Jan is ready for a new challenge. She's recently moved to Colorado and wants to take advantage of the new terrain and start mountain running. Before the move, she'd been working on her fitness for ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

Valve’s second attempt at a console-like gaming PC for your living room is hopefully going to be a triumph worthy of plenty of cake, with or without fun accessories. But if you really want to make the ...

If you’re really good, it’s possible to solve a Rubik’s Cube in under 10 seconds. For the rest of us, though, it can be an exceedingly tedious task. For that reason, you might like a Rubik’s Cube that ...

You ever thought the Rubik's Cube needs a 21st-century iPad kid glow up? Me neither, and yet the $299 WowCube is now officially available to preorder. The Rubik's WowCube comes with 24 LCD screens and ...

The Rubik’s Cube has been reinvented with more games and many more screens for much more money. What has long been cherished as a simple toy yet complex puzzle requiring nothing but a healthy amount ...

I’ve been thinking a lot about shoshin lately, the Japanese word for “beginner’s mind.” I first wrote about it here, after learning the word from a guest on my podcast Fifty Words for Snow. My co-host ...

Ice Cube has spoken out on social media following a fire that damaged his crew's bus last week in Portland, Oregon, during a stop on his Truth to Power tour. The firebombing has raised concerns about ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Ice Cube's tour bus caught fire in downtown Portland while the rap icon was in town for his "Truth to Power" tour, his team confirmed to KGW, prompting a response from Portland Fire & ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Toys have the unique power to turn curiosity into skill, and play into lifelong memories. They ...

On a scorching July afternoon in Shanghai, dozens of Chinese students hunch over tablet screens, engrossed in English, math and physics lessons. Algorithms track every keystroke, and the seconds spent ...