A new theory argues the famous Voynich Manuscript, often referred to as “the most mysterious book in the world,” may have ...

A newly-developed cipher could finally shine light on how the strange text of the Voynich manuscript was devised.

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 ...

Binding of aminoglycoside antibiotics to 16S ribosomal RNA induces a particular structure of the decoding center and increases the misincorporation of near-cognate amino acids. By kinetic analysis we ...

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