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January 2026 Issue
Inside the race to crack the ancient world's last undeciphered messages
History & Culture
Decoding the lost scripts of the ancient world
Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated. Can new technology help scholars rewrite history?
The industrial waste site that glitters like a glacier
Environment
The industrial waste site that glitters like a glacier
In northwest India, a field full of marble debris has an otherworldly allure.
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