Albert Einstein was intrigued by a simple puzzle: an old car must travel 2 miles at an average of 30 mph. The twist? Its structure makes the solution impossible. Can you solve it?

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Label the rectangles correctly with the letters A to I. Show puzzle solution Only the four blue-shaded rectangles below intersect three other rectangles, and therefore they must be F, G, H and I. H ...

Marijn Heule turns mathematical statements into something like Sudoku puzzles, then has computers go to work on them. His proofs have been called “disgusting,” but they go beyond what any human can do ...

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Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Once upon a time, four queens known as the queens of blue, red, green and pink were locked in a bitter feud. The monarchs lived on four islands, all the same size, yet each with its own distinctive ...

The Artificial Intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT, appeared to improvise ideas and make mistakes like a student in a study that rebooted a 2,400-year-old mathematical challenge. The experiment, by two ...