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Believing and thinking

2026-11-03 19:00:00

A foggy road leading to a distant church, flanked by trees, a building and powerlines, creating an eerie atmosphere.

The separation of church and state has an unspoken psychological basis: we choose what we believe, but not what we think

- by Neil Van Leeuwen & Jacob Eisler

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Jo Marchant: In search of now

2026-11-02 19:01:00

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What is ‘now’? Through physics via philosophy and psychology, discover the science and mystery of the present moment

- by Aeon Video

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The self-making world

2026-11-02 19:00:00

A group of whales surfacing in a green sea near a rocky forested shoreline.

Long mocked and misunderstood, Lamarck’s radical idea that organisms shape themselves and their world is making a comeback

- by Jessica Riskin

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In praise of the dilettante

2026-10-30 18:00:00

Black and white photo of a man with many arms doing different tasks: smoking, writing, reading and using scissors.

A wayfaring cosmopolitan who never gets stuck, the dilettante is the right anti-hero for our hyper-specialised age

- by Jay Miller

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Hills and mountains

2026-10-29 18:01:00

Photo of a mosque on a street with snow-capped mountains and blue sky in background and people, cars and a flying pigeon in the foreground

A girl’s story of forced marriage reveals how the Soviet invasion of 1979 transformed life in Afghanistan

- by Aeon Video

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The physics of getting fired

2026-10-29 18:00:00

A frosted glass door with metal handle, card reader and a number 0 sign on a beige wall, indoors.

Physics offered me a sense of order and purpose. But when life got messy I realised it had a much deeper insight to give

- by Zahaan Bharmal

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