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Alt-week 12.22.12: strange skulls, solar portraits and 17-minute code cracking

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Alt-week takes a look at the best science and alternative tech stories from the last seven days.

Altweek 122212 strange skulls, solar portraits and 17minute code cracking

Despite all the bad press, the 14th baktun is actually turning out pretty good so far. Okay, we’re barely a day into it, but it’s a promising start. To celebrate we’ve got a stunning postcard from the sun at the exact moment of solstice, some curious Mexican skulls and an amateur codebreaker who thinks he beat British intelligence agencies at their own game. This is definitely alt-week.

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