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  Ernő Rubik on why his famous cube is a “metaphor” for the human condition

  

  salon.com

  For years I have harbored a shameful secret: I once helped solve a Rubik's Cube, but it was entirely by accident, and I've been too proud to ever try to complete the puzzle again. I wish I could brag and say I mastered the puzzle of the Rubik's Cube through sheer cerebral power. Yet the nine-year-old version of myse...

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  Box seat: scientists solve the mystery of why wombats have cube-shaped poo

  

  theguardian.com

  Unique physiology allows the Australian marsupial to produce square-shaped faeces that may aid communicationHow wombats produce...

  Unique physiology allows the Australian marsupial to produce square-shaped faeces that may aid communicationHow wombats produce their cube-shape poo has long been a biological puzzle but now an international study has provided the answer to this unusual natural phenomenon.The cube shape is formed within the intestines – not at the point of exit, as previously thought – according to research published in scientific journal...

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  Why Solving a Rubik's Cube Does Not Signal Robot Supremacy

  

  wired.com

  OpenAI demonstrated a robotic arm successfully completing the puzzle. It didn't show the machine dropping the...

  OpenAI demonstrated a robotic arm successfully completing the puzzle. It didn't show the machine dropping the cube—or the 10,000 years of simulated training.

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  How to Solve a Rubik's Cube in 5 Seconds—or Less

  

  wired.com

  The world record for unscrambling a Rubik's cube keeps dropping, as fleet-fingered speedcubers hone their pattern...

  The world record for unscrambling a Rubik's cube keeps dropping, as fleet-fingered speedcubers hone their pattern recognition and "lookahead" skills.

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