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Island of the hornbills

2025-12-18 19:01:00

Photo of hornbill perched on a tree trunk with vibrant beak, surrounded by green leaves under a clear sky.

Why the stunning rhinoceros hornbills are the farmers of the rainforest and a powerful avian symbol of regeneration

- by Aeon Video

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Long live the aeonophiles!

2025-12-18 19:00:00

Coloured scanning electron micrograph of yellow bacteria surrounded by dark grey particulate matter.

The discovery of organisms that have been alive for many thousands of years requires a revolution in how we understand life

- by Karen G Lloyd

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Madeleine

2025-12-17 19:01:00

Two felt figures sit together facing a desert landscape under a warm sky.

Two women – one aged 35, the other 102 – become friends. This is what the road trip they can’t take would look like

- by Aeon Video

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A life of joy and work

2025-12-16 19:00:00

Illustration of three people wearing headscarves walking along a wall carrying books and backpacks with trees and a decorative gate in the background.

I am banned from working now, but as I look back on my long, challenging career in Afghanistan I feel hope for the future

- by Najla & Asad Nariman

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If objects could speak

2025-12-15 19:01:00

Black and white painting of a hand holding a spear aimed at a tree with glowing leaves against a dark background.

What is a German museum doing with a Kikuyu artefact it doesn’t know anything about? A journey to Kenya for some answers

- by Aeon Video

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Green dominion

2025-12-15 19:00:00

Pope Francis wearing white robes waters a freshly planted tree from a wooden bowl, a man holding a book and a woman wearing a colourful headdress beside him and a cameraman in the background

Coursing through Catholicism is a radical tradition of environmental justice that will help combat the climate crisis

- by Mike Mariani

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