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What is it to be Bayesian? The (pretty simple) math modelling behind a Big Data buzzword | Aeon Videos

If you’ve ever tripped up over the term ‘Bayesian’ while reading up on data or tech,...

How Confucius loses face in China’s new surveillance regime – Philip Ivanhoe | Aeon Ideas

While conceived of and functioning differently in diverse contexts, ‘face’ describes a phenomenon that exists in...

‘They told us to stay put’: the South Korean ferry disaster that sank lives and trust | Aeon Videos

On 16 April 2014, the ferry MV Sewol sunk off the coast of South Korea, killing...

Liberating the precolonial history of Africa – Toby Green | Aeon Essays

The West focuses only on slavery, but the history of Africa is so much more than...

The happy emotions are not necessarily what they appear – Rob Boddice | Aeon Ideas

‘Be happy!’ Mary Wollstonecraft exhorted her estranged lover and tormentor, Gilbert Imlay, in late 1795. What...

We can’t stand by as animals suffer and die in their billions – Jeff Sebo | Aeon Essays

It is not enough to conserve species and ecosystems. We have an ethical duty to care...

Dadaism ridiculed the meaninglessness of modern life – with captivating results | Aeon Videos

Dadaism was an avant-garde artistic movement born amid the wreckage of the First World War in...

If you could choose, what would make for a good death? – Daniel Callcut | Aeon Essays

We can chose how we live – why not how we leave? A free society should...

The eerie serenity of a summer’s day by water, before one of history’s bloodiest battles | Aeon Videos

‘We laugh and for one heartbeat forget to be afraid…’The Battle of the Somme, fought by...

How to tell fact from fiction in fiction and other forms of lies – Emar Maier | Aeon Essays

A novel, by definition, tells a fictional story – but does that make its author a...

For Dulce, the rite of passage of learning to swim might soon be her means of survival | Aeon Videos

In La Ensenada on Colombia's Pacific coast, local women embark on regular downriver journeys to harvest...

Robogamis are the real heirs of terminators and transformers – Jamie Paik | Aeon Ideas

Ask anyone what image comes to mind when you say the word ‘robot’, and there’s no...

A masterwork of nature filmmaking that helped transform how wolves were seen | Aeon Videos

The Canadian author, artist and naturalist Bill Mason (1929-1988) was celebrated for his films exploring his...

The voice of sadness is censored as sick. What if it’s sane? – Julie Reshe | Aeon Essays

We keep chasing happiness, but true clarity comes from depression and existential angst. Admit that life...

How the Jesuits cultivated the idea of European empire – Ananya Chakravarti | Aeon Essays

Jesuits knew the miserable truth of European empire in India and Brazil, yet their writings rendered...

The adversarial culture in philosophy does not serve the truth – Martin Lenz | Aeon Ideas

Philosophical discussions, whether in a professional setting or at the bar, frequently consist of calling out...

Ride shotgun through mid-century LA with Ed Ruscha’s photos and Jack Kerouac’s words | Aeon Videos

The US artist Ed Ruscha has created a celebrated body of work inspired by the iconic...

How they pinned a single, momentous number on the Universe – Corey S Powell | Aeon Essays

Are we part of a dying reality or a blip in eternity? The value of the...