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 ...

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 ...

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" ...

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,” ...