
What Science Still Doesn’t Know: 10 Unsolved Mysteries
From the Voynich Manuscript to dark matter and the Wow! signal, 10 unsolved mysteries of science that still defy researchers’ best theories and evidence.

From the Voynich Manuscript to dark matter and the Wow! signal, 10 unsolved mysteries of science that still defy researchers’ best theories and evidence.

In Colombia’s Guainía rainforest, granite hills turn into waterfalls with every storm. The legend of Cerro Mavicure says they are a princess’s tears.

Ringed by the volcanoes Misti, Chachani and Pichu Pichu, Peru’s White City was carved from sillar, the pale stone their ancient eruptions left behind.

A dispute over firewood and water with local monks cost Trasmoz excommunication and a curse; centuries later, its residents voted against asking for forgiveness.

Cardboard, steel and marigolds: how artisans built the record-breaking catrina presiding over Mexico City’s Day of the Dead.

Ten tented suites, each with its own sauna, flotation room and full-time therapist, on a Big Five reserve just 2.5 hours from Cape Town.