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 ...

There weren’t calculators or computers in medieval Europe. But there were math duels. Mathematicians would gather in public squares and pose tricky math problems to each other. Then they raced to ...

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 ...

You’re in the market for a “Gizmo.” A shop has five Gizmos available to buy, but the shopkeeper has bad news: two of them are malfunctioning, and she doesn’t know which ones are working and which ones ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Math Is Hard math is hard! or is it? Push, calculate and solve your way through challenging Sokoban-style puzzles. Strategically manipulate numbered blocks ...