For subscribers to The New York Times who are as interested in solving Wordle or filling in the crossword puzzle as in reading the latest political or business news, Wednesday is a big day.

North Carolina is going forward with long-discussed plans to develop an off-campus expansion for academic, research, ...

Alexander Bobenko has spent the past 20 years chewing on mathematical doughnuts. In the 2000s, he tried to prove that compact ...

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What starts as a goofy little mystery hidden inside Cool Math Games quickly spirals into an ARG full of strange clues, ...

The Great Pyramid of Giza is often treated as a monument of stone, but it also functions as a monument of numbers. I see at ...

Brain teaser puzzles test the reader's critical thinking and problem-solving skills by challenging them to solve a problem. These challenges have the potential to boost intelligence and improve ...

This apparently simple puzzle has proved to be a genuine brain-bender. Even the most basic of mental challenges can deliver significant benefits for our cognitive wellbeing, helping to stave off ...

Rose and Ivy are logic-savvy landscapers tasked with creating a rectangular garden. Their client has told Rose the desired width and Ivy the desired length (both positive integers). One day their ...

A new report from OpenAI and a group of outside scientists shows how GPT-5, the company’s latest AI large language model (LLM), can help with research from black holes to cancer‑fighting cells to math ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In 1990, artist Jim Sanborn installed a cryptographic puzzle on the grounds of Central Intelligence Agency in Langely, Virginia. While cryptoanalysts ...