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 ...

Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on The Washington Post’s Kids’ Post page of stories for young readers. WASHINGTON — If you’ve ever tried to solve a Rubik’s Cube (and, like most people, ...

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 new set of puzzles inspired by Rubik's Cube offers puzzle lovers the chance to get acquainted with the secret twists and turns of mathematical entities called sporadic simple groups Editor's Note: ...

For all of the recent strides we’ve made in the math world—like a supercomputer finally solving the Sum of Three Cubes problem that puzzled mathematicians for 65 years—we’re forever crunching ...