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When we look out into deep space, beyond the confines of the Milky Way, we find that the Universe isn’t quite so empty. An enormous variety of galaxies fill the abyss of space: small and large, ...
A couple weeks ago I wandered into a digression about toxic workplaces. Consider this week’s Nightcrawler another small detour into the forgotten value of boredom. Last Saturday, our four-year-old did...
They say the Goatman prowls the woods at night near my home in Maryland. He was once a biologist named Stephen Fletcher at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center. That was before the accident wit...
What if we could use automation not just as a tool, but as a mirror for our own human behaviors? From the limits of rationalism to the rise of neural networks, Dan Shipper, CEO and co-founder of...
For nearly all of human history, there was a mystery that showed up, recurrently, on a nearly nightly basis. The Moon, visible during at least some portion of the night except during the once-per-mont...
Rebecca (R.F.) Kuang sold the rights to her first novel, The Poppy War, on her 20th birthday. Even more impressive is her string of critical and commercial successes since. So far, all six of her nove...
Whenever you observe an object, you aren’t viewing it in its present state. When one of Jupiter’s moons passes behind our Solar System’s largest planet, it falls into the planet’s sh...
The COVID-19 pandemic is credited with accelerating the widespread acceptance of remote work, with proponents citing benefits like increased flexibility, greater employee satisfaction, and cost saving...
As a scientific concept the Anthropocene is dead. But it’s such a helpful idea to think with, should we use it anyway?- by Ville LähdeRead on Aeon
Citizens of Myanmar describe what daily life is like in their isolated, war-torn nation- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
Generative AI sheds new light on the underlying engines of metaphor, mood and reinvention in six decades of songs- by Prashant GargRead on Aeon
Should deaf parents be able to select for a deaf child? On the ethics of parental choice and ‘designer babies’- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
Slavery in Latin America, on a huge scale, was different from that in the United States. Why don’t we know this history?- by Ana Lucia AraujoRead on Aeon
How the photographer Justine Kurland reframes utopia in the radical freedom of teenage girls, women and outsider communities- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
People with ADHD and autism have to mask their instincts if they want to be included. But the strain exacts a very high price- by Gilly KahnRead on Aeon
Exoplanet discoveries have reshaped astronomy. Are exomoons next? Brian Greene in conversation with David Kipping- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
Acute inflammation helps the body heal. But chronic inflammation is different and could provoke a medical paradigm shift- by Amy K McLennanRead on Aeon
An animated interpretation of the story of the Indigenous people kidnapped from Tierra del Fuego and brought to England in 1830- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
This life-giving element, stored in rock and organic material, moves around Earth in an ancient cycle we have just broken- by Jack LohmannRead on Aeon
Who belongs to our moral community? The Greek philosopher Empedocles had an answer: all life, from humans to the laurel bush- by Tristan MoyleRead on Aeon