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Yesterday — 16 October 2025Main stream

Solution to CIA’s Kryptos Sculpture Is Found in Smithsonian Vault

16 October 2025 at 20:38
Jim Sanborn is auctioning off the solution to Kryptos, the puzzle he sculpted for the intelligence agency’s headquarters. Two fans of the work then discovered the key.

© Drew Angerer for The New York Times

The solution to the final passage of the Kryptos artwork had been unsolved since its unveiling in 1990.
Before yesterdayMain stream

The Chicago Rat Hole Was Not Made by a Rat

15 October 2025 at 07:01
A statistical analysis of an infamous indentation in a sidewalk suggested a 99 percent likelihood that another rodent made the mark.

© Evan Jenkins for The New York Times

To put the rodent-shaped impression into context, a team of scientists measured mammal specimens in museum collections.

They Fought Outbreaks Worldwide. Now They’re Fighting for New Lives.

13 October 2025 at 17:00
Hundreds of infectious disease specialists have been let go by the Trump administration. Here are four who focused on keeping pandemics at bay.

© Michael A. McCoy for The New York Times

Dr. Stéphie-Anne Dulièpre lost her job at U.S.A.I.D. in February. “It’s devastating, because I have barely scratched the surface of what I can do with all of my skills,” she said.
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