Rubik's Cube Inspired Puzzles Demonstrate Math's "Simple Groups" [Scientific American Magazine] (Scientific American)
Millions of people have been perplexed at one time or another by Rubiks Cube, a fascinating puzzle that took the world by storm in the 1980s. If you somehow missed the puzzle–or the 1980s–the cube is a plastic gizmo that appears to be made up of 27 small cubes, or cubies, stacked into a larger cube, three cubies to an edge. Each of the six square faces of the larger cube is colored in one …
Private deposition puzzles judge in Tate case (Winchester Star)
LEESBURG Consider Loudoun County Circuit Court Judge Thomas D. Horne as confused as both special prosecutor Matthew J. Britton and defense attorney Edward B. MacMahon of Middleburg.
A Grandfathers Suicide Bombing Puzzles Algerians (Financial Times)
As a suicide bomber, Rabah Bechla was most unusual. But the story of Mr Bechla, a 63-year-old grandfather of seven who rammed an explosives-packed truck into a United Nations office in Algiers on December 11, killing at least 17 people, is in many ways the story of Algeria itself.
In print: Stories in today's print and e-edition June 9 (Marshall Democrat-News)
On page 2: Comics, puzzles, "Astrograph," and Dr. Gott's advice for upper back pain.
A father's memory loss spurred her to learn more (USA Today)
A Q&A with author Sue Halpern about her five years investigating lifestyle measures and talking to neuroscientists about memory, Alzheimer's and the aging brain.
Eight-letter word for fun? (Denver Post)
When should Grandma get a Nintendo DS? When it lets her work an endless supply of crossword puzzles, that's when.
Big Brown still puzzles (Louisville Courier-Journal)
How do you go from beating a horse by 231/2 lengths in the Florida Derby to losing to him by a quarter-mile in the Belmont?
DS puzzle games can't beat pencil and paper (AP via Yahoo! News)
School's out, the pool's open and in much of the country it's already too hot to think. Unfortunately, most of us have kids or parents or spouses who insist on dragging us out under the unforgiving sun. And if you have to go outside, you might as well bring your brain with you along with some games that will help keep the old brain cells from melting.
Make Father's Day a day for play (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News)
Some guys like ties, but all boys love toys. Whether dad's the sporting type, a race-car driver in training, an action hero, a rock-star wannabe or the more cerebral type, there's electronic entertainment perfect for him this Father's Day. Video-game writer Marc Saltzman offers a few suggestions.
Atari Announces Asterix Brian Trainer for Nintendo DS (PDA Buyer's Guide)
Atari today announced the forthcoming release of Asterix Brain Trainer for Nintendo DS, scheduled for 27 June release in Europe. Asterix Brain Trainer is packed with entertaining mini-games led by everyone's favourite Gallic hero, Asterix, which make puzzles, memory …