This supple group of 24 symbols (in the Greek alphabet; the Roman alphabet has 26) made it possible for humankind to address the future and look back at the past.

After a new variant with the unwieldy scientific name of B.1.1.529 was discovered last week in South Africa, observers might have expected WHO to name it after the next Greek letter on the list: Nu.

Four of the 24 letters of the Greek alphabet don't appear in standard crosswords because they're too short (MU, NU, PI, XI), while others are too long to pop up more than occasionally (OMICRON ...

The World Health Organization was following the Greek alphabet to the letter to label COVID variants. One rep tells KHOU 11's VERIFY team why they skipped Nu and Xi.

Omicron is the 15th letter of the 24-letter Greek alphabet. When the WHO runs out of Greek letters to use, it will announce a new naming system for variants.

Dear Tom,I’ve heard that Greek alphabet will no longer be used to name tropical cyclones in bonanza seasons. Is that true?—Richard G., Charleston S.C.Dear Richard,It is true. The 2020 ...

Rather, a WHO expert panel recommends using Greek alphabet letters to refer to variants, “which will be easier and more practical to discussed by non-scientific audiences,” WHO says on a new ...

In the past, the Greek alphabet was used when there were more storms in a single hurricane season than names on the list. That’s only happened twice, in 2005 and 2020.