We have met our match at the genteel pastime of jigsaw puzzles. It seems an algorithm can now whiz through 10,000 pieces in 24 hours. The speedy solver could also help piece together shredded ...

Cornell physicist Veit Elser has been engrossed recently in resolving a pivotal question in biological imaging. So he hasn't had much time for brainteasers and number games. But in discovering an ...

One of the most difficult problems in the field of genomics is assembling short "reads" of DNA into complete chromosomes. Now an interdisciplinary group of genome and computer scientists has solved ...

The landscape of puzzle-solving has shifted from manual brute-force methods to AI-assisted development, with Microsoft Copilot now capable of generating and editing code directly in your live ...

A new wave of open-world puzzle games, where the environment itself is the puzzle, is gaining attention alongside the viral rise of puzzle content on short-form video platforms. Titles like The ...