The Rubik's Cube dates to my childhood, when it was for leaving on a desk to be fiddled with — or, for a select few strange birds, for actually solving, sometimes very quickly. At that time, knowing ...

Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on The Washington Post’s Kids’ Post page of stories for young readers. WASHINGTON — If you’ve ever tried to solve a Rubik’s Cube (and, like most people, ...

In 2010, an international team of researchers proved that no matter how scrambled a Rubik’s cube got, it would require no more than 20 moves to solve it. Their proof, however, relied on the equivalent ...

If you suspend a Rubik’s Cube near the corner of a room and shine lights at its exposed faces, it will cast square shadows on two walls and the floor. A real-world Rubik’s Cube has a gadget at its ...

LAKE WORTH BEACH — Tommy Cherry, a 16-year-old student at Suncoast High School, set a world record in Orlando last month by solving a cube — similar to a Rubik's Cube — in 15.27 seconds. Not impressed ...