A collector of vintage album art on savouring all things kitschy and campy, and his hunt for the record that got away - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
When a writer stares down a blank page, the whole of literature stares back. Why, then, leave the empty page as it is? - by Andrew Gallix Read at Aeon | Continue reading
A hand-painted animation of the Mongolian wind burial tradition, in which a body gets swept up from the Earthly to infinite - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
Classic evolutionary theory holds that species separate over time. But it’s fuzzier than that – now we know they also merge - by Juli Berwald Read at Aeon | Continue reading
Proclaiming one’s own goodness is deeply annoying. Yet signalling theory explains why it’s a peculiarly powerful manoeuvre | Continue reading
When Paradise, California burned, its teens became instant climate refugees. How do they rebuild their lives from the ashes? - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
Proclaiming one’s own goodness is deeply annoying. Yet signalling theory explains why it’s a peculiarly powerful manoeuvre - by Tadeg Quillien Read at Aeon | Continue reading
As tasks mount up, our brain’s ability to juggle goes down. Neuroergonomic tactics can relieve the cognitive burden | Continue reading
As tasks mount up, our brain’s ability to juggle goes down. Neuroergonomic tactics can relieve the cognitive burden - by Emily Willingham Read at Aeon | Continue reading
Franz Kafka believed illness was at the root of his writing yet he embraced wellness fads with hearty vigour | Continue reading
Corruption is a truly global crisis and the wealth addiction that feeds it is hiding in plain sight | Continue reading
The exquisite eye-candy of magnets meeting ferrofluid reveals an oft-hidden force that is still mysterious to scientists - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
Corruption is a truly global crisis and the wealth addiction that feeds it is hiding in plain sight - by Sarah Chayes Read at Aeon | Continue reading
A collaboration over 365 days between a musician and a storyteller results in a poignant reflection on age and memory - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
Franz Kafka believed illness was at the root of his writing yet he embraced wellness fads with hearty vigour - by Will Rees Read at Aeon | Continue reading
‘My life isn’t your porn’: what the spy-cam epidemic in South Korea says about the country’s law enforcement and gender equality - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
The desire for certainty is often foolish and sometimes dangerous. Scepticism undermines it, both in oneself and in others - by Nicholas Tampio Read at Aeon | Continue reading
A 1969 documentary goes inside a samurai sword workshop to explore the craft and history behind the iconic Japanese weapon | Continue reading
A 1969 documentary goes inside a samurai sword workshop to explore the craft and history behind the iconic Japanese weapon - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
Fire is a planetary feature, not a biotic bug. What can we learn from Yosemite’s experiment to restore natural fire? - by Stephen J Pyne Read at Aeon | Continue reading
Being on-call, out-of-sync and underslept is not just personal but a pervasive political injustice. Bold change is needed | Continue reading
The nail-biting night of the US presidential elections in 2020 from the perspectives of eager onlookers across the country - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
Being on-call, out-of-sync and underslept is not just personal but a pervasive political injustice. Bold change is needed - by Jonathan White Read at Aeon | Continue reading
Autistic children and adults sketch out the look and feel of their sensory world in an early awareness-raising film - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
How do ancient stories of talking elephants and singing birds encourage a life of truth, nonviolence and compassion? - by Keerthik Sasidharan Read at Aeon | Continue reading
Powerful tricks from computer science and cybernetics show how evolution ‘hacked’ its way to intelligence from the bottom up | Continue reading
Korean culture is characterised by an untranslatably profound sorrow and regret. Or is that just another stereotype? - by Minsoo Kang Read at Aeon | Continue reading
How the Dorze people in southern Ethiopia build ‘beehive’ houses from bamboo that can last their residents a lifetime - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
To truly see black people in ancient art we need to look beyond the historically recent trope of ‘Blackness = inferiority’ - by Sarah Derbew Read at Aeon | Continue reading
Social progress, high-speed transport and electricity everywhere – how the Victorians invented the future | Continue reading
‘We had to do something’: Rabbit and fellow protesters move from an eco-village to the vacant home of corrupt politicians - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
We’re not the only beings that dream. What visions might sleep bring to a cell, an insect, a mollusk, an ape? - by Sidarta Ribeiro Read at Aeon | Continue reading
From ‘chandeliers’ to entangled qubits – an animated explainer of quantum computing and its revolutionary potential - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
Kalila and Dimna’s ancient parables on power delight as much as they instruct. But their moral maxims are ethically murky - by Kevin Blankinship Read at Aeon | Continue reading
Laws of nature are impossible to break, and nearly as difficult to define. Just what kind of necessity do they possess? | Continue reading
A thought-provoking, experimental animation on what it means for a supposedly ‘objective’ AI to predict an early death | Continue reading
Take a guided stroll around a digitally reconstructed ancient Rome in the 4th century CE, from the Colosseum to the Forum - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
Laws of nature are impossible to break, and nearly as difficult to define. Just what kind of necessity do they possess? - by Marc Lange Read at Aeon | Continue reading
A poetic ode to Hubble celebrates humanity’s yearning to know the cosmos, and a daughter’s love for her scientist-father | Continue reading
Powerful tricks from computer science and cybernetics show how evolution ‘hacked’ its way to intelligence from the bottom up | Continue reading
From a victim of the police to its officer: what happened when a gay Black man joined a racist, homophobic institution | Continue reading
Academic philosophy can indeed make sense of our interdependent world. But only if it transforms by becoming truly diverse | Continue reading
The Cold War roots of psychiatric brainwashing are a warning for users of wellness apps and future therapy innovations | Continue reading
When parents cast a child into the role of mediator, friend and carer, the wounds are profound. But recovery is possible | Continue reading
How a $1,000 scholarly bet between a biologist and an economist shifted the way the world understood population growth | Continue reading
D H Lawrence’s restless travels in Sardinia were a quest for self-knowledge. The real island slipped beneath his notice | Continue reading
A meditative window into the world of the sculptor Mark Firth whose life is dedicated to creating precision in metal forms | Continue reading
A meditative window into the world of the sculptor Mark Firth whose life is dedicated to creating precision in metal forms | Continue reading