Twenty years ago, as a young reporter, I tried to decipher the secrets of Lydda.
Many nations sought to decipher the secrets of atomic energy, but the United States was the first to develop the ultimate weapon, the atomic bomb.
But once modern science had deciphered the secrets of birds, viruses and antibiotics, humans could begin to subject animals to extreme living conditions.
Future research focused on the cores of galaxies will probably provide the best insights to decipher the secrets of the bright and shining quasars, whose troubling properties of huge energy yet small size once threatened to topple the laws of physics.
Nanotechnology, or molecular scale engineering, is increasingly supplying the tools to decipher the secrets of human brain function.
"Revival," King's 55th novel, introduces a fellow solitary genius, the Rev. Charles Jacobs, a Frankenstein-like mad scientist who sets out to decipher the "secret of the universe" and the "path to ultimate knowledge" by harnessing and using a "secret electricity" to open "doorways to the infinite". Jacobs is a man obsessed, ready to sacrifice the entire human race to get what he wants.
Deepa Waghray conducts research and manages the people, equipment and day-to-day operations of a lab deciphering the secret language of cells.
Since the discovery of DNA, people have anticipated how deciphering the secrets in our genes might one day transform medicine.
After years of study — enough, Alexander jokes, to have earned "a PhD in Uber" — the 49-year-old says he has deciphered the secret to its success: Transparent pricing.
With no acquaintance with the nuances of human language or behavior, it proves impossible to decipher the secret idiom of neighborhoods and governments, the interplay of local and global culture, or the intertwining economies of nations.
