Borderlands Science, introduced in the trailer below, is a block-shifting puzzle game that involves mapping and comparing microbes, a task that even the most complex supercomputer is not as good ...

Puzzle play improves math skills Date: February 17, 2012 Source: National Science Foundation Summary: An important context for figuring out problems through reasoning is puzzle play, say researchers.

Children who play with puzzles between ages 2 and 4 later develop better spatial skills, researchers have found. Puzzle play was found to be a significant predictor of cognition after controlling ...