Molecules/Matter & Energy

Tibetan singing bowls, supersized Rubik's Cubes and sound-squeezing soda cans in this week's news

Supersized Rubik’s Cubes solved
Solving a Rubik’s Cube with more squares than the original toy requires fewer moves than expected. A new algorithm developed by MIT computer scientist Erik Demaine and colleagues spots situations in which several squares can be put in place at once with a few simple twists.