Cryptography

The Acrostic’s Secret History

Hiding a message in plain sight is the art of steganography, and the acrostic is its most literary tool. From…

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The Uncracked Minoan Code: Linear A

We can read the sounds of the ancient Minoan script, Linear A, but we have no idea what the words…

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The Alphabet’s Fingerprint

Long before big data, a hidden pattern in our language served as a master key for both spies and scholars.…

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Algospeak: The Internet’s Evolving Code Language

Ever wondered why online comments use bizarre words like "seggs" or "unalive"? This is "algospeak", a secret cryptolect constantly evolving…

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Shadow Tongues: The World’s Anti-Languages

Ever overheard a conversation that sounded like your language, but made no sense? You might have stumbled upon an anti-language,…

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The Uncracked Code of a Murder Victim

In 1999, murder victim Ricky McCormick left behind two encrypted notes that have stumped the FBI for over two decades.…

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The Secret Code of Scribes

Before the printing press, scribes used a secret code of symbols and shortcuts to write faster and save precious parchment.…

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The Language of Numbers Stations

Tune your shortwave radio to the right frequency, and you might hear it: a disembodied voice reading strings of numbers…

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The World’s Most Mysterious Book: Can Linguistics Ever Decipher the Voynich Manuscript?

Filled with otherworldly plants and an indecipherable script, the 15th-century Voynich Manuscript has stumped cryptographers for over a century. Linguistic…

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The Enduring Mystery of the Phaistos Disk: A Linguistic Enigma

For anyone with a passion for ancient civilizations and the mysterious languages they spoke, the story of the Phaistos Disk…

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