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For collectors and puzzle lovers: You can now purchase the complete collection of Archimedes Journal online...]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/zjournal.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/zjournal.html</guid>  <pubDate>2012-06-18 14:00:00</pubDate> </item>   <item>  <title>Test your reflexes online!</title>  <description><![CDATA[Presto is a simple game that enhances self-control and develops quick reflexes...]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/game_presto.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/game_presto.html</guid>  <pubDate>2012-02-26 14:00:38</pubDate> </item>   <item>  <title>Sarcone's Official Website</title>  <description><![CDATA['Gianni A. Sarcone, the Editor and Webmaster of Archimedes’ Lab, has launched his official website: I wanted my new website to be a platform by which to promote my work as an author and designer and to share ideas for editorial projects. There is a section from where you can send original e-cards and an optical illusion gallery.' -- G. 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126</title>  <description><![CDATA[The solution to the puzzle 'A Troublesome Sequence' has been posted along with the new monthly puzzle!]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/monthly_puzzles_126.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/monthly_puzzles_126.html</guid>  <pubDate>2011-09-09 10:49:00</pubDate> </item>   <item>  <title>Solution to Monthly Puzzles # 125</title>  <description><![CDATA[The solution to the puzzle 'A Mathematical Shield' has been posted along with the new monthly puzzle!]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/monthly_puzzles_80.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/monthly_puzzles_80.html</guid>  <pubDate>2011-06-08 10:49:18</pubDate> </item>  <item>  <title>New Droodle of the Month: June 2011</title>  <description><![CDATA[Just guess what the droodle below is supposed to be...]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/droodle_challenge.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/droodle_challenge.html</guid>  <pubDate>2011-06-08 10:00:18</pubDate> </item>  <item>  <title>VIsit Archimedes' Lab Channel</title>  <description><![CDATA[See all our videos on YouTube!]]></description>  <link>http://www.youtube.com/user/MrSUSTENTACULA</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.youtube.com/user/MrSUSTENTACULA</guid>  <pubDate>2011-05-23 10:49:00</pubDate> </item>  <item>  <title>Our New Online Optical Illusion Store</title>  <description><![CDATA[Take a tour of our new 'Optical Illusions Store' containing a unique collection of neat visual illusion cards, posters and quality art print to enjoy and share with friends]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/optical_illusion_prints.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/optical_illusion_prints.html</guid>  <pubDate>2011-03-04 10:49:00</pubDate> </item>   <item>  <title>Friends' network and list of puzzle designers</title>  <description><![CDATA[Added new network of friends and puzzle lovers from France]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/amis.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/amis.html</guid>  <pubDate>2010-07-29 10:49:18</pubDate> </item>   <item>  <title>From Apices To Modern Digits</title>  <description><![CDATA[The first Western use of the digits, without the zero, was reported in the Vth century by Beothius, a Roman writer]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/numeral.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/numeral.html</guid>  <pubDate>2010-07-18 11:49:18</pubDate> </item>  <item>  <title>Solution to Monthly Puzzles # 124</title>  <description><![CDATA[The solution to the puzzle 'A Chopping Problem' has been posted along with the new monthly puzzle!]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/monthly_puzzles_79.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/monthly_puzzles_79.html</guid>  <pubDate>2010-07-10 10:49:18</pubDate> </item>   <item>  <title>Magic Crystal Skull Puzzle</title>  <description><![CDATA[A printable thrilling geometric illusion puzzle that has defied science for centuries!]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/workshop13skulls.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/workshop13skulls.html</guid>  <pubDate>2010-03-28 12:49:18</pubDate> </item>    <item>  <title>Droodology</title>  <description><![CDATA[the 'Droodle' page (Droodology, challenging your creative visualization) has been updated and new droodle drawings have been added!]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/droodles.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/droodles.html</guid>  <pubDate>2010-02-26 10:49:18</pubDate> </item>    <item>  <title>Solution to Monthly Puzzles # 123</title>  <description><![CDATA[The solution to the puzzle 'Mark of Zorro' has been posted along with the new monthly puzzle!]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/monthly_puzzles_78.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/monthly_puzzles_78.html</guid>  <pubDate>2010-02-22 10:49:18</pubDate> </item>   <item>  <title>Fun puzzle workshops to entertain and instruct</title>  <description><![CDATA[Our interactive math activities and workshops are intended for an interested general public having no prior specific math or scientific knowledge.]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/prospatelier.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/prospatelier.html</guid>  <pubDate>2010-02-01 10:56:39</pubDate> </item>  <item>  <title>Palestra della Mente (in Italian)</title>  <description><![CDATA[Animazioni, laboratori ludico-educativi per imparare giocando... Matematica ricreativa, scienza dilettevole, brain training.]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/palestra_matematica.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/palestra_matematica.html</guid>  <pubDate>2010-02-01 9:56:39</pubDate> </item>  <item>  <title>Ateliers et animations (in French)</title>  <description><![CDATA[Ateliers de puzzles et de jeux pour expérimenter et découvrir tout en s'amusant...... Matématique récréative, science amusante, brain training.]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/ateliers_animations.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/ateliers_animations.html</guid>  <pubDate>2010-02-01 8:56:39</pubDate> </item>   <item>  <title>Weekly paint by number and logic puzzles</title>  <description><![CDATA[Resolve online: Pic-a-Pix, Link-a-Pix, Classic Sudoku, Sudoku variants, Kakuro, Battleships, Slitherlink, Hashi, CalcuDoku, and Fill-a-Pix puzzles. All these logic-based, combinatorial and number-placement puzzles are automatically updated each week.]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/pix_games.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/pix_games.html</guid>  <pubDate>2010-02-01 7:56:39</pubDate> </item>  <item>  <title>Pencil Games</title>  <description><![CDATA[Work out our latest intriguing Pencil games of the month!]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/pencil_games.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/pencil_games.html</guid>  <pubDate>2010-02-01 6:55:14</pubDate> </item>    <item>  <title>Need a clever gift? Pay a visit to our new Puzzle Store...</title>  <description><![CDATA[Magic and geometric puzzles that drive you nuts...]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/index5.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/index5.html</guid>  <pubDate>2010-01-30 02:20:25</pubDate> </item>    <item>  <title>Conway's Game of Life</title>  <description><![CDATA['Lifegame' a simple cellular automaton... Play and see how generations of cells progressively transform themselves, die and raise again.]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/lifegame.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/lifegame.html</guid>  <pubDate>2010-01-12 04:00:25</pubDate> </item>   <item>  <title>The Three Utilities puzzle</title>  <description><![CDATA[Archimedes Lab answers to this classic puzzle: is there a way to connect 3 houses to the water, gas, and electric companies without any of the lines crossing each other?]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/How_to_Solve/Water_gas.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/How_to_Solve/Water_gas.html</guid>  <pubDate>2010-01-11 03:00:25</pubDate> </item>   <item>  <title>The Nine Dot puzzle</title>  <description><![CDATA[Math-magic trick revealed... There are nine dots arranged in a square matrix, each of them being equidistant from its neighbors. The challenge is to join all the dots up with not more than 4 continuous straight lines!]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/How_to_Solve/9_dots.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/How_to_Solve/9_dots.html</guid>  <pubDate>2010-01-07 03:00:25</pubDate> </item>   <item>  <title>Is the Five Room House puzzle solvable?</title>  <description><![CDATA[One of the oldest puzzle explained! The puzzle is simple as hell, but no one can figure it out... The object of the puzzle is to visit all 5 rooms of a rectangular apartment, without going through any door twice, and without crossing any path.]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/How_to_Solve/5_rooms.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/How_to_Solve/5_rooms.html</guid>  <pubDate>2010-01-04 05:22:25</pubDate> </item>   <item>  <title>How to win at the Nim game?</title>  <description><![CDATA[Archimedes' Lab reveals how to beat everyone at Nim-game! Step by step explanations on how to play the game and win... Become the master of Nim!]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/How_to_Solve/Win_at_Nim.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/How_to_Solve/Win_at_Nim.html</guid>  <pubDate>2009-12-31 05:22:25</pubDate> </item>    <item>  <title>Most wanted puzzle solutions</title>  <description><![CDATA[The best solutions for your logic and mechanical puzzles... You're looking desperately for a puzzle solution? No panic, mail us your question and we'll try to solve your puzzle problem!]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/How_to_Solve/MW_puzzle.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/How_to_Solve/MW_puzzle.html</guid>  <pubDate>2009-12-27 02:22:25</pubDate> </item>    <item>  <title>Othello / Reversi, a game involving abstract strategy</title>  <description><![CDATA[The simple game rules and mind bending gameplay will keep you on playing 'just one more game' and provide new challenges. Easy to learn but hard to master!]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/game_othello/othello.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/game_othello/othello.html</guid>  <pubDate>2009-12-26 05:22:25</pubDate> </item>   <item>  <title>The Classic Game of Counter Strategy</title>  <description><![CDATA[Archimedes' Lab brings you a new challenge: improve your visual attention and your strategy skills by playing Connect4 game online!]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/game_connect4/connect4.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/game_connect4/connect4.html</guid>  <pubDate>2009-12-24 02:22:25</pubDate> </item>  <item>  <title>Test your code-cracking prowess with our new online Mastermind!</title>  <description><![CDATA[Mastermind is a great and simple code-breaking board game for those who like to use their deductive reasoning...]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/mastermind.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/mastermind.html</guid>  <pubDate>2009-12-22 03:22:25</pubDate> </item>    <item>  <title>Need a clever gift? Pay a visit to our new bookshop...</title>  <description><![CDATA[We only sell books that keep readers amused for hours and which help develop logic as well as critical thinking skills!You will also find a large collection of brain teasers and mechanical puzzles for you to solve...]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/bookselection.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/bookselection.html</guid>  <pubDate>2009-12-01 03:22:25</pubDate> </item>   <item>  <title>ECards for all occasions</title>  <description><![CDATA[You can now send your friends and loved ones original SEASON GREETING eCards from Archimedes Lab website!Sending an eCard from our site is safe, easy and free, just follow the instructions at each step along the way...Envoyez vos voeux depuis Archimedes Lab! Spedite i vostri auguri dal sito Archimedes Lab!]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/card.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/card.html</guid>  <pubDate>2009-12-01 03:15:59</pubDate> </item>   <item>  <title>The amazing TangraMagic puzzle</title>  <description><![CDATA[The new Tangram with a touch of magic that will surprise your intellect and challenge your creativity!The author and inventor, G. Sarcone, added a touch of magic to the classic Tangram. In fact, you will discover in the following pages how to make your own TangraMagic puzzle to perform various geometrical magic tricks and face some intriguing challenges!]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/workshoptangram.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/workshoptangram.html</guid>  <pubDate>2009-11-14 03:26:42</pubDate> </item>    <item>  <title>Graeco Roman Puzzles</title>  <description><![CDATA[Salve amice, ut vales? Graeco Roman puzzles and riddles for you to solve or to discover!]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/latin.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/latin.html</guid>  <pubDate>2009-10-30 10:59:28</pubDate> </item>  <item>  <title>AbracadaBrain Puzzles</title>  <description><![CDATA[Tone & Expand Your Mind With Fun Braintease... Resolve our Abracada-brain twisters!]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/abracada-brain.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/abracada-brain.html</guid>  <pubDate>2009-10-30 10:54:04</pubDate> </item>    <item>  <title>Numberopedia: What Is Special About This Number</title>  <description><![CDATA[To show that each number is unique and has its own beauty, we have collected for you a huge amount of facts pertaining to the magical world of numbers, covering a range of different topics including mathematics, history, philosophy, psychology, symbolism, etymology, language, and/or ethnology...]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/numbers/Num1_69.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/numbers/Num1_69.html</guid>  <pubDate>2009-10-30 10:52:16</pubDate> </item> <item>  <title>Monthly Puzzles</title>  <description><![CDATA[Solve the math puzzle of the month and win a prize!]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/monthly_puzzle.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/monthly_puzzle.html</guid>  <pubDate>2009-10-30 10:49:18</pubDate> </item>    <item>  <title>Tangram, the incredible timeless Chinese puzzle</title>  <description><![CDATA[Read the real history of the game... Face original mind challenges of the Tangram puzzle...]]></description>  <link>http://www.archimedes-lab.org/tangramagicus/pagetang1.html</link>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.archimedes-lab.org/tangramagicus/pagetang1.html</guid>  <pubDate>2009-10-30 04:45:57</pubDate> </item> </channel></rss>