As an academic discipline, logic is the study of reasoning. Logic puzzles, therefore, involve solving problems by making a series of inferences and assessing these using reasoning. Sounds easy, right?

Earlier this month, 36 sharp-witted high school students from around the globe stepped foot on the warm and breezy campus of Stanford University. Out of more than 4,000 students from more than 2,000 ...

When counting squares in a grid, don’t stop at the smallest boxes; the bigger ones are hiding too. The rule is simple: In an n × n grid—where n is the number of squares both horizontally and ...

The term “process of elimination” refers to a form of logical reasoning that inheres in finding an answer or option to some conundrum by ruling out incorrect or inconsistent options until the correct ...

The game’s most devoted solvers have unlocked creativity and complexity in the classic logic game. By Elie Levine and Sam Corbin Sudoku is like any other logic puzzle, in that it relies on deductive ...