By David Shaw, 20 July 2022
This traditional Chinese puzzle, known as a tangram, reveals some surprising properties of squares!
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By David Shaw, 24 May 2022
The soma cube is a tricky puzzle! First, you’ll glue some cubes together into strange shapes. Then see if you can get those shapes to come together!
By David Shaw, 24 February 2022
Do you have a favourite mug? This is my favourite. Not only does it hold my hot chocolate, it has a wicked tricky puzzle on it!
By David Shaw, 26 May 2021
Here’s a puzzle that’s easy to set up, but surprisingly tricky to solve. See if you can swap two counters just by sliding them!
By David Shaw, 22 October 2020
Here’s a quick sliding puzzle to get your brain pumping. See if you can separate the light and dark counters in as few moves as possible!
By David Shaw, 24 December 2019
Merry Christmas! Here’s our maths gift to you – a puzzle.
By Jasmine Fellows, 28 February 2018
Double Helix magazine is excited to announce that we’re merging our newsletters Science by Email and Maths by Email, and adding a splash of technology and engineering news. Keep an eye out for our new look email, called Double Helix Extra!
By David Shaw, 12 December 2017
Written by Mike McRae Around 15 years ago, a New Caledonian crow named Betty amazed scientists with her talent for tool-building. That was nothing – wait until your meet these clever cockatoos.
By David Shaw, 27 November 2017
You’ll find yourself going a little loopy with this puzzle, but it’s worth unravelling the secret.
By David Shaw, 1 August 2017
Here’s a tricky puzzle for you! An eight pointed star, and seven coins. Can you put all the coins onto the star?
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