puzzles

Technology

A Father-Son Team Solves a Geometry Problem With Infinite Folds

[ad_1] After their 2015 success, the researchers set out to use their flattening technique to address all finite polyhedra. This…

Read More »
Video Games

Tunic’s ‘No Fail’ mode let me enjoy its puzzles way more

[ad_1] Tunic, an indie adventure game that melds influences from The Legend of Zelda and Dark Souls into an adorable…

Read More »
Video Games

Crossword puzzles, and their intended audience, are evolving

[ad_1] If you’re an avid crossword puzzler, then you may know that crossword puzzling is in a moment of change,…

Read More »
Technology

Why You Gravitate to Puzzles When You’re Depressed

[ad_1] As the summer of 2021 dragged on, my mental health waned toward depression—and I’m certainly not the only one…

Read More »
Technology

A Mathematician Answers a 150-Year-Old Chess Problem

[ad_1] If you have a few chess sets at home, try the following exercise: Arrange eight queens on a board…

Read More »
Technology

Pigeons, Curves, and the Traveling Salesperson Problem

[ad_1] In Mo Willems’ children’s book Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, the main character—a pigeon, obvs—uses every trick…

Read More »
Technology

A Failed Star Called ‘The Accident’ Puzzles Astronomers

[ad_1] Dan Caselden was up late on November 3, 2018, playing the video game Counter-Strike, when he made astronomy history.…

Read More »
Technology

What a Crossword AI Reveals About Humans’ Way With Words

[ad_1] At last week’s American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, held as a virtual event with more than 1,000 participants, one impressive…

Read More »
Technology

Mathematicians Settle the Erdős Coloring Conjecture

[ad_1] In the fall of 1972, Vance Faber was a new professor at the University of Colorado. When two influential…

Read More »
Back to top button
Close