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The insurance catastrophe Whole regions of the world are now uninsurable, bringing radical uncertainty to the economy. How do we fix the problem? A...
Who is Walter Mignolo? A prominent architect of decolonial theory, his diagnosis of European colonial ills is both penetrating and flawed by Federico...
Great art explained: Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November 1581 Great art explained: Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez Why Henry VIII’s...
There are no psychopaths Virtually everything you think you know about psychopathy has been thoroughly debunked. Why does this zombie idea live on? by...
The presence of power The Indian thinker Rammohun Roy believed that good governance must be close: distance made the British Empire cruel by Shomik...
What science tells us about the afterlife The immortality paradox The love and death of Yosef and Zilli What does dying really feel like? When half of...
One breath around the world Dark side of the lens Paul Pfeiffer: interrupting the broadcast One breath: the story of William Trubridge Small brains en...
From art to religion to sex, instrumentalisation has drained away intrinsic value. But life is about more than material benefits by Julian Baggini ...
Conservation’s prejudice Ecology is pervaded by a nativist dogma against invasive species that distorts the science and undermines wildness by...
Virtual ancient Rome: walking from the Colosseum to the Forum Deconstructing the Colosseum Hoplites! Greeks at war The modern invention of white...
Going-against-the-grainers If our ethical beliefs come from our social environment, how do some people find the moral courage to defy convention? by...
The Mexican embrace of uncertainty, forged in the crucible of history, captures the true vulnerability of our existence by Carlos Alberto Sánchez ...
Esteban Cabeza de Baca’s time travels Great art explained: José María Velasco Firelei Báez: an open horizon The immediate present Now I know...
Your inability to focus isn’t a failing. It’s a design problem, and the answer isn’t getting rid of our screen time by Carlo Iacono BIO Photo...
If I told it: an imperfect portrait of ChatGPT Everything is a remix: AI and image generation Large language models explained Letters live: generative...
A father and son’s search for the line where the snow starts ‘Why do you think I brought you here?’ In Snow Line, the Vancouver-based filmmaker...
Our planet was once a harsh, alien, icy world. Yet this deep freeze may have shaped you, me and all life on Earth by Graham Shields BIO A...
Guarding the guardians Good institutions are social technologies that scale trust from personal relations to entire nations. How do they work? by...
In their visions of the underworld Dante and Milton were truly subversive, incorporating predecessors into their own repudiation- by Charlie...
David’s handcrafted figurines pay tribute to cultural icons. His latest project takes on his greatest hero, his late brother- by Aeon VideoWatch on...
A jaunty song calls for greater appreciation of Indian wool, as imports undermine the livelihoods of local herders- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
The vision of solarpunk: joining nature with technology in vibrantly inclusive ways to create a world that truly blooms- by Yogi Hale HendlinRead on...
Sea pandas or sadistic killers? These enigmatic creatures invite contradictory labels that say far more about us than them- by Jason ColbyRead on Aeon
Is time a property of the Universe? Yes, if you conceive of it as heat: a mind-boggling yet oddly comforting perspective- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
An age-old debate about human nature is being energised with new findings on the tightrope of cooperation and competition- by Jonathan R GoodmanRead...
In Japanese philosophy, unlike the atomised Western self, we are ‘ningen’ (人間), each enmeshed with other humans and nature- by Takeshi...
Rising far above the desert, the walls of these magnificent hills carry the ancient story of humanity’s creative spark- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
To master our own lives, we must venture beyond the rules and embrace risk – Heidegger’s philosophy grounded in real life- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
The metaphor of rewiring offers an ideal of engineered precision. But the brain is more like a forest than a circuit board- by Peter LukacsRead on...
In Southeast Asia’s scam compounds, workers are being enslaved but the boundary between victim and perpetrator is blurred- by Ivan Franceschini &...
It was a rust bucket, sure, but this car delivered the most precious good to a group of friends in 1980s Poland: freedom- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
Despite associations with the idle rich, the fact that inheritances are rising is a sign of a healthy, growing economy- by Daniel WaldenströmRead on...
Where does the mind go in solitary confinement? An evocative animation exploring three individual experiences- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
Light is fundamental to the workings and laws of our Universe – but why does it exist in the first place?- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
The 17th-century town Cacheu was a hub of West African and European cultures, languages and beliefs (and run by women)- by Toby GreenRead on Aeon
Physicists believe a third class of particles – anyons – could exist, but only in 2D. What kind of existence is that?- by Elay ShechRead on Aeon
For India’s travelling stunt drivers, who risk their lives for a living, freedom lies on the other side of fear- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
As AI’s endless clichés continue to encroach on human art, the true uniqueness of our creativity is becoming ever clearer- by Richard BeardRead on...
Young Europeans join far-Right movements less out of grievance than out of a profound yearning to believe and belong- by Agnieszka PasiekaRead on Aeon
A documentary connecting two Singapores: the Asian country expanded on imported sand and a town in Michigan buried by dunes- by Aeon VideoWatch on...
Most people live as though death is undesirable. But would immortality be a blessing – or an interminable curse?- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
The life of Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose illuminates how scientific genius can emerge from the most unexpected quarters- by Somaditya (Soma)...
Economic republicanism shows us how to achieve authentic freedom: citizens require economic as well as political power- by Sean IrvingRead on Aeon
From fluffing feathers to washing skins, a museum taxidermist shows the hidden art behind creating an ‘illusion of life’- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
In the 19th century, the linear idea of time became dominant – with profound implications for how we experience the world- by Emily ThomasRead on Aeon
In order to better understand our human nature, we must attempt to build a robot capable of robust subjective experiences- by Tony J PrescottRead on...
Fish helmets and coconut suits – how the islanders of Oceania built suits of armour without any metal- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
Many people today want to commit their remains to rejuvenating the planet. But are these green deaths just greenwashing?- by Hannah Gould & Georgina...
Spinning imaginative tales, a father wrapped his daughter in a protective layer of love all the way from an island gulag- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
In 1752, David Hume discerned that wealth was becoming untethered from land. Here lies the origin of our political divisions- by Catherine NicholsRead...
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