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A medieval manuscript has confounded scholars for centuries. Have they been reading it wrong all this time? | Culture | The Guardian

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https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/oct/06/vo...

It looks like the reason that the Voynich manuscript may have defied understanding is that when it w...

#interesting #cryptography #voynich_manuscript

alasdairw Oct 07, 2026

Edward Snowden: we may never spot space aliens thanks to encryption | US news | The Guardian

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http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/19/edw...

I missed this a couple of weeks back, but this is a fantastic solution to the Fermi paradox. Any su...

#cryptography #aliens #astronomy #communication

alasdairw Oct 01, 2015