Life invisible
In the Atacama Desert, scientists race to find novel cures for antibiotic-resistant infections, as mining interests encroach - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
Aeon | a world of ideas
Aeon is a magazine of ideas and culture. We publish in-depth essays from the world’s most incisive and ambitious thinkers, and a mix of original and curated videos — free to all.
No nature without fear
Aldo Leopold saw this in the eyes of a dying wolf: when we no longer fear nature, we are on the road to its destruction - by Shawn Simpson Read on Aeon
Butterfly (Papillon)
Crafting each frame by hand, an animator paints the story of an Olympic swimmer’s return after surviving the Holocaust - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
Justice is geometric
Where centralised societies excel at extraction, African fractal systems allow for circulation, reciprocity and return - by Likam Kyanzaire Read on Aeon
The engineering method
How humans built beautiful, lasting structures without science or mathematics, using only engineering rules of thumb - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
Fuel for thought
A brain fit for the 21st century is one that understands – and respects – its own bioenergetic foundations - by Hannah Critchlow Read on Aeon
The invention of the soul
Humans weren’t given souls by God or genes. We made them ourselves with language – turning sentience into something sacred - by Nicholas Humphrey Read on Aeon
Evolution of Paris
The evolution of Paris across millennia – from Celtic fishing village to world capital – in three animated minutes - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
Join the dots
Peering into the origins of our Universe, astronomers found something that shouldn’t be there: what are those little red dots? - by Jenny Greene Read on Aeon
Impromptu
Take a kaleidoscopic journey through the early history of film, inspired by an enduring fascination with motion and form - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
You’ve lived this life before
The mystical insight came to Nietzsche like a lightning flash: time eternally recurs – and life must be lived accordingly - by Mark Higgins Read on Aeon
I am Sámi
This short documentary asks what it means to be Sámi today, following decades-long state-mandated assimilation attempts - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
The sterilisation-seekers
In the story of eugenics, disabled people are often depicted as passive victims. But for some it seemed an opportunity - by Coreen McGuire & Alex Aylward Read on Aeon
Patterns without desires
The art expert is the fulcrum of all value and significance in the museum and auction world. Could AI supplant them? - by Noah Charney Read on Aeon
Travelling at the speed of light
A mind-bending trip into the cosmos aboard a speculative (yet theoretically possible) spacecraft near the speed of light - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
White-collar sweatshops
How did law firms and other professional workplaces become places of such crushing and soulless work? - by Dylan Gottlieb Read on Aeon
Your opinion, please
From poetry to politics, this radio show asked listeners to speak their minds. Decades later, their words still resonate - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
Living without my self
Our culture valorises the big, coherent self: reading Robert Musil helps me embrace the beauty of my no-self existence - by Mette Leonard Høeg Read on Aeon
Is AI already conscious?
Why it’s difficult and perhaps even morally perilous to rule out the possibility of AI consciousness - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
The antibiotic trap
Easy access to desperately needed drugs has made India the global accelerant of our antimicrobial resistance crisis - by Assa Doron & Alex Broom Read on Aeon
