Rubik’s Cube inventor offers advice for solving the timeless puzzle “Problem solving is a very basic activity of the human mind and if a problem is complex you need to divide the problem into ...

The puzzles test capabilities that some experts believe may be fundamental to general human-like reasoning (often called "AGI" for artificial general intelligence). Those properties include ...

Brain teasers are a great way to stimulate the mind and encourage problem-solving skills. While many puzzles may seem deceptively simple, their true challenge often lies in getting the right ...

Whereas a puzzle may have a correct answer, a problem is often unbounded, requiring firstly, the need to understand its scope before exploring solutions, more accurately, different solutions ...

Innovating to solve a novel puzzle: Wild Asian elephants vary in their ability to problem solve. Animal Behaviour, 205, 227-239. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.08.019 ...