hingewiesen, in dem die angeblich in der Stringtheorie verwendete (?) Identität “bewiesen” wird. Wer schon mal eine Erstsemestervorlesung zur Mathematik gehört (oder solche Definitionen noch im Abitur ...

Wahrscheinlichkeits-Fragen sorgen immer wieder für lebhafte Diskussionen. (Wie gestern.) Hier noch ein Beispiel. Jemand erzählt, daß er zwei Kinder hat und eines davon ist ein Mädchen. Wie groß ist ...

Over a year ago, blog reader Tobias pointed me to a crypto puzzle. “It involves nine (probably) encrypted messages in the computer game Noita,” he wrote. “These messages consist of eye symbols looking ...

One of the nice things about being a crypto historian is that you always get surprises. That was exactly the case once again when I recently – as I often do – used Google to search for unsolved ...

When I assembled my list of the top 50 unsolved cryptograms in order to write an article series about it, it was clear to me that the Rohonc Codex had to be one of the top ten entries. But then, a few ...

“The Imitation Game”, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, is one of the most popular movies that features cryptography. Unfortunately, it contains many historical errors. There’s no doubt that The ...

I have often reported about encrypted diaries on Cipherbrain. For example, a few weeks ago I blogged about such encrypted diaries that were excerpted by their authors on Reddit. Blog reader Yefim ...

Darf ich fragen, aus welchen mathematisch-physikalischen Grössen sich Deine Theorie zusammensetzt? Und hast Du schon Experimente durchgeführt, die Deine Theorie stützen? Einsteins Theorie ist ...

In the 2020 film “Enola Holmes”, several interesting ciphertexts can be seen. It is well possible that the producers took some of their ideas from this blog. Yesterday, I watched the movie Enola ...

„Die unabhängige internationale Organisation “World Council for Health” hat den Mitbegründer und Ehrenvorsitzenden der MWGFD, Prof. Sucharit Bhakdi, mit dem Preis “Best of Mankind” ausgezeichnet. Prof ...

“Fringe”, a successful US TV series, contains a hidden code. It has been solved by fans of the series. Hiding a code in a movie, TV series or video clip has become a popular means to create publicity.

James Hampton’s only artwork is named The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations’ Millennium General Assembly. It is on display at the Smithonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC. Hampton was ...