lifts my spirits and makes me laugh everytime i watch

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  36. Owen Stokes

    How does the Saw box trick work?

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  37. Maya Calderon

    wow!!! so cool

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  38. sallie mow horse lover

    so ccooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooollllllllllllllllllllllllllllll how do you get a card deck like you Dr B and pajet mona

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  39. An Nhien Hoang

    This is one of my favorite videos of Science Live. I wish they would make more interesting videos like this!

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  40. I LOVE CHEESEPUFFS!!!!!!!!!!💖

    WOW I LOVE CARDTRICKS🥰💛💖

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  41. Cheespuffs

    I Love magic

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  42. Nylah McMillan

    These are some really cool tricks! I can do some, but not as good as that😀

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  43. Nylah McMillan

    That is freaky crazy😱

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  44. Bryson Lantz

    wow

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  45. Danny

    Ms. Pajet is my social emotional health teacher, and I like it so much, I’m almost done with the course

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  46. Ebenezer Yohannes

    The Magic are incredible why you laugh at you

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  47. Ebenezer Yohannes

    Wow this is so cool

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  48. Hannah

    I love magic!

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  49. Jessica

    I love watching people try magic, and Dr. Roger Billings is good at it. It’s really cool to see Miss Pajet as one of his helpers

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  50. Jessica

    I looove watching people do magic

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  51. Jada R.

    The story of Greatbatch’s Pacemaker was very inspiring, and it taught me what perseverance looks like, and how to stay vigilant.

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  52. dance monkey

    awesome

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  53. Liam steiner

    I really like magic.

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  54. Ava Cleveland

    😂🤣👁️soooo funny R 51 is so funny and I can’t stop laughing about his magic show😂😂😅😅

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  55. ava

    That was fun

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  56. Ava Cleveland

    I love science LIVE it is so cool and fun science rocks

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  57. Kaliyah

    This is awesome, I just got a magic kit for my birthday.

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  58. Just a guy who likes lions

    😏The first French fries weren’t cooked in France a they were cooked in greece😏
    Nice one.

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  59. Ace

    I knew the basics behind card tricks, but this is still great. I wonder if there are any tricks with lions, that would be awesome🤘. Gracias Dr. B!✌

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  60. Teagan

    I love magic

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  61. Sadie Small

    I love magic I think it is really nice

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  62. Leantwan

    R 51 isn’t the most skilled person tough he might have 30 IQ just saying 😆😅😅😂😂😂😀 but my doctor said I have 79 IQ isn’t that amazing ._.

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  63. Kade Kaufman

    How did the R51 change the bouncy ball to the 12 ball?

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  64. Kourtlynn Kaufman

    I love magic and science live

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  65. Max McCall

    did the dog only last 2 years with the pace maker?

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  66. Max McCall

    With the immersion cooling how often would you have to change the oil

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  67. Max McCall

    Does the steam from the water cause any air pollution?

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  68. Nya

    🤯Wow that is soooo cool 😎

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  69. Cleopatra Rohrer

    that was so cool and funny.

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  70. Violet

    Super cool!!

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  71. Josiah Alkire

    Neat

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  72. Ella Horsman

    The magic videos are really cool!

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  73. Karis Martinez

    I like connecting magic to the scientific reasoning, I always wonder how crazier magic tricks are preformed.

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  74. Keiphas

    I Love Magic

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  75. Midorilynn

    😂🤣👁️soooo funny R 51 is so funny and I can’t stop laughing about his magic show😂😂😅😅

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  76. Selena

    The magic tricks are so amazing!

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  77. Olivia B

    “Keep your eye on 51” 😂

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  78. Ryker Harris

    Really cool I wanna learn magic.

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  79. Morgan Chamen

    Very interesting, especially the Magic tricks and the story of the pace maker

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  80. Elexi Harris

    I wonder how many undiscovered magic tricks there are. Technology will probably open the doors to a lot of them.

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  81. Arya L

    I think it is so cool when card tricks are explained

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  82. Saarth

    This is awesome

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  83. Alexandria Walker

    I Love the talks about the certain subjects they are very interesting! And even science history.

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  84. Sherif Ray

    Magic is very interesting.

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  85. Hannah Mulungi

    wow that is amazing!

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  86. Jasmin Sosa

    i’ll never be able to see magic without thinking of the science behind it

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  87. Selah kitten girl

    I love this but you should do one with kittens.

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  88. Adam Sinclair

    I think it’s interesting how magicians use sleight-of-hand and misdirection to come up with really cool tricks.

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  89. Lam Khanh Tran

    I love hearing about your tricks and it amazed me that you were a magician! Hope to hear from you soon!

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  90. Trent

    I love this. I am totally going to buy a mirage deck for sure. I came up with a trick with a deck like this one a few days ago when I first saw this video.

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  91. Janat Bajwa

    I’ve always thought science was magical, but when science and magic actually combines it makes everything 10x more interesting than people think it will be.

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  92. Adrian Reece

    OIL COOLING SYSTEM amazing

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  93. Coralynn puska

    its so cool when science and magic combine thanks Dr.B. I would love to hear more of your tricks!!

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  94. Cielo Abraham

    This episode was so fun It was so creative again Thanks Dr B and miss Monet

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  95. ava

    that was fun

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  96. Josiah

    Wow, that’s interesting how science and magic tie together. I would love to hear more about computer water cooling.

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  97. Tucker Fleeman

    Fun watching the magic and discovering some of the secrets behind them

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  98. Jason

    Wow!Roger Billings makes science so interesting! Jesus loves you Dr. Billings!

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  99. Carlie

    Now I really wanna go to a magic store and buy everything. It’s so amazingly cool! Thanks for inspiring me Dr.Billings.

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  100. esther

    wow, crazy cool

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