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Live forever Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Zooming into the molecular level, this dazzling animation shows how the biological clock is set to zero to form new life - by Aeon Video Watch on Psyche

David Hume vs literature Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Hume distrusted literature and worked to discredit character sketches as legitimate forms of philosophy - by Katie Ebner-Landy Read on Psyche

Los niños del batey Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Wilkin, 12, is growing up in a sugar mill town in the Dominican Republic. Hear his thoughts on joy, poverty and baseball - by Aeon Video Watch on Psyche

The Big Bang’s big gaps Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) The current theory for the origin of the Universe is remarkably successful yet full of explanatory holes. Expect surprises - by Jim Baggott Read on Psyche

Hindsight Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Archival VHS footage from the post-Soviet era documents a shifting world, with poignant echoes in the present moment - by Aeon Video Watch on Psyche

The shadow of prosperity Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) A shrub meant to end hunger now chokes Kenya’s farmlands. It’s a parable of how visions of progress can outgrow their promises - by Samuel F Derbyshire Read on Psyche

Society needs hope Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Youths around the world are in a profound crisis of despair. Adults must help them to believe that the future will be better - by Carol Graham Read on Psyche

Life thrums with music Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Listen to the boundless sounds of nature, the great animal orchestra, whose songs imbue the world with fresh meaning - by Jay Griffiths Read on Psyche

Techno-pipe dreams Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Thirty years ago, nanotech was about to change everything. Let’s not get tricked again by Silicon Valley’s magical thinking - by Philip Ball Read on Psyche

Essence is fluttering Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) As Zhuangzi saw, there is no immutably true self. Instead our identity is as dynamic and alive as a butterfly in flight - by Alexander Douglas Read on Psyche

Reality is evil Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Everything eats and is eaten. Everything destroys and is destroyed. It is our moral duty to strike back at the Universe - by Drew M Dalton Read on Psyche

Authenticate thyself Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Data has created a new and paradoxical social order: the promise of emancipation is made possible by classifying everything - by Marion Fourcade & Kieran Healy Read at Aeon

Ntaria Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Scenes from Aboriginal Australian pottery, brought to animated life, capture the turn of the seasons in central Australia - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Border conversations Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) On call with the volunteers offering humanitarian aid to thousands of migrants from the Global South trying to enter into Europe - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Life happened fast Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) It’s time to rethink how we study life’s origins. It emerged far earlier, and far quicker, than we once thought possible - by Michael Marshall Read at Aeon

The geometry of colour Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) From Newton’s circle to Schrödinger’s curved geometry, we’ve yet to arrive at a perfect way to map colour - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Glorious and mundane Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) I once exalted in the extraordinary. But as I’ve learned from Virginia Woolf, indelible beauty is also found in the everyday - by Diana Saverin Read at Aeon

Socrates would be pleased Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) With a class of college students and inmates, teaching philosophy in prison is a rowdy, honest and hopeful provocation - by Jay Miller Read at Aeon

Witty wotty dashes Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Doodles are the emanations of our pixillated minds, freewheeling into dissociation, graphology, and radical openness - by James Reath Read at Aeon

Goodnight, mister Stalin Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) A hero or a murderer? Stalin’s legacy is still a contentious issue in his birthplace, seven decades after his death - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon