Ever since the Rubik’s Cube was released, it’s taunted almost a half billion tinkerers who think they can crack its confounding mysteries, only to be stymied by its maddening secrets. Now, it’s time ...

The simple Rubik's Cube is a harder problem than most people realize. Using the currently provided best algorithm for solving the cube, for example, would take the computer you're reading this on now ...

The Rubik's Cube dates to my childhood, when it was for leaving on a desk to be fiddled with — or, for a select few strange birds, for actually solving, sometimes very quickly. At that time, knowing ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The brain twister that is the Rubik's cube has not only befuddled many people that have tried to ...

What Stephen Nedoroscik is up to when he isn’t on the pommel horse. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photo: Courtesy of John Cheng) The glasses. The contemplative breaks with his eyes closed. The ...

For children who find math difficult or frustrating, or who just like to be challenged, there are many cool math games online to play for free. But are they useful? Research shows that the brain’s ...

If you suspend a Rubik’s Cube near the corner of a room and shine lights at its exposed faces, it will cast square shadows on two walls and the floor. A real-world Rubik’s Cube has a gadget at its ...

The glasses. The contemplative breaks with his eyes closed. The one-armed spins. There’s a reason why U.S. gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik emerged from the 2024 Paris Olympics with two bronze medals and a ...

In 2010, an international team of researchers proved that no matter how scrambled a Rubik’s cube got, it would require no more than 20 moves to solve it. Their proof, however, relied on the equivalent ...