The Rubik's Cube dates to my childhood, when it was for leaving on a desk to be fiddled with — or, for a select few strange birds, for actually solving, sometimes very quickly. At that time, knowing ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — R.J. Gatling was transitioning into the fifth grade at Baker-Butler Elementary School when his principal approached him about an opportunity in the M-Cubed program. M-Cubed ...

The simple Rubik's Cube is a harder problem than most people realize. Using the currently provided best algorithm for solving the cube, for example, would take the computer you're reading this on now ...

LAKEVILLE, Mass. (AP) — Whenever possible, Nate Eleuterio likes to make his math classes at Freetown-Lakeville Middle School fun. The teacher promised to give extra credit to the student who could ...

For Miles White, a rising ninth-grader at Albemarle High School, participating in the M-Cubed Summer Math Academy over the years has built up his confidence and helped him to speak up. “In class ...

Junior Geek of the Month recognizes exceptionally geeky members of the Pacific Northwest community ages 12 – 20. See the Junior Geek of the Month archive for more. by Kurt Schlosser on Jun 25, 2020 at ...

Through a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Jenny Quan is exploring the mathematical principles behind Rubik's cubes.

An engineer noted for his ability to visualize three-dimensional structure was having coffee and doughnuts. Before he dropped a sugar cube into his cup, he placed the cube on the table and thought, ...

Grant Taylor knows how to get that one discolored square on the Rubik’s cube to match the others. The right-hander is a calculated perfectionist, so when he allows a runner on base, it’s just one ...

In 2010, an international team of researchers proved that no matter how scrambled a Rubik’s cube got, it would require no more than 20 moves to solve it. Their proof, however, relied on the equivalent ...