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Don’t touch the art

2026-06-11 18:01:00

Photo of a person with gloves handling a bronze sculpture with a colourful mural in the background.

Yoko Ono’s painting invites us to step on it, challenging both galleries and audiences. Why is touch transgressive?

- by Aeon Video

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The no-human future

2026-06-11 18:00:00

Surreal digital collage artwork of a chaotic, dystopian scene, including a figure kneeling atop a globe surrounded skyscrapers, androids, screens and other natural and technological elements.

Terrorists and tech bros alike view accelerationism as a revolutionary weapon. Nick Land glimpsed something much darker

- by Vincent Lê

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Bay of smokes

2026-06-10 18:01:00

Black and white photo of a vintage car on a foggy city street lined with buildings and palm trees.

When smog descended upon Los Angeles in 1943, it was mistaken for a Japanese attack. The real culprit was closer to home

- by Aeon Video

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The joy of autism

2026-06-09 18:00:00

Collage photo with toys, a lamp, a plant on furniture, colourful stripes, books, decorative hearts and Greek text on wood.

Yes, we’re in a world of our own: for the autistic mind, it’s a place of intense curiosity, deep focus and sensory delight

- by Sarah Hendrickx

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The steam engine

2026-06-08 18:01:00

Photo of a brass steam engine toy in motion with steam jets visible against a black background.

The science behind the revolutionary engine that became the bedrock of global energy – born of a curiosity from 130 BCE

- by Aeon Video

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What shape is the Earth?

2026-06-08 18:00:00

The extraordinary challenge of determining the true shape of Earth reveals the deep value of measurement to scientific progress

- by Miguel Ohnesorge

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