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Autocracy wasn’t inevitable in early civilizations—many were more egalitarian. But when riches were there to monopolize, strongmen and inequalities emerged

We now know who is responsible for them, but why they’re doing it is still up for debate

But the BepiColombo twin orbiters aren’t the first spacecraft to visit our system’s smallest planet. Here’s what we’ve seen already

Several space missions are searching for extraterrestrial life, which could come in the form of microbes

Assisted by AI, companies have more options than ever to track employees, minute by minute, keystroke by keystroke. Does this have the desired effect?

Change you can believe in

They’re great at telling time, though

A conversation with a neuroscientist about how nature can fortify the strong and support resilience

And they could shed light on our own language acquisition

And, unlike African cheetahs, it was a flexible carnivore

And it could stick around for decades

Take a look, it’s in a book