Let us now stop praising famous men (and women) – David V Johnson | Aeon Ideas
After the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris nearly burned down in April, the French luxury-goods magnate François-Henri...
How British police put 16 men in the dock for consensual sadomasochism | Aeon Videos
In the late 1980s in the UK, Roland Jaggard was part of a loose-knit group of...
Human culture and cognition evolved through the emotions – Stephen T Asma & Rami Gabriel | Aeon Essays
Universal emotions are the deep engine of human consciousness and the basis of our profound affinity...
The 94-year-old Holocaust survivor who makes every Purim costume contest count | Aeon Videos
'It's important to have something that makes you laugh a little bit.'At 94 years old, Anny...
Going green is all about what you gain, not what you give up – Kate Laffan | Aeon Ideas
According to The New Republic magazine in June this year: ‘You will have to make sacrifices...
What Albert Einstein owes to David Hume’s notion of time – Matias Slavov | Aeon Essays
Two centuries before Einstein, Hume recognised that universal time, independent of an observer's viewpoint, doesn't existBy...
How ancient poetry can revitalise our erotic imaginations – Jamie Mackay | Aeon Essays
Why the ancient erotic poems of Sappho and Wallada bint al-Mustakfi are far more stimulating than...
Come ice-fishing in the deep Canadian winter with an all-Indigenous, all-female crew | Aeon Videos
‘Indigenous labour is never just work. It’s cultural practice, our Indigenous knowledge. It’s how we are...
Is ‘pink for girls and blue for boys’ biology or conditioning? – Gina Rippon | Aeon Essays
From tutus to trucks, parents are often struck by the gendered choices made by their children....
Your body is scanned, destroyed, then reproduced. Do ‘you’ live on the copy? | Aeon Videos
For centuries, philosophers – and more recently, science-fiction writers – have been concocting riffs and variations...
Why synthetic chemicals seem more toxic than natural ones – Niranjana Krishnan | Aeon Ideas
Many people believe that chemicals, particularly the man-made ones, are highly dangerous. After all, more than...
This bird-of-paradise in New Guinea sounds like something from another planet | Aeon Videos
Endemic to the mountain forests of New Guinea, the King of Saxony bird-of-paradise (Pteridophora alberti) is...
Charles Sanders Peirce was America’s greatest thinker – Daniel Everett | Aeon Essays
Charles Sanders Peirce was a brilliant philosopher, mathematician and scientist. His polymathic work should be better...
‘I live with a girl papa!’ Two years in the life of Alaizah and her trans mother Jade | Aeon Videos
How to Make a Rainbow is a glimpse into the life of a young girl, Alaizah,...
How ergodicity reimagines economics for the benefit of us all – Mark Buchanan | Aeon Ideas
The principles of economics form the intellectual atmosphere in which most political discussion takes place. Its...
Is deep brain stimulation for better health worth the risk? – Jonathan Pugh | Aeon Essays
DBS is an incredibly promising intervention for intractable neurological and psychiatric illness. What are the risks?By...
How personal letters built the possibility of a modern public – Rachael Scarborough King | Aeon Essays
The first newspapers contained not high-minded journalism but hundreds of readers' letters exchanging news with one...
D A Pennebaker transformed documentary filmmaking. This is his first film | Aeon Videos
The US filmmaker D A Pennebaker – a pioneer of the documentary form – died on 1 August 2019...