Here's the WIRED guide to wrapping most rectangular boxes. If your present isn't a rectangular box, find one to put it in (it'll make your life a lot easier). Or if your gift is small, find a ...

It's not hard to wrap a box if you don't care how much wrapping paper or tape you use, but what if you care about efficiency? What if your aim is to use only what you need? Mathematician Sara ...

The formula, which can be applied to any box-shaped item, goes like this: Area = 2(ab+ac+bc+c²) “To explain in the most simplistic terms, the minimal area of paper needed to wrap a box-shaped ...