The original 3x3 Rubik's has more than 43 quintillion — that's more than 43,000,000,000,000,000,000 — possible configurations, but the principles behind the cube have been refashioned for 2x2 ...

The student now plans to study for a master's degree in robotics at Imperial College London. The Rubik's cube is a combination puzzle invented by Hungarian sculptor Ernő Rubik in 1974.

Kevin Hays of Renton Wash., uses a computer console June 10, 2012, to solve the Groovik's Cube, an electronic 15-foot Rubik's Cube puzzle, at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle.

For me, the cube represents what freedom means, says Ernő Rubik Professor Ernő Rubik, inventor of Rubik's Cube, has seen his colour-matching puzzle go from a classroom teaching tool in Cold War ...