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From childhood, women are trained to restrict their appetite. And there’s a huge, hidden, cognitive price to pay for it- by Sarah BergRead on Aeon

A mesmerising blend of words and images make touch a doorway into the deepest questions in physics and philosophy- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

The Andoque of the Amazon know what we have forgotten: the forest’s most beautiful creatures are also its most dangerous- by Eliran AraziRead on Aeon

The sorrows and redemptions of visitors who mailed their ‘souvenirs’ back to Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

Early feminists like Mary Astell and Catharine Macaulay refused their male peers’ advice to remain polite in debate. Why?- by Geertje BolRead on Aeon

In this bittersweet portrait of a farm town in Canada, taxidermied gophers preserve a place that no longer exists- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

The lives that slither and scurry beneath the soil’s surface are vital for ecological health: now we can listen in to them- by Ella BrowningRead on Aeon

The self-built homes of Santiago are precarious and ever changing. They are, always and at once, being and becoming- by Consuelo AraosRead on Aeon

After half a century in the making, an observatory in New Mexico lets viewers peer 13,000 years into the future and the past- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

In a bid for spiritual renewal, I made a pilgrimage to Islam’s holy city. Almost everything I expected to see was gone- by Azania Imtiaz PatelRead on Aeon

Two brothers struggle to keep a bouncy house business afloat in this nuanced portrait of family and the pursuit of success- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

Until Shere Hite’s Report, even the most daring sexologists refused to listen to what women desired and hated in sex- by Rosa CampbellRead on Aeon

The oldest Buddhist temple in Europe is an architectural anomaly, built in memory of the Kalmyk regiment that fought Napoleon- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

If we couldn’t make generalisations, we would be paralysed by the world’s complexity. Does that ever excuse stereotyping?- by Tom RalstonRead on Aeon

The hunt for Bigfoot sounds like the opposite of good science, but those pursuing the creature are often serious empiricists- by Andrew Bartlett & Jamie LewisRead on Aeon

A striking meditation on inequality via the bold sculptures that sit amongst skyscrapers in Paris’s business district- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

C P Snow’s ‘Two Cultures’ lecture provoked a savage response from fellow critic F R Leavis. What was at the heart of it all?- by Sam DresserRead on Aeon

Retracing his grandparents’ journey to Iceland’s Vatnajökull glacier, a writer draws on storytelling to grasp climate change- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

Western-developed AI rides roughshod over Ubuntu values of connection and community that animate African ethical life- by Fainos MangenaRead on Aeon

A scientist, artist and mother, Ani Liu contemplates how power and control shape the body in her taboo-breaking artworks- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon