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 ...

The twentieth-century philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein once wrote that: “Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see how it does it.” These words bring out the crux of the problem ...

The word logic comes from Greek lógos, where it meant both “reasoning” and “word.” The Greeks were clearly aware of the relation between logic and language, coining the perfect term for it. So, in a ...

Are your kids constantly reaching for your phone? Can they not get enough “screen time?” Instead of worrying about your kids frying all their brain cells while draining your battery constantly playing ...

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 ...

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 ...

I love puzzles in any shape or form. I've already filled up a folder on my BlackBerry device with puzzle games and may need to create a second one. There are a lot of enjoyable puzzle games to be ...

MIT's Mitchel Resnick and Natalie Rusk have warned that trying to teach kids programming using logic puzzles is like teaching people to write using crosswords. Writing in the November Communications ...