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For an aspiring nurse, staying in the US holds out the precarious promise of a life far from China’s strict gender norms - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

There’s a mystery of mirror molecules at the origin of life on Earth – and these scientists may have solved it - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

I migrated to my ancestral homeland in a search for identity. It proved to be a humbling experience in (un)belonging - by Jessica Buchleitner Read at Aeon

For an Iñupiat whaling crew north of the Arctic Circle, waiting on the ice for the migration of whales is an act of prayer - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Americans have always borrowed, but how exactly did their lives become so entangled with the power of plastic cards? - by Sean H Vanatta Read at Aeon

Love is much more than a mere emotion or moral ideal. It imbues the world itself and we should learn to move with its power - by Mark Vernon Read at Aeon

Cosmologists understand what happened after the Big Bang. But what was our Universe before then? Enter the quantum multiverse - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

The term is ubiquitous and double-edged. It is both a key source of authentic knowledge and a danger to true solidarity - by Patrick J Casey Read at Aeon

For a truly ‘naive melody’, listen as musicians try to mirror a song in realtime, accompanied by a dreamy animation - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

The lives of North Africans in France are shaped by a harrowing struggle to belong, marked by postcolonial trauma - by Farah Abdessamad Read at Aeon

Jumping the fire and shaking the house: a joyful beginner’s guide to the ancient Persian celebration of spring renewal - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

For Margaret Macdonald, philosophical theories are akin to stories, meant to enlarge certain aspects of human life - by Peter West Read at Aeon

We can split light by a prism, sounds by tones, but surely the world of odour is too complex and personal? Strangely, no - by Jason Castro Read at Aeon

Ever since astronomers have looked to the skies, they’ve filled their knowledge gaps with wild theories of alien life - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

How, a century ago, radical freethinkers quietly and persistently subverted Scotland’s Christian establishment - by Felicity Loughlin Read at Aeon

‘God gave me enough power to fight for my rights’ – hear the voices of women across Afghanistan over a year of Taliban rule - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

The US today has extraordinary levels of gun ownership. But to see this as a venerable tradition is to misread history - by Megan Kang Read at Aeon

Capturing the daily routines of a chain-smoking Polish couple, this short finds an unlikely poetry in life’s mundane rhythms - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Going to a child psychoanalyst four times a week for three years was bad enough. Reading what she wrote about me was worse - by Michael Bacon Read at Aeon

How to use small doses of psychedelics to lift your mood, enhance your focus, and fire your creativity - by Tunde Aideyan Read at Aeon

‘There is a world of created things … in the least part of matter’: an introduction to the Universe according to Leibniz - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

It is time to take seriously the painful consequences of appearance discrimination in the workplace - by Andrew Mason Read at Aeon

After Ed Dwight lost out on becoming the first Black astronaut, he carved out a celebrated later career as a sculptor - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

In the American South, an oligarchy of planters enriched itself through slavery. Pervasive underdevelopment is their legacy - by Keri Leigh Merritt Read at Aeon