Frontotemporal dementia is rare and ruthless. When it robbed Katie of her husband at 33, his story became her life’s work- by Lynn HallarmanRead on Psyche | Continue reading
Zooming into the molecular level, this dazzling animation shows how the biological clock is set to zero to form new life- by Aeon VideoWatch on Psyche | Continue reading
Hume distrusted literature and worked to discredit character sketches as legitimate forms of philosophy- by Katie Ebner-LandyRead on Psyche | Continue reading
Wilkin, 12, is growing up in a sugar mill town in the Dominican Republic. Hear his thoughts on joy, poverty and baseball- by Aeon VideoWatch on Psyche | Continue reading
The current theory for the origin of the Universe is remarkably successful yet full of explanatory holes. Expect surprises- by Jim BaggottRead on Psyche | Continue reading
Archival VHS footage from the post-Soviet era documents a shifting world, with poignant echoes in the present moment- by Aeon VideoWatch on Psyche | Continue reading
A shrub meant to end hunger now chokes Kenya’s farmlands. It’s a parable of how visions of progress can outgrow their promises- by Samuel F DerbyshireRead on Psyche | Continue reading
Youths around the world are in a profound crisis of despair. Adults must help them to believe that the future will be better- by Carol GrahamRead on Psyche | Continue reading
Listen to the boundless sounds of nature, the great animal orchestra, whose songs imbue the world with fresh meaning- by Jay GriffithsRead on Psyche | Continue reading
Thirty years ago, nanotech was about to change everything. Let’s not get tricked again by Silicon Valley’s magical thinking- by Philip BallRead on Psyche | Continue reading
As Zhuangzi saw, there is no immutably true self. Instead our identity is as dynamic and alive as a butterfly in flight- by Alexander DouglasRead on Psyche | Continue reading
Everything eats and is eaten. Everything destroys and is destroyed. It is our moral duty to strike back at the Universe - by Drew M Dalton Read on Psyche | Continue reading
Scenes from Aboriginal Australian pottery, brought to animated life, capture the turn of the seasons in central Australia - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
Data has created a new and paradoxical social order: the promise of emancipation is made possible by classifying everything - by Marion Fourcade & Kieran Healy Read at Aeon | Continue reading
On call with the volunteers offering humanitarian aid to thousands of migrants from the Global South trying to enter into Europe - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
It’s time to rethink how we study life’s origins. It emerged far earlier, and far quicker, than we once thought possible - by Michael Marshall Read at Aeon | Continue reading
From Newton’s circle to Schrödinger’s curved geometry, we’ve yet to arrive at a perfect way to map colour - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
I once exalted in the extraordinary. But as I’ve learned from Virginia Woolf, indelible beauty is also found in the everyday - by Diana Saverin Read at Aeon | Continue reading
With a class of college students and inmates, teaching philosophy in prison is a rowdy, honest and hopeful provocation - by Jay Miller Read at Aeon | Continue reading
A hero or a murderer? Stalin’s legacy is still a contentious issue in his birthplace, seven decades after his death - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
Doodles are the emanations of our pixillated minds, freewheeling into dissociation, graphology, and radical openness - by James Reath Read at Aeon | Continue reading
Ascend steep cliffs to discover Ethiopia’s ancient churches carved into rock, still serving as places of worship today - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
For Iris Murdoch, morality is not about duties and rules but stopping our ego fantasies and attending to others with love - by Cathy Mason Read at Aeon | Continue reading
In this layered portrait, an artist reflects on the complex reality of living with the distressing voice in her head - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
At the heart of surfing, whether you’re a kook or a famous charger, is the pursuit of moments so pure they clean you out - by M M Owen Read at Aeon | Continue reading
Many hope that AI will discover ethical truths. But as Gödel shows, deciding what is right will always be our burden - by Elad Uzan Read at Aeon | Continue reading
In the face of government denial, this powerful film reveals the devastating gendered violence of Indonesia’s 1998 riots - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
Life is often experienced as a demanding, ongoing story. But with a little practice, a new space opens for peaceful presence - by James Carmody Read at Aeon | Continue reading
Should it be possible to own an idea? The debate around intellectual property has deep roots in the history of philosophy - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
Societal downfalls loom large in history and popular culture but, for the 99 per cent, collapse often had its upsides - by Luke Kemp Read at Aeon | Continue reading
The little-known painter who found beauty in bugs, transforming pests into wondrous creatures and works of art - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
Throughout the animal kingdom, the parents of newborns must strive to create snug sanctuaries in a hazardous world - by Helen Jukes Read at Aeon | Continue reading
Growing up in countercultural California, ‘enlightenment’ had real glamour. But decades of practice have changed my mind - by Anshi Zachary Smith Read at Aeon | Continue reading
How do you say goodbye to a beloved dog who will never understand what that means? A meditation on the limits of language - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
Alex Haley co-wrote The Autobiography of Malcolm X but Haley left out some profound elements of Malcolm’s political thought - by Alex White Read at Aeon | Continue reading
The systems that make people unfree are deeply intertwined. This prison abolitionist dares to envision real alternatives - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
We need new forms of global diplomacy to transcend the current pathetic bargaining of national and commercial interests - by David Van Reybrouck Read at Aeon | Continue reading
Dissonance and harmony might seem straightforward, but a deep dive into the physics reveals their delightful complexity - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
Life is complicated. In Cameroon, initiated diviners read the messages of spiders to untangle possible futures - by David Zeitlyn Read at Aeon | Continue reading
Nietzsche shows us how to embrace our connection with nature – without denying its essential conflict, strife and suffering - by Nicholas E Low Read at Aeon | Continue reading
People who’ve lost an intimate partner often feel completely alone in their experience – Camp Widow helps them connect - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
What is the shape of the Universe? The answer might be found in the most unassuming places here on Earth - by Mark Neyrinck Read at Aeon | Continue reading
It’s so toxic, curators can’t handle it without gloves – but drinking wine from this cup was once a popular wellness trend - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
Any legal system that fails to compensate people for epistemic harm is unjust. Their damage must be named and remedied - by Mitch Woolery Read at Aeon | Continue reading
What does it mean to be Mexican? Meet the artist who forged Mexico’s identity in the brushstrokes of his landscape paintings - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
Interpreting the emotional lives of animals requires a subtler and more nuanced understanding of anthropomorphism - by Mike Dacey Read at Aeon | Continue reading
To truly explore alien languages, linguists must open themselves to the maximum conceivable degree of cosmic otherness - by Eli K P William Read at Aeon | Continue reading
Can a Tibetan singer make the leap from the slow pace of life on the Tibetan plateau to the fast rhythms of urban Beijing? - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading