Puzzles Editor Kabir Firaque is the author of the weekly column Problematics. A journalist for three decades, he also writes about science and mathematics.
Articles by Kabir Firaque
Problematics | Births and dates with new puzzles
We are familiar with mathematical tricks in which you think of a number and I tell you what it is. In this variation, let’s use dates instead of numbers.
Updated on Sep 12, 2022 12:08 PM IST
World’s oldest known amputation from 31k years ago, and the myths it busts
In 2020, archaeologists excavated a skeleton from a burial site in Borneo and were struck by the fact that the lower left leg was missing, the wound having healed in a way that indicated a surgical amputation.
Published on Sep 09, 2022 06:51 PM IST
Kabir Firaque, New Delhi
Problematics | When nobody gets to work from home
Can’t wait for your next article in Problematics, Sunaina Shivrain tells me from Faridabad. Mondays will be less mundane, writes Nupur Joshi from Faridabad. Thank you for your response, and let’s keep this going. This week’s puzzles coming up:
Updated on Sep 05, 2022 04:13 PM IST
Problematics I Let the puzzles, games begin
Every week, we bring you one or more mildly challenging puzzles, which means they are neither too easy nor too hard
Updated on Sep 05, 2022 12:26 PM IST