You’re making a pepperoni pizza. You’ve tossed a few pieces of pepperoni onto the pie as shown below when a child enters the kitchen and wants to help. Starting from the pictured arrangement of ...

Tristan is experimenting with alternative geometric forms of Frosty the Snowman. Tristan’s artisan hands initially form Frosty with a perfectly spherical body at left. As a sphere, Frosty’s surface ...

Arabic Numerals were introduced to Europe by Leonardo Bonacci. Bonacci, better known as Fibonacci, hailed from the 13th Century Republic of Pisa. If not for Fibonacci, we would all be using ...

They’ve long been seen as a way to prevent cognitive decline—but experts say the real key to brain health goes far beyond word games. An elderly person works on a crossword puzzle. These games can ...

Whether you're just starting out or have been enjoying the hobby for a while now, you'll know that there's a wide variety of puzzle sizes to choose from nowadays. Some puzzles contain thousands of ...

A Korean mathematician has won international recognition for solving a geometry puzzle that had resisted proof for nearly six decades. US magazine Scientific American named the research by Baek ...

Since the launch of the Crossword in 1942, The Times has captivated solvers by providing engaging word and logic games. In 2014, we introduced the Mini Crossword — followed by Spelling Bee, Letter ...

Solve mini crosswords, which range from smallish to bite-size, from The New Yorker’s team of expert puzzle constructors.

CHICAGO — Allie Hays’ friends had a good laugh when they heard about the class she had signed up for at North Central College in Naperville, Ill.: Mathematics of Square Dancing.