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Land loneliness

2024-07-26 18:00:00

Aerial view of a large pipeline construction site with machinery and vehicles cutting through green fields and hills under a partly cloudy sky.

To survive, we are asked to forget that our lands and bodies are being violated, policed, ripped up, silenced, sacrificed

- by Kelsey Day

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Everything’s fine, potatoes in line

2024-07-25 18:01:00

Residential street with terraced houses and power plant cooling towers in the background, one of which has a mural depicting a sun and mountains.

Spud diplomacy – can a potato salad contest ease tensions over a controversial power station between Czech and Polish neighbours?

- by Aeon Video

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Baby talk

2024-07-25 18:00:00

Newborn baby being held by a person wearing blue gloves, with another masked individual looking at the baby in a medical setting.

When babies are born, they cry in the accent of their mother tongue: how does language begin in the womb?

- by Darshana Narayanan

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Fitting

2024-07-24 18:01:00

A person with a prosthetic leg stands in a room filled with plastic-wrapped prosthetics and limbs, showcasing orthopaedic supplies.

A rare insight into the extraordinary work of creating a prosthetic leg through measuring, moulding, fitting and feeling

- by Aeon Video

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All that we are

2024-07-23 18:00:00

Black-and-white photo of three Black men sitting at a table with microphones during a press conference. One of the men has a bandage on his head.

The philosophy of personalism inspired Martin Luther King’s dream of a better world. We still need its hopeful ideas today

- by Bennett Gilbert

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Ëdhä Dädhëcha̧ | Moosehide Slide

2024-07-22 18:01:00

Black and white snowy mountain scene with vehicles, overlaid by a large smear of vivid blue paint in the upper right area.

The evocative language of myth and the precise language of geology frame a distinctive portrait of a singular place in Canada

- by Aeon Video

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A novel kind of music

2024-07-22 18:00:00

Still life with musical instruments, sheet music, books, and a small statue on a table draped with a richly patterned red and gold curtain.

So-called ‘classical’ music was as revolutionary as the modern novel in its storytelling, harmony and depth

- by Joel Sandelson

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Decolonising psychology

2024-07-19 18:00:00

A black-and-white photo of soldiers in uniform checking documents of several men standing outdoors, with laundry hanging in the background.

At times complicit in racism and oppression, psychology has also been a fertile ground for radical and liberatory thought

- by Rami Gabriel

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Beetles in flight with Joe Pera

2024-07-18 18:01:00

Two beetles with translucent wings flying against a pink background.

Find new appreciation for beetles by watching them fly in ultra-slow motion – while comedian Joe Pera narrates each takeoff

- by Aeon Video

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Beyond authenticity

2024-07-18 18:00:00

A close-up drawing of a face with detailed patterns and a hand touching the face, using earthy tones and texture on a brown background.

In her final unfinished work, Hannah Arendt mounted an incisive critique of the idea that we are in search of our true selves

- by Samantha Rose Hill

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Forecasting D-Day

2024-07-17 18:01:00

Weather map showing temperature, cloud cover, and other meteorological data across Ireland, the UK, and part of mainland Europe. Isobars are also depicted.

The D-Day landings turned the tide of war, but their success rested on the uncertain calculations of Allied meteorologists

- by Aeon Video

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Governing for the planet

2024-07-16 18:00:00

Aerial view of an industrial site emitting smoke, surrounded by snow-covered buildings and landscape, under a clear blue sky with birds flying overhead.

Nation-states are no longer fit for purpose to create a habitable future for humans and nature. Which political system is?

- by Jonathan S Blake & Nils Gilman

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Searching for dark matter with a quantum compass

2024-07-15 18:01:00

Close-up of two black optical devices with visible yellow light inside the lenses, set against a blurry background.

‘Dark matter is probably passing through you and me right now’: how one team is hunting for one of the great known unknowns

- by Aeon Video

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The Ju/’hoansi protocol

2024-07-15 18:00:00

Three women in traditional attire stand outdoors in a dry landscape. One person carries a child on their back while another holds a walking stick.

Hunter-gatherer societies are highly expert in group deliberation and decision-making which respects both difference and unity

- by Vivek V Venkataraman

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We are not machines

2024-07-12 18:00:00

Abstract art depicting DNA sequencing, with vertical bands of vibrant colours including yellow, red, blue and green, blending into each other with a glossy, reflective texture.

Welcome to the new post-genomic biology: a transformative era in need of fresh metaphors to understand how life works

- by Philip Ball

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A brief history of ghosts and spirit photography

2024-07-11 18:01:00

Old photograph of a girl sleeping in a chair, a ghostly boy kneeling before her, and a ghostly girl standing by a wall with a religious tapestry.

The dawn of photography helped summon Victorian beliefs in an unseen spirit realm that could be made manifest and contactable

- by Aeon Video

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In praise of magical thinking

2024-07-11 18:00:00

Silhouette of a man, a child, and a cow with large horns sitting on the ground at sunset.

Once we all had knowledge of how to heal ourselves using plants and animals. The future would be sweeter for renewing it

- by Anna Badkhen

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The canine rainbow

2024-07-10 18:01:00

Close-up of a dog with blue and brown eyes, grey and white fur, looking directly at the camera.

Take a look beyond the myths and misconceptions of dog vision to learn how richly dogs perceive the world around them

- by Aeon Video

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Moon drawings

2024-07-08 18:01:00

Aerial view of concentric snow tracks around a phone booth and street light. The artist walks in circles away from the center, dragging a suitcase behind her.

Cut off from her family, Yuge carved ‘circular mantras’ into snow and sand to mark time with a personal ritual of longing

- by Aeon Video

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Baffled by human diversity

2024-07-08 18:00:00

Illustration of various human skulls and profiles with captions detailing different ethnic groups and regions, from a historical anthropological study.

Confused 17th-century Europeans argued that human groups were separately created, a precursor to racist thought today

- by Jacob Zellmer

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