Aeon Articles

Camp Widow Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) 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

Unboxing an antimonial cup Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) 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

Knowledge and justice Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) 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

Great art explained: José María Velasco Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) 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

Humanlike? Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Interpreting the emotional lives of animals requires a subtler and more nuanced understanding of anthropomorphism - by Mike Dacey Read at Aeon

The grammar of a god-ocean Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) 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

The Tibetan girl Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) 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

Kind of confusing Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Is consciousness like jazz, something hard to pin down? Or is it more like the biology of dolphins, odd but natural? - by Tim Bayne Read at Aeon

The myth of the golden ratio Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) What’s so golden about the golden ratio? A myth-busting investigation tells the story of a misunderstood mathematical idea - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

The power of the ‘C’ word Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Saying the word ‘cancer’ changes a person’s life and can lead to overtreatment and fear. Is the word too hot to use at all? - by Benjamin Chin-Yee Read at Aeon

Asmat encounters Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Photos and journal entrees chronicle Michael C Rockefeller’s fateful 1961 journey to New Guinea in search of local art - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

An unholy alliance Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) In the 1930s, the rise of Nazism brought centuries of animosity between Europe’s Catholics and Protestants to an end. Why? - by Udi Greenberg Read at Aeon

Memories without brains Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Certain slime moulds can make decisions, solve mazes and remember things. What can we learn from the blob? - by Matthew Sims Read at Aeon

Ancient water clocks Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) For centuries, time-measuring tools were woefully imprecise. Moving from the Sun to water birthed a revolution in timekeeping - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Freedom over death Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Death is a certainty. But choosing how and when we depart is a modest opportunity for freedom – and dignity - by Michael Cholbi Read at Aeon

Blue room Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Solitary inmates find calm in nature videos in an experiment reflecting the human need to connect with the natural world - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

The French liar Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) René Descartes, the founder of modern philosophy, was furiously condemned by his contemporaries. Why did they fear him? - by Sandrine Parageau Read at Aeon

The replica and the original Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Architectural copies of lost structures require reckoning with history and heritage. At what cost is the past rebuilt? - by Elizabeth Kostina Read at Aeon

The search for America: the family Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Can societies exist without families? Can individuality thrive in them? Margaret Mead on the brave new world of 1959 - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Homo crustaceous Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) ‘Everything becomes crab’ is more than an absurd meme. The crab is a deep symbol of our devil’s bargain with technology - by Michael Garfield Read at Aeon