This 15th-century book has defied translation. Cards and dice may be key

A newly-developed cipher could finally shine light on how the strange text of the Voynich manuscript was devised.
The Debrief

Voynich Manuscript Breakthrough? The Secret Behind “The Most Mysterious Book in the World” May Involve an Ancient Cipher System

A new theory argues the famous Voynich Manuscript, often referred to as “the most mysterious book in the world,” may have ...
CNN

Codebreakers find and decode lost letters of Mary, Queen of Scots

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A trio of ...
Yahoo News Australia

Seven metals, ringed with four magical inscriptions: what other secrets does the 'Alchemical Hand Bell' hold?

Scholars are baffled by a mysterious object from Emperor Rudolf II’s collection: a hand bell, made from an alloy of seven metals and said to have been used to summon spirits, contains an enigmatic ...
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World's 'most mysterious manuscript' could be ancient encrypted message, study finds

A mysterious manuscript dating back to the 15th century could be a type of encrypted message, a new study has suggested. The ...
Yahoo Finance

Good Works Acquisition Corp. and Cipher Mining Announce Closing of Business Combination; Cipher Mining to Trade on Nasdaq Under Ticker Symbols "CIFR" and "CIFRW"

NEW YORK, Aug. 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cipher Mining Technologies Inc., a U.S.-based Bitcoin mining company, today announced that it completed its business combination with Good Works Acquisition ...
Salon

Zodiac’s cipher codebreaker speaks out: Killer was his own self-defeating “publicist”

Sam Blake, an Australian mathematician, first learned of the Zodiac Killer’s unsolved ciphers — a series of encrypted messages — from a documentary in the 1990s. His interest marginally increased in ...