Puzzles—they're often thought of as something for little kids and older adults. Brain games can keep a little kid occupied so their caretakers can shower with the door closed, and they can keep an ...

This nostalgic, rainy-day activity promotes healthy aging. Jigsaw puzzles have been popular for ages and are often a go-to activity for entertainment on rainy days. However, many people are unaware ...

If you ever fell asleep mad at a problem and woke up with a solution, your brain probably pulled an overnight problem-solving shift without actually clocking in. Now, researchers are trying to guide ...

When solving a puzzle, the answer could lie in your dreams. In a study of lucid dreamers, playing soundtracks linked with unsolved puzzles helped the sleepers solve the problems the next day, ...

Sleeping on a problem might be more powerful than we ever imagined. Neuroscientists at Northwestern University have shown that dreams can actually be nudged in specific directions — and those dream ...

NPR's Short Wave talks about babies' perceptions of rhythm, how sleep may help us solve puzzles and why snakes may be able to fast so long. It's time now for our science news roundup from Short Wave, ...