How does one crack the world’s most famous code? The breakthroughs on Kryptos provide a guided tour through the cat and mouse ...

The cipher controversy is back. The Intercept, an American media outlet known for unearthing secret documents, has claimed to have got hold of the text of the cipher that was at the centre of Imran ...

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 ...

In Part I, you broke a simple cipher. Now try creating a more complex cipher. Cut out the NOVA Decoder Ring and NOVA Cipher Code Ring and the window marked INDEX. You are now going to put this simple ...

The 35-year-old saga of Kryptos, an enigmatic sculpture containing four encrypted messages outside the CIA headquarters, just ...

In a significant relief to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and Vice-Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has annulled their conviction in the cipher case.

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 ...

Commodore Perry’s 1853 trip aboard the USS Susquehanna to Asia has been well documented. Few know about his companion Mr. Moto, however, a gourmand and art connoisseur who traveled with him. But first ...