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Katie’s story

2025-09-12 18:00:00

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Frontotemporal dementia is rare and ruthless. When it robbed Katie of her husband at 33, his story became her life’s work

- by Lynn Hallarman

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Live forever

2025-09-11 18:01:00

Close-up digital illustration of a lysosome showing detailed proteins in various colours on its surface.

Zooming into the molecular level, this dazzling animation shows how the biological clock is set to zero to form new life

- by Aeon Video

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David Hume vs literature

2025-09-11 18:00:00

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Hume distrusted literature and worked to discredit character sketches as legitimate forms of philosophy

- by Katie Ebner-Landy

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Los niños del batey

2025-09-10 18:01:00

Photo of a smiling boy with short hair outdoors, viewed through a digital camera frame. Background shows a fence and greenery.

Wilkin, 12, is growing up in a sugar mill town in the Dominican Republic. Hear his thoughts on joy, poverty and baseball

- by Aeon Video

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The Big Bang’s big gaps

2025-09-09 18:00:00

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The current theory for the origin of the Universe is remarkably successful yet full of explanatory holes. Expect surprises

- by Jim Baggott

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Hindsight

2025-09-08 18:01:00

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Archival VHS footage from the post-Soviet era documents a shifting world, with poignant echoes in the present moment

- by Aeon Video

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