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How to be a (Roman) man

2026-10-16 18:00:00

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Cicero’s ideal of manly virtue stressed the performance of self-control and bravery, not boastful egotism and domination

- by Catharine Edwards

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The secrets of Hohle Fels cave

2026-10-15 18:01:00

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Why aren’t we all Neanderthals? These ancient bird figurines suggest that art was essential to our evolutionary success

- by Aeon Video

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The ladder of knowledge

2026-10-15 18:00:00

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What we claim as ‘true’ is not a ceiling we are forever failing to reach but something that changes as we climb toward it

- by Alexander V Gheorghiu

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Into the fire

2026-10-14 18:01:00

Photo of four women in desert gear walking across a dry landscape, carrying equipment with vehicles in the background.

These women once fled ISIS. Now they defuse the landmines the militants left behind in their Yazidi homeland in northern Iraq

- by Aeon Video

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Deskilling the body

2026-10-13 18:00:00

Silhouette of a hiker with a walking stick against a backdrop of layered mountains on a clear day; photo.

We are, moment by moment, doing less sensing, navigating, remembering, walking, choosing, and attending

- by Melanie Challenger

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Africa’s cultural landmarks: tombs of Buganda kings

2026-10-12 18:01:00

Photo of two people thatching a large conical roof with ladders surrounded by a green landscape and trees.

Built from vegetal materials, these majestic tombs housing Buganda kings bridge the realms of living and dead in Uganda

- by Aeon Video

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