~aeon | Bookmarks (109)
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Why do the building blocks of life possess a mysterious symmetry? | Aeon Videos
There’s a mystery of mirror molecules at the origin of life on Earth – and these...
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I migrated to my ancestral homeland in a search for identity | Aeon Essays
I migrated to my ancestral homeland in a search for identity. It proved to be a...
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A whale hunt is an act of prayer for an Inuit community north of the Arctic Circle | Aeon Videos
For an Iñupiat whaling crew north of the Arctic Circle, waiting on the ice for the...
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How did America become the nation of credit cards? | Aeon Essays
Americans have always borrowed, but how exactly did their lives become so entangled with the power...
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In the beginning, there was love. We can move with its power | Aeon Essays
Love is much more than a mere emotion or moral ideal. It imbues the world itself...
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Tiny, entangled universes that form or fizzle out – a theory of the quantum multiverse | Aeon Videos
Cosmologists understand what happened after the Big Bang. But what was our Universe before then? Enter...
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On lived experience, from the Romantics to identity politics | Aeon Essays
The term is ubiquitous and double-edged. It is both a key source of authentic knowledge and...
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The peculiar beauty of a song caught between composition and improvisation | Aeon Videos
For a truly ‘naive melody’, listen as musicians try to mirror a song in realtime, accompanied...
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Living with the enduring pain of postcolonial trauma | Aeon Essays
The lives of North Africans in France are shaped by a harrowing struggle to belong, marked...
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A beginner’s guide to a joyful Persian tradition of spring renewal and rebirth | Aeon Videos
Jumping the fire and shaking the house: a joyful beginner’s guide to the ancient Persian celebration...
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Philosophical theories are like good stories: Margaret Macdonald | Aeon Essays
For Margaret Macdonald, philosophical theories are akin to stories, meant to enlarge certain aspects of human...
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Odours have a complex topography, and it’s been mapped by AI | Aeon Essays
We can split light by a prism, sounds by tones, but surely the world of odour...
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The history of astronomy is a history of conjuring intelligent life where it isn’t | Aeon Videos
Ever since astronomers have looked to the skies, they’ve filled their knowledge gaps with wild theories...
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How Scots freethinkers managed to loosen Christianity’s grip | Aeon Essays
How, a century ago, radical freethinkers quietly and persistently subverted Scotland’s Christian establishment - by Felicity...
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How it looked to Afghan women to see the Taliban return to power | Aeon Videos
‘God gave me enough power to fight for my rights’ – hear the voices of women...
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America fell for guns recently, and for reasons you will not guess | Aeon Essays
The US today has extraordinary levels of gun ownership. But to see this as a venerable...
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Love looks a bit different for a chain-smoking couple in a small apartment | Aeon Videos
Capturing the daily routines of a chain-smoking Polish couple, this short finds an unlikely poetry in...
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My dismal years in psychoanalysis with Melanie Klein’s disciple | Aeon Essays
Going to a child psychoanalyst four times a week for three years was bad enough. Reading...
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A nine-step guide to a sensible microdosing programme | Aeon Essays
How to use small doses of psychedelics to lift your mood, enhance your focus, and fire...
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Simple entities in universal harmony – Leibniz’s evocative perspective on reality | Aeon Videos
‘There is a world of created things … in the least part of matter’: an introduction...
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Why workplaces should not discriminate based on how people look | Aeon Essays
It is time to take seriously the painful consequences of appearance discrimination in the workplace -...
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Passed over as the first Black astronaut, Ed Dwight carved out an impressive second act | Aeon Videos
After Ed Dwight lost out on becoming the first Black astronaut, he carved out a celebrated...
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Capitalism and (under)development in the American South | Aeon Essays
In the American South, an oligarchy of planters enriched itself through slavery. Pervasive underdevelopment is their...
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The six priestesses who kept the flame of ancient Rome alight at risk of death | Aeon Videos
When the flame of ancient Rome goes out, a Vestal Virgin is accused of unchastity and...