If you ever overhear people's conversations and wonder what on Earth they're talking about, a new book may offer a lifeline. Described as 'a miscellany of secret languages', Schott's Significa by Ben ...

The room we are in is locked. It is windowless and lit from above by a fluorescent bulb. In the hallway outside—two stories beneath the city of London—attendants in dark suits patrol silently, giving ...

Connell School of Nursing Professor Ann Wolbert Burgess received a phone call at her Boston College office in 1978 that would alter the course of her career and lead to a seismic shift in the practice ...

During the Cold War, numbers stations became prolific as high-security, low-risk spy tools to send secret messages to operatives in the field. However, as early as World War I, espionage agencies were ...

One of the Dead Sea Scrolls' last unintelligible writing systems has finally been deciphered by a scientist after more than 70 years. The discovery focuses on the so-called Cryptic B manuscripts, two ...