The Bible's lex talionis—"Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot" (Exodus 21:24–27)—has captured the ...

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Europe's BepiColombo mission will enter orbit of the solar system's first planet in about two years, but it's been whizzing ...

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It was once thought that humans were the only animals with culture: the learned rather than genetically determined behavior that is passed on from one generation to the next and is subject to ...