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A father seeks to heal his community and find his granddaughter, after his son’s terrorist attack on Paris in November 2015 - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Humans have a strong impulse to see things that are arbitrary or conventional as natural and essential – especially language - by Reuben Cohn-Gordon Read at Aeon

When we discovered that the brain contained a map of the body it revolutionised neuroscience. But it’s time for an update - by Moheb Costandi Read at Aeon

It wasn’t aliens, but the first interstellar object found in our solar system still has much to teach us about the cosmos - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Girls are still in a bad bargain with patriarchy: the price of relationship is keeping their true thoughts to themselves - by Carol Gilligan Read at Aeon

How a playful experiment, motivated by scientists’ curiosity, could have novel applications in the realm of quantum optics - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Vinayak Savarkar ridiculed Gandhi, preaching that anti-Muslim violence was the only means to unite India into a nation - by Mihir Dalal Read at Aeon

How medieval Christianity met humanist philosophy in Botticelli’s masterful Renaissance painting ‘The Birth of Venus’ - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Both folktales and formal philosophy unsettle us into thinking anew about our cherished values and views of the world - by Abigail Tulenko Read at Aeon

Science must become attuned to the subtle conversations that pervade all life, from the primordial to the present - by David Waltner-Toews Read at Aeon

The making of a revolution – the exciting history of the CRISPR gene-editing breakthrough, from the two women who did it - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Over a weekend in 1995, a small group gathered in Ohio to unleash the power of the internet by making it navigable - by Monica Westin Read at Aeon

‘It was a Boy Scout camp, and I was far from a Boy Scout’ – shadow puppetry illuminates a skater kid’s unforgettable summer - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

As the crisis of democracy deepens, we must return to liberalism’s revolutionary and egalitarian roots - by Matthew McManus Read at Aeon

‘If we have any chance at all, then this is our chance – that we become calm’: a Zen Buddhist meditates on humanity’s fate - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Players, coaches and team owners sometimes do terrible things. What, if anything, should their fans do about that? - by Jake Wojtowicz & Alfred Archer Read at Aeon

Over the past four centuries quadrillions of ants have created a strange and turbulent global society that shadows our own - by John Whitfield Read at Aeon

Before the clock strikes on new year’s day, meet the man who made it his life’s work to create singular celebratory moments - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

How could a cult leader draw crowds, inspire devotion and die by crucifixion, yet leave no mark in contemporary records? - by Gavin Evans Read at Aeon

Orphaned by military night raids, a reporter returns to her native Afghanistan to investigate the trauma left behind - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Generative agents will change our society in weird, wonderful and worrying ways. Can philosophy help us get a grip on them? - by Seth Lazar Read at Aeon

The daily grind of non-playable characters offers a clever critique of capitalism’s ‘infinite loop of labour performance’ - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

As a republican, Sophie de Grouchy argued that sympathy, not domination, must be the glue that holds society together - by Sandrine Bergès & Eric Schliesser Read at Aeon

When scents are used to intensify a narrative, they heighten young readers’ emotions and enrich their memory banks - by Natalia Kucirkova Read at Aeon