A robot built by undergraduate students from
Indiana’s Purdue University has solved a Rubik’s
Cube in an incredible 0.103 seconds. This is about
twice as fast as an average human blink. Named
"Purdubik’s Cube," it claimed a new Guinness World
Record for the "Fastest robot to solve a rotating
puzzle cube" on April 21, 2025. The previous recor...
Chimpanzees are well known for their intelligence,
especially in using tools to hunt and gather food.
Now, new research on chimps at Gombe Stream
National Park in Tanzania, Africa, suggests these
clever primates are not just tool users — they may
also be natural engineers.
Crows are remarkably smart animals, with thinking
skills comparable to those of five- to seven-year-old
children. They can solve puzzles, use tools, and
even remember faces. Now, researchers at the
University of Tübingen in Germany have found that
these unassuming birds can also recognize different
geometric shapes — a skill previously seen only in ...
Two hikers were walking along a moss-covered wall
in the foothills of the Krkonoše Mountains in the
Czech Republic in early February when a glint of
metal caught their eye. A closer look revealed an
aluminum box. To their surprise, it contained nearly
six hundred well-preserved gold coins. They were
neatly arranged in 11 columns and wrapped in bla...
