In 1974, a Hungarian professor of architecture named Ernő Rubik cobbled together a cube made from wood and paper, held by rubber bands, glue, and paper clips. A few years later, he applied for a ...

Some toys never go out of fashion. Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, Rubik’s continues to be the most popular puzzle cube brand in the world, with around 500 million sold, according to ...

If you're shopping for someone who loves puzzles this holiday, Amazon has some great deals on an all-time classic: the Rubik's Cube. More specifically, Amazon is offering big discounts on Smart ...

Group theory allows us to study this game invented in 1974, which has more than 43 trillion valid states and can be completed ...

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Solving Rubik’s Cubes is a learnable skill. However, to compete at the top level, you’ll have to train hard. Speed cubers can solve a 3×3 cube in under ten seconds these days, after all.

But solving the cube may also elicit happiness because it taps into other emotions, according to Dr Julia Christensen, a senior research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics in ...

It's just the right gift for restless youngsters and grownups who haven't yet ventured beyond the Rubik's Cube. They can unfold the Shashibo into 70-plus kaleidoscopic shapes. Then they can try to ...

Spin Master is celebrating a landmark this year with the iconic and legendary Rubik's Cube, one of the best-selling toys of all time. This year (2024), they have turned 50 years old, and they are ...