As an academic discipline, logic is the study of reasoning. Logic puzzles, therefore, involve making a series of inferences and assessing them using reasoning. Easier logic puzzles for kids tend to ...

As an academic discipline, logic is the study of reasoning. Logic puzzles, therefore, involve solving problems by making a series of inferences and assessing these using reasoning. Sounds easy, right?

It’s that strange time of year, the lull between Christmas and New Year, when you’re not really celebrating but not really working either. So, how about you wrap your brain around the world’s hardest ...

The following puzzle devised by Lewis Carroll is a classic one in puzzledom: A bag contains one counter, known to be either white or black. A white counter is put in, the bag shaken, and a counter ...

In 1996, the mathematical logician George Boolos (above) published a paper describing “the hardest logic puzzle ever” which he attributed to the logician Raymond Smullyan. The puzzle has gained much ...

Puzzles saved my sanity during the pandemic—and I believe they can save the world. Perhaps that sounds like a rationalization from a puzzle addict trying to justify the thousands of hours I’ve spent ...

Last week, we asked you to solve ‘The Hardest Logic Puzzle In The World.” This week, we’re asking you to do it again – with a brand new puzzle. Let me begin by stating the obvious: The notion that any ...

We will first solve Shape 1 and Shape 2 to understand the logic.

This logic puzzle has been doing the rounds for some time. It’s called “The Bridge Riddle”, and this is how it goes: You are a young explorer on a remote island with three other people—a fellow lab ...