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Penchants of the polymaths

2026-09-11 18:00:00

Medieval painting of two men riding a donkey, a man is in a window, script beneath, with decorative clouds overhead.

The fathers of Islamic science hold lessons for students: breadth over specialisation, and never let constraints get in the way

- by Mariam Sabri

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The Chinese room

2026-09-10 18:01:00

Illustration of a robot reading with a thought bubble showing ancient cave paintings of hunters and a deer.

Can we test for AI consciousness when we don’t understand our own? Getting into John Searle’s ‘Chinese room’ experiment

- by Aeon Video

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Medieval mental health

2026-09-10 18:00:00

Medieval painting of a man in a bath, attended by various people under a tree with heart-shaped leaves.

Saffron and ostrich liver were prescribed but so were exercise, gardens, animals, socialising, and music

- by Katherine Harvey

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Making revisions

2026-09-09 18:01:00

Painting of three figures with a flag on a dot-patterned background in red, yellow, purple and white.

Indigenous knowledge and art overwrite colonial cartography to correct the historical record in Central Australia

- by Aeon Video

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Our eloquent hands

2026-09-08 18:00:00

The imprint of a hand, made with black ink on beige paper, showing both the thin and wide creases on the palm and fingers.

Physicians reject palmistry as nonsense. But reading the creases of our palms for hidden meaning is what doctors have always done

- by Alison Bashford

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The planet is… up to something

2026-09-07 18:01:00

Photo of Earth from space showing clouds, oceans and land masses against a starry black background.

An astronaut’s image of Earth from the 2026 lunar flyby reveals not our profound smallness but our growing significance

- by Aeon Video

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