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.
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Review: Decoding ‘Ciphers’

In the intriguing and very cool “Ciphers,” which is getting its American premiere from Inis Nua Theatre Company in Center City, it’s spy versus spy versus spy versus spy. I can’t tell you many details ...
Kotaku

Decode the Walls with the Dead Space Cipher

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Readers Steven K., Eamon and Chris A. send this one in late, a screenshot from Chapter 6 in Dead Space that will help the rest of us decode what the ...
PBS

A Simple Cipher

You could do worse than to confuse the meanings of "code" and "cipher"—even cryptographers sometime use the terms as though they had the same meaning. There is, however, a definite distinction between ...