Puzzles

Think you have the answer? Submit Need a hint? Hint #1 The fact that the AI was recently trained on a single substitution cipher is important. A single substitution cipher takes each letter in a message, and translates it to another letter using a key. For example, if you were given the key: You can translate  the coded statement “KHOOR” to “HELLO”: The final question of the first message looks a lot like a single substitute cipher that translates from “GDI PF R??” to “WHO AM I??”... Can you determine how it was created? Hint #2 Dr. Hopper also tells...

The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered what appears to be the first extraterrestrial communication attempt encoded through distant light-emitting objects. Help the Special Task Force decode this message.

Oh no! You wake up and see it’s almost 12pm on Thanksgiving day. You were supposed to help Aunt Edna and Uncle Earl prepare dinner, which starts at 5pm. You knew you shouldn’t have started that new TV series the night before... Can you figure out how to get dinner ready in time?

As we all know, pet rocks have unique personalities and features. What is less known, however, is that a pet rock's unique features lend themselves to a singular, perfect name for him or her. Today is your chance to learn this naming secret. We have included images of three perfectly named pet rocks but have left the fourth for you to discover...