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After years of debate and contemplation, I’ve come to think a heretical form of Christianity might be true. Here’s why - by Philip Goff Read at Aeon

Blurring science and art, these close-ups of butterfly and moth wings reveal their astonishing diversity and immense beauty - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Henri Bergson and Albert Einstein fundamentally disagreed about the nature of time and how it can be measured. Who was right? - by Evan Thompson Read at Aeon

Why romanticising your own life is philosophically dubious, setting up toxic narratives and an inability to truly love - by Anna Gotlib Read at Aeon

Extreme weather means 10-year-old Mogi must choose between the nomadic life on the Mongolian steppe and moving to the city - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Without the neutrino, the Universe might be an empty void. But this inscrutable particle isn’t giving up its secrets easily - by Corey S Powell Read at Aeon

How did scientists figure out, after a century of study, that we’re all the product of humans interbreeding with Neanderthals? - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Offering an escape from industrial foods, foraging nourishes the soul and body, but it needs democratic access to the land - by Nikita Sud Read at Aeon

Fifty years in the making, the Great Wall of Los Angeles is a half-mile monument to the marginalised histories of California - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

The waste and exploitation of fast fashion shouldn’t blind us to the joys of making beautiful clothing with care - by Roger Tredre Read at Aeon

Two distinct and conflicting forms of nationalism – civic and ethnic – helped create the nation-states of Europe - by Luka Ivan Jukić Read at Aeon

Follow the ‘dumpster archeologist’ Lew Blink as he pieces together people’s stories from the objects they’ve left behind - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

When Nietzsche used the tools of philology to explore the nature of morality, he became a ‘philosopher of the future’ - by Alexander Prescott-Couch Read at Aeon

To complete the perilous project his mother never finished, a filmmaker documents Indigenous resistance in war-torn Colombia - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

‘Marks of weakness, marks of woe.’ William Blake captures the suffering and oppression on the streets of 18th-century London - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Dolls help children create wonderfully vivid and imaginative worlds, while also serving as unsettling reminders of the abyss - by Tishani Doshi Read at Aeon

W Eugene Smith’s photos of the Minamata disaster are both exquisite and horrifying. How might we now look at them? - by Joanna Pocock Read at Aeon

When animals seem to grieve for their dead, such as staying with them for days, is it anthropomorphism or something more? - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

After years of insomnia, I threw off the effort to sleep and embraced the peculiar openness I found in the darkest hours - by Annabel Abbs Read at Aeon

Why did it take archeologists a century to decode the small clay tablet that’s also the oldest known map of the world? - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

How two amateur schools pulled a generation of thinkers from the workers and teachers of the 19th-century American Midwest - by Joseph M Keegin Read at Aeon

Love is a daily act of devotion for two brothers – one mentally, the other physically disabled – in a shared apartment - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Sailors, exiles, merchants and philosophers: how the ancient Greeks played with language to express a seaborne imagination - by Giordano Lipari Read at Aeon

Rather than being a cringey personal failing, awkwardness is a collective rupture – and a chance to rewrite the social script - by Alexandra Plakias Read at Aeon