Take the pressure off of problem-solving with engaging thinking games that encourage students to work together to find ...

One brain teaser that's currently stumping people involves fixing the equation shown below by making a small adjustment. This ...

Brainteasers are more than casual puzzles as they are structured in such a way that they serve as mental exercises. These ...

IQ tests present the readers with problems in the form of picture puzzles or math problems, and the reader needs to find the solution within a time limit. These simple puzzle games make the brain ...

Try your hand at these tricky visual puzzles and give your brain a boost!

You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an everyday problem, such as calculating a tip at a restaurant or determining the square footage of a room. But what role does math play ...

In 2023, I posed 23 challenges as part of the Gizmodo Monday Puzzle series. Some require a bit of math, and others a light familiarity with physics; but most can be solved through logic and creative ...

A man walks down a down-moving escalator and reaches the bottom after taking 50 steps. As an experiment, he then runs up the same escalator, one step at a time, and reaches the top after taking 125 ...

A young man lives in Manhattan near a subway express station. He is dating two women: one in Brooklyn; one in the Bronx. To visit the woman in Brooklyn he takes a train on the downtown side of the ...