Aeon Articles

Electric garden Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Take a trip to Luna Parc, New Jersey, a former hunting lodge, now part living museum, part work of art, and wholly individual - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Psychodynamic nonsense Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) For twenty years, I was a practising psychotherapist. Today I believe it has no foundation in science and often causes harm - by Niklas Serning Read at Aeon

Curiosity and control Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) What drives us to create zoos and natural history museums – is it a curiosity about the world, or a need to dominate it? - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

The truth about fiction Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) What distinguishes fiction from nonfiction? The answer to this perennial question relies on how we understand reality itself - by Hannah H Kim Read at Aeon

The penumbral plunge Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Diving into the ring of darkness beyond things easily answerable, asking ‘Why?’ questions is what make humans awesome - by Eric Schwitzgebel Read at Aeon

Elegance and hustle Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) How French modernists from Proust to Mallarmé were alarmed and inspired by the voracious dynamism of the newspaper world - by Max McGuinness Read at Aeon

Excavating Girsu Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) A British Museum curator explains why making sense of archeological ruins is like finding a single brick in a huge soil heap - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Since you arrived, my heart stopped belonging to me Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) ‘We share and feel the same pain’: the mothers looking for their children who disappeared in Mexico en route to the US - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

The planetary fix Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Despite decades of inaction we can avert the climate Hellocene and restore the atmosphere to keep our world habitable - by Rob Jackson Read at Aeon

Why vanity could be a good thing Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith agreed that vanity was all too human. But one saw it as a vice; the other, as a necessity - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Moral resilience Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Nurses experience deep suffering when they can’t act according to their moral compass. Our research shows a way forward - by Cynda Hylton Rushton Read at Aeon

There are no pure cultures Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) All of our religions, stories, languages and norms were muddled and mixed through mobility and exchange throughout history - by Inanna Hamati-Ataya Read at Aeon

The waiting Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Returning to the cold case of the disappearing frogs of Costa Rica, a biologist reveals a hard truth about life on Earth - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

The power of prayer Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Praying is a cognitive practice full of problem-solving resources. You can learn from it even if you don’t want to do it - by Eleanor Schille-Hudson Read at Aeon

The sublime Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) The history, development and force of the sublime in Western art shows how what we fear and wonder at changes over time - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Aha = wow Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) We surveyed thousands of scientists in four countries and learned just how important beauty is to them - by Bridget Ritz & Brandon Vaidyanathan Read at Aeon

Muslims and the US Civil War Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) The stories of two Muslim immigrants who fought for the Union show that the American Civil War was an international fight - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Threads of resistance Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Knitting and embroidery are laden with stereotypes of domestic femininity – and the subversive potential for protest - by Gemma McKenzie Read at Aeon

Why history is always political Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) In his work on republicanism as a living idea, J G A Pocock showed that contesting history is part of a robust civic life - by Rosario López Read at Aeon

Laboratories of the impossible Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) By testing the boundaries of reality, Spanish-language authors have created a sublime counterpart to experimental physics - by Joshua Roebke Read at Aeon