Emma R. Hasson is Scientific American’s Games ace and a Ph.D. candidate in mathematics at the City University of New York ...

You’re hosting a wedding at your home next summer, and the happy couple asked you to decorate the four gardens on the grounds ...

A functioning Gizmo would never lie and call a good Gizmo broken, so if one declares the other to be malfunctioning, they can ...

Dr. Emma Chen, a renowned mathematician, has set the international math community abuzz with her latest numerical sequence puzzle. This challenging brain teaser has stumped even the most brilliant ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The book Mathematical Puzzles and ...

Only intelligent minds can solve this math puzzle by finding the missing value in 17 seconds. Are you one of them? Try now!

In his new book, "Dissections: Plane and Fancy," Greg N. Frederickson, professor of computer science, explores the challenges of geometric dissections, the mathematical art of cutting figures into the ...

I like sudoku as much as anyone, but a change of pace might be nice occasionally. Enter Sweet 16, a new math puzzle game. As the name suggests it involves the numbers 1 through 16, and it's a bit like ...

This month, we visit a trendy (but fictional) spa with an unusual feature: hot mud beds. You lay a plastic sheet on the mud. Then you lay your body upon the sheet. Without any direct contact between ...

This viral math puzzle is a great way to boost your brain power. Try to solve the final equation using logic and attention to ...