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 ...

Locals and Redditors alike are baffled by a haul of 60 elaborately engraved silver metal cubes pulled from the River Sowe in Coventry in central England. A keen-eyed Redditor has identified them as ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An engineer noted for his ability to visualize three-dimensional structure was having coffee and doughnuts. Before he dropped a sugar cube into his cup, he placed the cube on the table and thought, ...