Tag: Puzzles
What is Knot Theory? Solve These Puzzles to Find Out
Find a string. Really. Do it. Now twist, tie and tangle it as much as you like. Finally, attach the two loose ends...
Try These Logic Puzzles from the International Logic Olympiad
How Logical Are You? Test Your Skills With These Problems from the New International Logic OlympiadIn only its second year, the International Logic...
These Mysterious Shapes Are at the Heart of Math’s Biggest Puzzles
When most people think of shapes, they imagine a triangle, a rectangle, or maybe even a fancier- sounding rhombus or trapezoid. But to...
NASA’s Voyager Probes Find Puzzles beyond the Solar System
For all of humanity’s millennia of staring at the stars and decades of launching probes to explore our universe, only two spacecraft carrying...
Atlantic Hurricane Lull Puzzles Scientists
Forecasters warned this spring that the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season could be particularly dangerous because of the potent combination of warm sea-surface temperatures...