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 ...

A termite starts at the center of the face of any one of the edge cubes and bores a path that takes it through every cube ...

A maths whizz who solved a Rubik's Cube in less than seven seconds held an event for champions to pit their puzzle solving skills against each other. Ben Whitmore, is constantly striving to set a new ...

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Solving one Rubik’s Cube can be a tricky task for most us but for one maths magician the colourful puzzle is a piece of cake. Stanford University student Ravi Fernando has taken multi-tasking to a new ...

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, ...

Problem 3 is all about different nets close netA 2-D plan made up of the faces of a 3-D object. This can be folded to form the 3-D object. and working out which ones can fold into cubes or dice. Maths ...