People who had trouble solving problems were more likely to solve them when prompted in their sleep.

Sudoku and other puzzles can incorporate play and critical thinking skills, while easing students into solving standard math ...

A new study has documented the abilities of individual wild Asian elephants to access food by solving puzzles that unlocked storage boxes. It is the first research study to show that individual wild ...

Some people dreamed of puzzles, some didn’t, some were lucid, some were not. Interpreting the data proved tricky, but one ...

A pair of Carnegie Mellon University researchers recently discovered hints that the process of compressing information can solve complex reasoning tasks without pre-training on a large number of ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When 2D puzzles are no longer exciting, 3D brain teasers are the way. These handheld puzzles require ...

While puzzles are often seen as solitary activities, International Puzzle Day shines a light on their powerful social side. From family board games to online puzzle communities, problem-solving has a ...

Puzzles are the crux of data science. So argue authors of “Radical Uncertainty” John Kay and Mervyn King, who categorize all modern problems as resolvable uncertainty or radical uncertainty. According ...