Originally intended as a teaching aid, the Rubik’s Cube became a global craze in the 1980s, The Hungarian inventor of the Rubik’s Cube on Saturday celebrated the 50th anniversary of the creation of ...

Teacher, mathematician and professional magician Andrew Jeffrey is back to help us celebrate 50 years of the Rubik's Cube! In ...

Sonia Livingstone DPhil (Oxon), OBE, FBA, FBPS, FAcSS, FRSA, is a professor in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Taking a comparative, ...

It's the 50th anniversary of the Rubik's Cube - and for Asia's youth, the connections formed matter just as much as the ...

The iconic six-sided puzzle was invented in 1974 by Erno Rubik, a Hungarian professor of architecture and design. Struck by its popularity with his students, Rubik patented it, and the rest is history ...

This bacteria can produce fibers eight times stronger than steel. See how one company is creating new material with it.

Martin Gardner’s Mathematical Games column in Scientific American fascinated and mystified readers for decades—and his legacy ...

By Vimal Patel and Sharon Otterman Columbia University has temporarily barred a vocal pro-Israel professor from campus, saying he repeatedly harassed and intimidated the school’s employees.

Amy Wax, the Ivy League law professor suspended for making racist, sexist and inflammatory comments, stands to lose half a million dollars from her punishment. Wax said she doesn’t regret the ...

An outspoken Columbia University professor, who has accused the school of being a hotbed of antisemitism, has been temporarily banned from its campus. Columbia said it isn’t letting Shai Davidai ...