Math is not everyone’s favorite, understandably. Hours of math homework and difficult equations can make anyone sour on the subject. But when math problems are outside of a school setting, there’s no ...

On the Beach set a GCSE-style ice cream profit question and found just 8% of UK adults could answer it. What makes this ...

There are eight doors in front of you labeled A through H. Behind one of the doors is a prize. A guard is aware of the prize’s location but will only answer yes or no questions. What is the minimum ...

A viral maths puzzle is leaving people scratching their heads, as although the answer is simple, one thing makes the question ...

Here’s a fairly recent twist on an old type of logic puzzle. A logician vacationing in the South Pacific finds himself on an island inhabited by the two proverbial groups of liars and truth-tellers.

In honor of April Fools’ Day, I offer the puzzling case of the Lesser Fool. In a fictional town, there lived an odd wanderer. People would present him with two amounts of money or goods and ask which ...

This month, we visit a trendy (but fictional) spa with an unusual feature: hot mud beds. You lay a plastic sheet on the mud. Then you lay your body upon the sheet. Without any direct contact between ...

BBC Breakfast revealed its latest Brain Test question on Monday with the answer already causing 'healthy disagreement' ...

BBC Breakfast has been testing viewers with Brain Test questions and the latest maths quiz sequence question has caused 'healthy disagreement' among viewers ...