The trillion dollar coin: it's a kind of magic. But is it good magic... or bad magic? Odds are by now you’ve heard at least something about the “Trillion Dollar Coin” idea that, thanks in part to Up ...

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 ...

3. Coin Vanishing through Paper, Napkin or Handkerchief – 3/7 points. Some magicians use special cloths designed to cleverly hide the coin, sometimes within the seam. Others fold coins into paper and ...

As Ignatius J. Reilly might have put it, Fortuna, the goddess of luck, was unconscionably cruel to the New Orleans Saints this Sunday, taunting the team with the possibility of a comeback victory, but ...

Rhode Island’s quirkiest collector knows how to help lighten the load of our overwhelming daily decisions, courtesy of a Japanese toy woodpecker. THE FIRST ONE CAME FROM AN EBAY AUCTION, and it cost ...

It’s gettin’ astronomical y'all. At the start of the season, Who Dat Matthew Lauricella flipped a quarter to playfully predict the outcome of every upcoming New Orleans Saints game. He posted his ...