Life is full of baffling questions. Why are we here? Why can't time fly when we're not having fun? Where did my waist go? And of course there is the eternal question of the missing socks.

Jordan Dunbar explains the hidden algorithm of sorting out socks It's a laborious chore - matching up socks in a big pile of washing. They never seem to come out together, but now there's an ...

The optimistic keep an odd-sock pile in the laundry room but it only gathers dust and more singles. We, the resigned, know better. Dress socks, gym socks, striped socks or solid, it doesn’t ...