The simple Rubik's Cube is a harder problem than most people realize. Using the currently provided best algorithm for solving the cube, for example, would take the computer you're reading this on now ...

A termite starts at the center of the face of any one of the edge cubes and bores a path that takes it through every cube ...

If you suspend a Rubik’s Cube near the corner of a room and shine lights at its exposed faces, it will cast square shadows on two walls and the floor. A real-world Rubik’s Cube has a gadget at its ...