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Have they been here?

2025-04-18 18:00:00

When we look for extraterrestrials, we often peer into the depths of space. But alien life might be closer than you think

- by Ravi Kopparapu & Jacob Haqq Misra

Squirrel on my shoulder

2025-04-17 18:01:00

Meet Sammy Squitten, the baby squirrel suckled by a cat and raised by a human, in this story narrated by David Attenborough

- by Aeon Video

Welcome to the Chaoscene

2025-04-17 18:00:00

The climate crisis is here. In order to thrive in these dangerous and precarious times, we must build resilient communities

- by Rupert Read

Building an artificial scientist

2025-04-16 18:01:00

‘Artificial scientists’ can use machine-learning algorithms to design experiments that are beyond the intuition of humans

- by Aeon Video

Beanbag genetics

2025-04-15 18:00:00

Today a bitter dispute about the nature of biology is underway. A simple bag of beans may be what tips the balance

- by Zachary B Hancock

Wicked women? 500 years of witches

2025-04-14 18:01:00

Sometimes wicked but always powerful. Why did witches transform from figures of fear to figures of entertainment and aspiration?

- by Aeon Video

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