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Does the artist’s intention matter, or is it indeed all in the eye of the beholder? | Aeon Videos

Does the artist’s intention matter, or is it indeed all in the eye of the be…

The blob with a superpower: cut a flatworm in four pieces and watch it regenerate four-fold | Aeon Videos

The blob with a superpower: cut a flatworm in four pieces and watch …

The elegance of mathematics meets the breathtaking complexity of nature | Aeon Videos

The elegance of mathematics meets the breathtaking complexity of nat…

From pointing to nodding: is gesture a universal language? | Aeon Essays

From pointing to nodding: is gesture a universal language? | Aeon Essa…

How real magic happens when the brain sees hidden things | Aeon Essays

How real magic happens when the brain sees hidden things | Aeon E…

Hinduism has not just one creation story, but many – one for each universe | Aeon Videos

Hinduism has not just one creation story, but many – one for each uni…

Walk like a Roman in this digital reconstruction of the ancient city | Aeon Videos

Walk like a Roman in this digital reconstruction of the ancient city …

The two women behind a world-changing scientific discovery | Ae…

Journey deep into the Philippine forest in search of the world’s larg…

A film about Carl Sagan, Annie Druyan and a love letter they sent …

Is mass media still ‘manufacturing consent’ in the internet age? | Aeo…

How the internet became the modern purveyor of ancient magi…

The Indian astronomer whose innovative work on black holes wa…

What the ‘trolly-lolly’ of gibberish means for language | Aeon Essays

Why mathematical truths exist with or without minds to consider the…

To Tibetan Buddhists, sky burials are sacred. To tourists, they’re a …

Can pop culture kick the kung fu Asian stereotyping habit? | Aeon …

How the spy-cam epidemic in South Korea affects the women who are i…

How the ‘Island of the Colourblind’ made Oliver Sacks rethink ‘normal…

Deep time and beyond: the great nothingness at the end of the Univ…

All’s not well that ends well – why Kant centred morality on motives, …

How Camus and Sartre split up over the question of how to be free | Ae…

What’s this buzz about bees having culture? Inside a groundbreaking …

Sappho’s homoerotic poetry was beloved in ancient Greece – and b…

Alan Watts – the Western Buddhist who healed my mind | Aeon Essays

A chilling map through time of every recorded nuclear detonation in his…

The universal forces of sound and rhythm enhance thought and feeli…

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‘What’s essential is, I must understand’: a rare candid intervie…

Albert Camus built a philosophy of humanity on a foundation of absur…

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