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Bhutan: the last place

2026-10-22 18:01:00

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What happened when people in Bhutan, the last country on Earth without television, were allowed to watch it in 1999?

- by Aeon Video

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Other people

2026-10-22 18:00:00

A group hug in a shed doorway, with people embracing closely. Blue walls, metal roof and a door are visible.

Disconnection is at the heart of today’s crises. So my husband and I chose a radical and revealing remedy: living communally

- by Elizabeth Oldfield

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When it started to burn

2026-10-21 18:01:00

Photo of a subway station with people and makeshift sleeping areas on the platform, white columns and a distant tunnel.

Horrific violence, enduring terror and ceaseless solidarity: four years of war through the eyes of Ukrainian civilians

- by Aeon Video

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How intuitions work

2026-10-20 18:00:00

Black and white photo of two men shaking hands while a woman looks on with a wary expression, set in an urban environment.

Just as seeing a tree gives you reason to believe it’s there, sensing that a stranger is creepy gives you reason to walk away

- by Marc A Moffett

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A vocabulary for the future: nature

2026-10-19 18:01:00

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For the philosopher Bruno Latour, seeing anything ‘natural’ as good and the ‘artificial’ as bad is perversely human-centric

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Horrible, unmanly, indispensable

2026-10-19 18:00:00

A detailed painting of a historic battle scene with soldiers, horses and weapons in action, featuring vibrant colours and intricate detail.

Renaissance Italians saw the gun as the Devil’s work. But soon they embraced this unchivalrous – and necessary – weapon

- by Catherine Fletcher

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