Puzzle Code

What it takes to become a cryptic crossword expert – and it’s more than just practice

Study shows 'super-solvers' tend to be academics with a leaning towards maths, science and code-cracking.

Kathryn Friedlander and Philip A. Fine, The Conversation
· Sep 02, 2016 · 03:30 pm
How many ways can you arrange 128 tennis balls? Researchers solve an apparently impossible problem

The solution provides a basis for understanding issues ranging from predicting the formation of deserts, to making artificial intelligence more efficient.

University of Cambridge
· Feb 01, 2016 · 10:30 pm
How to solve a Rubik's cube in five seconds

Don't worry – there are only 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 configurations.

Geoff Smith, The Conversation
· Dec 02, 2015 · 11:30 pm