A matchstick lit aboard in Tiangong station (Image: Space.com) Chinese astronauts stationed in Tiangong space station, did some experiment on lighting a matchstick in space. Astronauts noticed a ...

A mathematical brain teaser challenges people to solve the matchstick equation in just two moves. The puzzle uses matchsticks to create an equation that shows 3 + 3 = 8 and instructs viewers to make ...

Have you imagined why a matchstick head is ignited only when it strikes the sidewall of a matchbox? Actually the matchstick has an oxidizing agent, which thus gets ignited when struck to a combustible ...

Seemingly simple, these matchstick puzzles demand acute observation, logical reasoning, and spatial intelligence. By moving, adding, or removing matchsticks, individuals must decipher how to achieve ...

While the numbers 1, 3, 9 and 12 give you five Diffy squares (shown below), placing 1, 3, 6, and12 clockwise around the square will give you 10 Diffy squares. You can find them by a combination of wor ...

A large part of the world still educates their kids using a system that’s completely antiquated. Personal choices and interests don’t matter, and learning by rote is the norm. Government schooling is ...

Passing an electric current through the brain can help people be more creative, according to new research. Scientists found that suppressing an area of the brain involved in thinking and reasoning ...