From Jeremy Dixon comes a “toasty” treat of a puzzle: You have a toast rack with five slots, arranged in an array. Each slot has a slice of toasted bread, which you are removing one at a time. However ...

Thursday marks Pi Day, otherwise known as 3.14, which marks the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. While the average citizen can easily remember the 3.14 ratio, the exact ratio ...

In Daniel Tammet’s mind, three is a dotted green crescent moon shape, one is a sort of white sunburst and four is a blue boomerang. Every number has a distinct color and shape, making the number pi, ...

March 14 is a sacred day among math fans: It's Pi Day, so named because the date is the same as the first three digits of the famous constant of pi — 3.14 — which measures the ratio of a circle's ...

The New York Times has another excellent little puzzle game to add to your daily Wordle. This one, however, taps into your math skills rather than your vocabulary. Still, I find the two rather ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The latest scam alert going around on Facebook is detailed. It takes up an entire page to explain how it works. 2 Wants To Know is breaking it down into five main points. #1 The ...

If robots do take over one day, humans may be obliged to celebrate all sorts of holidays dedicated to mathematical constants that interest our AI overlords. For now we mark only a few such days, ...