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30  juin     12h00
So Long, And Thanks For All The Riddles
Zach Wissner-Gross    Welcome to The Riddler. Every week over the past eight years, we have offered up problems related to the things we hold dear around here: math, logic and probability. Usually, two puzzles are presented each week: the Riddler Express for those of you who want something bite size and the Riddler...
23  juin     12h00
The Final Battle For Riddler Nation
Zach Wissner-Gross    Welcome to The Riddler. Every week, I offer up problems related to the things we hold dear around here: math, logic and probability. Two puzzles are presented each week: the Riddler Express for those of you who want something bite size and the Riddler Classic for those of you in the slow puzzle...
16  juin     12h00
Can You Solve Middle-Square Madness?
Zach Wissner-Gross    Welcome to The Riddler. Every week, I offer up problems related to the things we hold dear around here: math, logic and probability. Two puzzles are presented each week: the Riddler Express for those of you who want something bite size and the Riddler Classic for those of you in the slow puzzle...
09  juin     12h00
Can You Defeat A Troll With Your Calculator?
Zach Wissner-Gross    Welcome to The Riddler. Every week, I offer up problems related to the things we hold dear around here: math, logic and probability. Two puzzles are presented each week: the Riddler Express for those of you who want something bite size and the Riddler Classic for those of you in the slow puzzle...
02  juin     12h00
Can You Calculate The Long Shot?
Zach Wissner-Gross    Welcome to The Riddler. Every week, I offer up problems related to the things we hold dear around here: math, logic and probability. Two puzzles are presented each week: the Riddler Express for those of you who want something bite size and the Riddler Classic for those of you in the slow puzzle...
26  mai     12h00
Can You Game The Currency Exchange?
Zach Wissner-Gross    Welcome to The Riddler. Every week, I offer up problems related to the things we hold dear around here: math, logic and probability. Two puzzles are presented each week: the Riddler Express for those of you who want something bite size and the Riddler Classic for those of you in the slow puzzle...
19  mai     12h00
How Much Money Can You Pull Out Of A Hat?
Zach Wissner-Gross    Welcome to The Riddler. Every week, I offer up problems related to the things we hold dear around here: math, logic and probability. Two puzzles are presented each week: the Riddler Express for those of you who want something bite size and the Riddler Classic for those of you in the slow puzzle...
12  mai     12h00
Can You Save The World?
Zach Wissner-Gross    Welcome to The Riddler. Every week, I offer up problems related to the things we hold dear around here: math, logic and probability. Two puzzles are presented each week: the Riddler Express for those of you who want something bite size and the Riddler Classic for those of you in the slow puzzle...
05  mai     12h00
Can You Help The Grasshopper Get Home?
Zach Wissner-Gross    Welcome to The Riddler. Every week, I offer up problems related to the things we hold dear around here: math, logic and probability. Two puzzles are presented each week: the Riddler Express for those of you who want something bite size and the Riddler Classic for those of you in the slow puzzle...
    10h00
Who’s Excited For The Coronation Of King Charles?
Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux    Tomorrow is Coronation Day in the United Kingdom a special day when people around the world can take a breath and contemplate essential questions like: Which is to say, it’s a spectacle. A spectacle loaded with nostalgia and warm patriotic feelings for some and for others, a reminder of the...
21  avril     12h00
Can You Turn Digits Into Numbers?
Zach Wissner-Gross    Welcome to The Riddler. Every week, I offer up problems related to the things we hold dear around here: math, logic and probability. Two puzzles are presented each week: the Riddler Express for those of you who want something bite size and the Riddler Classic for those of you in the slow puzzle...
14  avril     12h00
Can You Waffle’ Your Way To A Proof?
Zach Wissner-Gross    Welcome to The Riddler. Every week, I offer up problems related to the things we hold dear around here: math, logic and probability. Two puzzles are presented each week: the Riddler Express for those of you who want something bite size and the Riddler Classic for those of you in the slow puzzle...
    10h00
Ceci N’Est Pas Une Pollapalooza
Nathaniel Rakich    Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. What is art According to the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, the activity of art is to evoke in oneself a feeling one has once experienced, and having evoked it in oneself, then, by means of movements, lines, colors, sounds, or forms expressed in...
07  avril     12h00
Can You Rescue Your Crew?
Zach Wissner-Gross    Welcome to The Riddler. Every week, I offer up problems related to the things we hold dear around here: math, logic and probability. Two puzzles are presented each week: the Riddler Express for those of you who want something bite size and the Riddler Classic for those of you in the slow puzzle...
31  mars     12h00
How Many Squares Can You Squeeze?
Zach Wissner-Gross    Welcome to The Riddler. Every week, I offer up problems related to the things we hold dear around here: math, logic and probability. Two puzzles are presented each week: the Riddler Express for those of you who want something bite size and the Riddler Classic for those of you in the slow puzzle...
24  mars     12h00
The Riddler Meets Jeopardy
Zach Wissner-Gross    Welcome to The Riddler. Every week, I offer up problems related to the things we hold dear around here: math, logic and probability. Two puzzles are presented each week: the Riddler Express for those of you who want something bite size and the Riddler Classic for those of you in the slow puzzle...
    10h00
Which Taylor Swift Album Is The Most Popular?
Nathaniel Rakich    Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. The oldest poll I could find on Taylor Swift was from . Even then, it was clear she was on her way to being a pop culture phenomenon. When CBS News Minutes Vanity Fair asked American adults which of five musicians they would most like to...
17  mars     12h00
Can You Stack The Deck With Suits?
Zach Wissner-Gross    Welcome to The Riddler. Every week, I offer up problems related to the things we hold dear around here: math, logic and probability. Two puzzles are presented each week: the Riddler Express for those of you who want something bite size and the Riddler Classic for those of you in the slow puzzle...
13  mars     10h00
There’s A Racial Bias on Police Facebook Pages
Maggie Koerth    There was nothing overtly biased about the way the Wilkes Barre Township Police Department described a mugging on its Facebook page in February . The first post simply described a Black suspect who was alleged to have threatened a victim with a gun and demanded cash in this small community in...
    10h00
Red States Are Fighting Their Blue Cities
Monica Potts    In the second half of , housing prices rose faster in Florida than in any other state. In some cities, rents soared by as much as percent that summer. This put an enormous strain on families living in Florida and already struggling to pay rent, especially those who worked in the tourism...