A study from the University of Michigan has identified the countries with the highest levels of narcissism. As well as ...

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

The research concerned the formation of anti-Bredt olefins, or ABOs, proving that several kinds of ABOs can be made.

The Voynich manuscript is a 23.5 x 16.2cm book of about 240 pages, written in an unknown script sometime in the 1400s. The book contains strange scientific and botanical drawings in various shades of ...

It will be a spectacular event, but calculating when it will happen is a tricky business. Every now and then, in recent observations, Betelgeuse has grown dimmer or brightened, prompting speculation ...

A unique cipher that uses playing cards and dice to turn languages into glyphs produces text eerily similar to the glyphs in ...

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Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology, explored ancient myths and folklore about creating automation, artificial ...

A pair of studies published in 'Nature' and 'Science' both point to the perils of chatbots. Readers are advised to use new ...

South Africa has one of the highest TB burdens in the world, but it has also developed one of the most sophisticated ...

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