The French artist Alain Biet’s ‘visual symphony of everyday objects’ celebrates human ingenuity by mining magic from the mundane - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
Stalin presented Orthodox leaders with a proposal: the Soviet state that had destroyed their Church would bring it back - by Kathryn David Read at Aeon | Continue reading
By showing us a new cosmos, the discoveries of the James Webb Space Telescope will ripple through our moral universe - by Claire Isabel Webb Read at Aeon | Continue reading
Watch as a computer code visualises, in real time, the ratios embedded in a virtuoso musician’s improvisations on the piano - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
The very attributes that make small dogs cute and popular are slowly strangling their ability to function as real animals - by Jessica Pierce Read at Aeon | Continue reading
How one man’s activism helped uncover the reckless nuclear tests that contaminated lands and bodies in South Australia - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
Cultural exchange between Iran and India led to the creation of literary histories that inspired modern nationalism - by Alexander Jabbari Read at Aeon | Continue reading
A precise digital construction of Jeremy Bentham’s panopticon prison offers a subtle commentary on power and surveillance - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
Were it not for her friendship with John Locke, the radical feminist gems of philosopher Damaris Masham might be unknown - by Regan Penaluna Read at Aeon | Continue reading
Why don’t we experience ‘quantum weirdness’ in our everyday lives? A brief dive into the current crossroads of physics - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
Hunter-gatherers don’t live in an economic idyll but their deep appreciation of rest puts industrialised work to shame - by Vivek V Venkataraman Read at Aeon | Continue reading
How the Parthenon Marbles came to be on display in the British Museum, thousands of miles from the temple they once adorned - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
As AI drum machines embrace humanising imperfections, what does this mean for ‘real’ drummers and the soul of music? - by Jack Stilgoe Read at Aeon | Continue reading
Why Laura Leigh campaigns to protect the magnificent sight of wild horses running free in the Western United States - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
From mansplaining about breastfeeding to debates on developmental toys, medieval parenting was full of familiar dilemmas - by Katherine Harvey Read at Aeon | Continue reading
When everyday life is marked by oppression and violence, can a martyr’s death truly be an act of freedom and resistance? - by Umar Lateef Misgar Read at Aeon | Continue reading
Step inside a century-old cinema in Japan and experience the nostalgic charms of watching (and hearing) film through a projector - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
As the power of AI grows, we need to have evidence of its sentience. That is why we must return to the minds of animals - by Kristin Andrews & Jonathan Birch Read at Aeon | Continue reading
An operatic, 3D-animated tour of some of the most fascinating exoplanets yet discovered reveals burning ice and gemstone rain - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
In order to understand and heal mental distress, we must see our minds as existing in relationships, not inside our heads - by James Barnes Read at Aeon | Continue reading
Les worried that transitioning would ruin his life with Scott and their children. Instead, it strengthened their family bond - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
Why would it be so bad if our species came to an end? It is a question that reveals our latent values and hidden fears - by Émile P Torres Read at Aeon | Continue reading
Embryo risk screening could lower the odds of illnesses ranging from depression to diabetes. Can it be ethically done? - by Todd Lencz & Shai Carmi Read at Aeon | Continue reading
A whimsical felted take on the prisoner’s dilemma, the classic game-theory puzzle with real-world political implications - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
Holding back the truth can take a huge toll on your relationships and your mental health. Why? And is there a better way? - by Michael Slepian Read at Aeon | Continue reading
Étienne-Louis Boullée imagined structures for an ideal new social order. These designs were never built, but his ideas endure - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
How atomic doomsday experiments, fuelled by Cold War fears, shaped then shook ecologists’ faith in self-healing nature - by Laura J Martin Read at Aeon | Continue reading
Enter a workshop where the world’s oldest board game is still made by hand, in a meticulous, deeply satisfying process - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
With the help of new archaeological approaches, our picture of young lives in the Palaeolithic is now marvellously vivid - by April Nowell Read at Aeon | Continue reading
A vegan diet can be hard to adopt, even if you’re convinced it’s the right thing to do. What are the next-best options? - by Peter Godfrey-Smith Read at Aeon | Continue reading
How do vampires remain undead? They stay culturally relevant by evolving to reflect the anxieties of each passing age - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
Some 3,700 years ago, an enslaved girl, a barber, and a king crossed paths in a city by the Euphrates. This is their story - by Amanda H Podany Read at Aeon | Continue reading
Why ‘panspermia theory’ – the wild idea of microbes ‘hitchhiking’ on meteoroids through the cosmos – is now taken seriously - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
When I returned to Kenya, where I grew up, I found biomedicine and traditional medicine in conversation about mental health - by Priya Basil Read at Aeon | Continue reading
There is intense violence and reverent spirituality coexisting side by side in the West African martial art called ‘dambe’ - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
Clear and direct telepathic communication is unlikely to be developed. But brain-to-brain links still hold great promise - by Gary Lupyan & Andy Clark Read at Aeon | Continue reading
Japan’s Cold War education policy used religion to ‘make’ the ideal humans needed by its nascent economy. Did it work? - by Jolyon Baraka Thomas Read at Aeon | Continue reading
While looking for samples for a short film, an animator gathers 2,400 leaves. His collection makes for a mesmerising flip book - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
Worried that technology is ‘breaking your brain’? Fears about attention spans and focus are as old as writing itself - by Joe Stadolnik Read at Aeon | Continue reading
Worried that technology is ‘breaking your brain’? Fears about attention spans and focus are as old as writing itself - by Joe Stadolnik Read at Aeon | Continue reading
‘He was a baby. He still couldn’t see.’ How one woman nursed an abandoned squirrel back to health – then had to let him go - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
The ancient Sceptics used doubt as a way of investigating the world. Later thinkers undermined even that possibility - by Mahdi Ranaee Read at Aeon | Continue reading
Exploring Abstract Expressionism through the New York artists Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning and Helen Frankenthaler - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
Splitting the African continent, it is the only place where our human story can be read continuously from the very start - by Tristan McConnell Read at Aeon | Continue reading
At times I’ve tried to escape it. Other times I’ve embraced it. But at all times, people have attempted to define me by it - by Colin Grant Read at Aeon | Continue reading
‘He bought me gummy bears’: at 14, Asal is engaged to be married. What does her Iranian family think about the prospect? - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
A teaching approach that is based on students’ preferences sounds laudable. But this misunderstands how learning happens - by Carl Hendrick Read at Aeon | Continue reading
Can ‘cause and effect’ ever make sense in a quantum world? A philosopher’s probabilistic attempt to reclaim causation - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading