Mathematics is a "science which requires a great amount of imagination", said the 19th-century Russian maths professor Sofya ...

The following is adapted from the introduction to “The Riddler: Fantastic Puzzles from FiveThirtyEight,” published by W. W. Norton & Co. It is in stores today! The world’s oldest collection of math ...

As an academic discipline, logic is the study of reasoning. Logic puzzles, therefore, involve making a series of inferences ...

Imagine someone handing you a scrap of net from a basketball hoop, with knotted red cord attached to the netting, and telling you this bit of string is a clue in a puzzle. How quickly — if ever — ...

In 2023, I posed 23 challenges as part of the Gizmodo Monday Puzzle series. Some require a bit of math, and others a light familiarity with physics; but most can be solved through logic and creative ...

Last week, we asked you to solve ‘The Hardest Logic Puzzle In The World.” This week, we’re asking you to do it again – with a brand new puzzle. Let me begin by stating the obvious: The notion that any ...

Martin Gardner’s Mathematical Games column in Scientific American fascinated and mystified readers for decades—and his legacy continues to bring mathematicians, artists and puzzlers together. Gardner ...

The Fast Company Impact Council is an invitation-only membership community of top leaders and experts who pay dues for access to peer learning, thought leadership, and more. BY Rodrigo Magnago The ...