Articles for tag: ancient texts, Cryptography, historical mysteries, unsolved enigmas, Voynich Manuscript

The Mystery of the Voynich Manuscript: An Unreadable Book from the Past

The Mystery of the Voynich Manuscript: An Unreadable Book from the Past

Gargi Chakravorty

Imagine stumbling upon a book filled with elaborate illustrations and elegant script, only to realize that nobody in the entire world can read a single word of it. You’d be fascinated, right? Maybe even a little unnerved. That’s exactly the sensation that has gripped scholars, cryptographers, and mystery enthusiasts for over a century. Welcome to ...

The Alien Code Cracked? Young Engineer Deciphers the World’s Most Mysterious Mathematical Language

Suhail Ahmed

Mathematicians all around have struggled with a theory so opaque for more than ten years that it was labeled the “alien’s language.” Developed by Japanese mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki, the Inter-universal Teichmüller Theory (IUT) runs over 2,000 pages and promises to solve the famous ABC conjecture a problem in number theory with great consequences for cryptography, ...