There is a tendency to imagine genius as smooth and uninterrupted. As if the great thinkers moved from one insight to the ...

Albert Einstein was intrigued by a simple puzzle: an old car must travel 2 miles at an average of 30 mph. The twist? Its structure makes the solution impossible. Can you solve it?

A new math puzzle designed to challenge readers of all ages is coming to the Daily Press. David Genter, a puzzle developer ...

Ready for a fresh set of puzzles? Click here for the January/February 2026 Puzzle Corner with a Mystery Hunt theme, brought to you by guest editor and longtime MIT Mystery Hunter Dan Katz ’03.

Test your problem-solving skills with these 62 lateral thinking puzzles. They’ll challenge you to think out of the box to ...

Dr Baek Jin Eon, 31, a research fellow at the Korea Institute for Advanced Study, has demonstrated that no shape larger than ...

For seventy years, one stubborn physics problem has stood between fusion’s promise and practical reactors. That puzzle, how ...

A mathematics puzzle doing the rounds on social media is leaving many scratching their heads with its challenging question.

A tricky brainteaser based on telling the time is said to be so hard that only 2% of people can get the right answer - but ...

Ben Johnson — with intellect, a bare chest and a cheesy motto from high school football — has revived the Bears in his first ...

Did Blue Prince get too esoteric with its puzzles? Was its randomness too punitive and player-unfriendly? Two A.V. Club ...