A new study suggests the Voynich manuscript, written in an unknown script sometime in the 1400s, could be a type of encrypted message. Science journalist Michael Greshko created the 'Naibbe cipher', a ...

It's still unknown who wrote it and what it means, but a UA-led team has solved one mystery of the "Voynich manuscript" - its age. Through radiocarbon dating, a team led by University of Arizona ...

The Voynich manuscript has long been shorthand for the unsolved and the unknowable, a late medieval codex filled with looping glyphs that refuse to yield a single clear sentence. A new cryptologic ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...