During the blustery cold days and cozy nights this winter, there’s no better time to rediscover the simple pleasures and quiet joys of indoor activities that help you relax and reconnect with family.

Gregory Treverton, a national security expert at RAND Corporation, famously distinguished between two types of problems, puzzles and mysteries. He was describing the modern challenges faced by the ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Do you think your dog is a real problem-solving pooch? Well now, there are new tools designed to work those skills. Interactive devices designed to work the canine mind are ...

"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 ...

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This holiday-themed brainteaser looks simple, but it's quietly tripping up adults everywhere. A math teacher walks us through solving it.

Holidays bring celebration, rest and, for many families, long stretches of indoor time. For some, this means tabletop games ...

After a week of hearing from readers, I am hopeful that our crossword puzzle problem has a solution. Last week, I wrote about the changes readers had noticed in The Daily Commuter crossword puzzle, ...

Artificial intelligence has just cracked a problem that has frustrated condensed matter theorists for decades, turning a long-standing maze in frustrated magnet physics into a solved benchmark. By ...