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The Most Secretive Book in History
A bizarre medieval manuscript written in a language no one can read has baffled the world’s best cryptologists, stumped the most powerful code-breaking computers, and been written off as a masterful hoax. Can the hive mind finally unlock its secrets?
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A Black Flamingo Stands in Cyprus
It’s not every day you see Earth’s (maybe) only black flamingo.
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Anomalistic Human Geography: The Disappearance of Tuanaki
“If words are not things, or maps are not the actual territory, then, obviously, the only possible link between the objective world and the linguistic world is found in structure and structure alone."
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The Hated, Invasive Parasite That’s Actually a Key Part of Its Ecosystem
Several years ago, a young man bow-fishing on New Jersey’s Raritan river spotted a long, thin creature in the murky water. He shot the animal through the neck, reeled it in, and posed for photographs. Eventually a friend posted one to Reddit. Within days...
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The Religion With No Name
By Brian C. Muraresku
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New whale species identified?
A unique whale song is recorded in Antarctica, perhaps from a new species
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It's been raining worms in Norway
Karsten Erstad is a biologist from Norway. But despite his experience of the animal world, he couldn't believe his eyes when, whilst skiing, he came across thousands upon thousands of earthworms. At first, he thought they had been driven up from the ground...
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Clockmaker John Harrison vindicated 250 years after ‘absurd’ claims
The pendulum clock of Longitude hero John Harrison is tested and declared a masterpiece
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The Nanda Devi mystery
Fifty years after deadly plutonium was lost on India’s second highest mountain, the enigma continues
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What The Hell Is This Strange Green Glow Inside The Fukushima Plant?
A second robotic probe has investigated the interior of Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant. Using its onboard camera, it sent back eerie images of the plant’s interior, including what appears to be a mysterious green glow.
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Scientists find the origin of Antarctica’s creepy ‘Blood Falls’
The region's lakes seem to be connected by networks of salty, below-freezing liquid water that could host microbial life.
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8-Limbed Baby Touted as Reincarnated Indian God
A baby in India born with a conjoined twin is being worshipped as the reincarnation of a god.
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The Use of DMT in Early Masonic Ritual
The psychoactive nature of acacia was fairly widely known in certain Masonic circles at least up until the late 1700s. However, some time between the mid to late 18th century and the 19th century occult revival, the secrets of acacia, like the true word of a Master Mason, appear to have been lost.
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The Enfield ‘Poltergeist’: a sceptic speaks
New series The Enfield Haunting begins on Sunday nights and is based on supposed poltergeist activity. But what does science say about such phenomena?
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Bigfoot Truthers Turn On Their Leaders
“Sasquatch Chronicles” had a cult following for its weekly Bigfoot podcasts—until its founder’s own story started to unravel.
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Black magic on Red Square
In Russia, there are more faith healers than professional doctors. It's a symptom of decades of chaos and authoritarian rule.
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Hollow Earth: A Travel Guide
Robin Ince takes listeners on a tour of a world beneath the earth's crust. [Audio]
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The Magician Who Astounded the World by Conjuring Spirits and Talking with Mummies
Quick: Name the world’s greatest magician, a man who became famous by sawing women in half, making cards rise unassisted from their decks, pulling rabbits from audience member’s coats, and levitating assistants far above the stage. Harry Houdini? David Blaine? You probably didn’t say Howard Thurston...
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Rogue antimatter found in thunderclouds
Aeroplane detects signature spike in photons that does not fit any known source of antiparticles.
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My Barista was a Rosicrucian Necromancer
“Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men” - Herodotus
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