Do you remember Christmas in the 1980s? If you were growing up during the decade you probably have a fond remembrance for the toys, the ones which shaped our childhood and changed forever the way ...

A pimply teenager walked us through “The Easiest 10-Minute Rubik’s Cube Lesson,” demonstrating specific processes to tackle each side. Over and over, I fumbled the righty and lefty algorithms.

The Rubik's Cube was created 50 years ago by Hungarian inventor Ernő Rubik. Since then, over 500 million of them have been sold. We dive into this global phenomenon that's captured the ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Matthew Petrohay about his team's undergraduate project at Purdue University. They built a robot that set a new world record for shortest time to solve a Rubik's cube.

Solving a Rubik’s Cube doesn’t have to be complicated. In this video, I break down the easiest method step-by-step, making it simple for beginners to follow along and finally crack the cube ...

Rubik's Cube inventor has seen his color-matching puzzle go from a classroom teaching tool in Cold War-era Hungary to a worldwide phenomenon with over 450 million cubes sold and a mini-empire of ...

I’VE SOLVED a Rubik’s Cube only once, if you consider peeling off the stickers and reattaching them “correctly” a solution. As a 10-year-old, I considered it a stroke of brilliance; my ...

Some years ago, I bought several Christmas-themed Rubik’s Cube knockoffs with six sides of Christmas characters to scramble and reassemble. I have since given most away, yet while going throu… ...

A quantum Rubik’s cube would be infinitely more complex than the traditional puzzle, but mathematical modelling shows it wouldn’t be unsolvable.

There's also a new high-tech Rubik's Cube with a dedicated app to track your progress solving the classic combination puzzle.

Left-hander Jack Dreyer, who was added to the 40-man roster last November, has made an impression with his pitching and his mastery of Rubik's Cubes.