When you flip a coin to make a decision, there's an equal chance of getting heads and tails. What if you flipped two coins repeatedly, so that one option would win as soon as two heads showed up in a ...

Heads or tails! When we want to make a decision left entirely to chance, we use a 'coin toss.' This is because of the belief that it's a fair decision-making method where no bias, skill, or trickery ...

Awareness of my proclivity for mathematical formulas and years spent as a child learning to game the system with countless how-to magic guides makes me wonder if I'm the only one who will find this ...

Welcome to The Riddler. Every week, I offer up problems related to the things we hold dear around here: math, logic and probability. Two puzzles are presented each week: the Riddler Express for those ...

Does it matter who wins the coin toss before the Super Bowl? Should you care if your team loses the toss? Full disclosure: I don't really pay much attention to professional football (I'm more of a ...