Sorting socks can be sped up using science, researchers have claimed. Scientists said the frustrating and dull task of pairing socks can be made much quicker and more effective by using an algorithm.

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 algorithm that promises to turn you into an efficient sock-sorting machine ...

If you’re under the impression that something as simple as sorting numbers is dull, think again. This visualization lets you see and hear fifteen different algorithms sift their way through a jumbled ...