"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." With an ever expanding number of cube sizes, the infusion of new games and puzzles in the spirit of the ...

The Rubik's Cube celebrates its 40-year anniversary this year. Reuters/Laszlo Balogh The Rubik’s Cube has finally hit its mid-life crisis as it reaches its 40 th anniversary this year. Invented in ...

The Rubik’s cube is widely considered the most popular toy ever made: More than 350 million of them have been sold worldwide since it hit toy shop shelves in Budapest in the 1970s. The toy was ...

NEW YORK -- If you've ever had trouble solving a Rubik's Cube, a good piece of advice is to break it down into steps. It's worth a shot: That advice is from the man who invented it. "Problem solving ...

Are you a "can" or "cannot" when it comes to the Rubik's Cube? There were always certain kids in your class growing up who ...

It took a month of twisting and turning for the first person to solve a Rubik's Cube. That person was Erno Rubik, now 79, the iconic puzzle toy's creator. Conceived as a mathematical tool to help his ...

The six-sided toy is one of the best-selling brainteasers of all time. Jonathan Glancey explores how it came to be and why it is still so popular. Here is a fascinating and enjoyable experiment you ...

Forget what you remember about the Rubik’s Cube that’s gathering dust in your mother’s attic with your old He-Mans. The iconic puzzle that gripped the public’s imagination and fell into disfavor just ...

At 29, Ernö Rubik was too old to be playing with blocks. But the Hungarian professor of architecture couldn’t help himself: He was fascinated with shapes and spent much of his free time building and ...

Google went all out today to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Rubik’s Cube, giving the classic 80’s toy its very own interactive logo on the site’s global homepage. Doubling as digital version of ...

They’re not kidding around. The maker of the famed Rubik’s Cube is suing the Ohio-based Duncan yo-yo maker for knocking off its famed 1980s brain-teaser with its own “Quick Cube.’’ Rubik’s Brand ...