Happy June, everyone! We’ve made it to the start of summer, which also means our new, redesigned Bathroom Minutes magazine comes out this month. You know, that cool, foldy insert that you get in your box with the facts about space trash and commencement speeches. If you haven’t...
Showering every day might prevent you from smelling like a foot, but it also means using a lot of a finite resource—water. What if, however, you could keep clean and conserve water? Torrey Tayenaka doesn’t see any reason why you can’t, which is why he invented the...
We’re going back to Algebra 1 in this week’s rompecabeza. The puzzle below requires a bit of what you (hopefully?) still remember from high school math. You know, adding, subtracting, exponentiation—all that fun stuff. The number in the bottom circle of each pattern can be determined through a combination...
It doesn’t help the turtles of Jekyll island that the highest point—and thus prime nesting ground—is atop a high-traffic causeway. Just ask Ray Emerson, a volunteer at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center and guardian angel to the hundreds of nesting terrapins on the island. Since 2012, Ray’s...
This week in PuzzleLand we harken back to every kid’s favorite 15 to 45 minutes of the school day—recess. A simpler time. A time when you were free, free to pull the hair of the girl or boy you liked, free to play in the mud, and free to...
This week’s puzzle is a frame game, so the key to solving it is to think literally. About evil. No, not about evil clowns, though you couldn’t be blamed for doing so. Clowns certainly are evil. Think about it: You’re walking alone on a deserted street at night. You see...
Why take the elevator when you can take the stairs? That’s Steve Jankelson’s mantra—well, at least it is when he’s participating in the Big Climb, a charity race to the top of the Columbia Center in Seattle, the second tallest building west of the Mississippi. Which adds...
You know what movie studios need to make more of? Westerns. The Western is a truly underappreciated genre in contemporary film. Not a fan? Well, do yourself a solid and check out some of the classic Sergio Leone-directed Spaghetti Westerns. A personal favorite is Once Upon a Time in the West. That...
Tim Paul grew up racing. While the rest of us were still playing with matchbox cars, nine-year old Tim was speeding a go-kart around a dirt track outside of New York City. Working his way up the ladder from sprint cars to midgets, and all the way...
Don’t know about you, but we’ve had it with this monkey-fighting snake in this Monday-to-Friday box. See what you can do about it by solving this puzzle. DSC members are among the smartest people in the world. But that doesn’t mean they can’t be smarter. With the help...
There’s nothing like breaking nearly every bone in your body to inspire a new business idea. After a fall that left him with 15 broken bones and skull fractures, Larsen Jay swore the get-well bouquets he received helped him heal faster. Leaving behind a job as a...
A wise man once said, “I am the walrus.” A more obscure, but equally important man probably once said, “I am the narwhal.” But unfortunately, he’ll be relegated to the footnotes of history. And on that note, a puzzle. Check back next Friday for the answer! ANSWER...
