From crossword puzzles to Nintendo's formerly trendy "Brain Age" game, the idea of brain training has become somewhat of an accepted idea in today's culture. But however mind-stretching those puzzles ...

I like puzzles. Almost every evening I work on one and have a feeling of satisfaction and completion when I’m done. I also enjoy mysteries. I find myself drawn to TV series and movies where the ...

BOSTON – It was the crossword puzzle fan's version of getting his marriage proposal plastered on a stadium Jumbotron. Aric Egmont and Jennie Bass were working on a puzzle titled "Popping the question" ...

Schell Games is demoing a devious puzzle title called I Expect You To Die at Oculus Connect, and I was able to solve one of the game’s puzzles — which included dodging a laser aimed at my head, ...

In today's tough job market, more job-seekers could be facing interview questions like this: Why are manholes round? Or how many barbershops are there in San Francisco? Puzzle questions are especially ...

Every Sunday, NPR host Will Shortz, The New York Times' crossword puzzle guru, gets to quiz thousands of listeners in a long-running segment called the Sunday Puzzle. While written to be solvable ...

Everyone loves a good puzzle, so long as there's an actual possibility of solving it. On Tuesday, there wasn't: Word Sleuth puzzle on page B3 of The Patriot-News was missing an important final answer.

The small flyers cropped up during Camp Yale. They were simple, shaped like a small jigsaw piece, the words “CS50 Puzzle Day” emblazoned across. CS50, or “Introduction to Computing and Programming,” ...