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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 13/07/2026

In the wake of being ghosted by his mother, the science writer David Robson noticed a strange phenomenon: as she disappeared from his life, so did his sense of a coherent life narrative. Read here: buff.ly/epZK0Ou

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 10/07/2026

Hidden within the rings of ancient trees is an archive stretching back thousands of years. Today’s Essay explores the exciting discoveries dendrochronologists have made through decoding these rings. buff.ly/rmzOhXq

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 08/07/2026

In this Essay, Oxford ecosystem science professor, Yadvinder Malhi presents a new metric which asks not only how wealthy or healthy societies are, but what kinds of landscapes, cities and planetary relationships their prosperity produces

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 06/06/2026

Love and morality are often thought of as distinct from one another, but for Iris Murdoch, they are intertwined. Today, Aeon’s Consultant Senior Editor Nigel Warburton invites you to revisit this illuminating Essay from the archive buff.ly/MydX8vB

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 04/06/2026

If aliens are out there, what kind of language would they use? This question is posed by philosopher Nikhil Mahant in his Aeon Essay ‘Extraterrestrial Tongues’, as highlighted in this video by Senior Editor Richard Fisher buff.ly/dDqPg3A

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 04/06/2026

What is the life of a child influencer like when the cameras are off? As outlined here by Video Assistant Pia Rios, the short documentary ‘Christmas, Every Day’ juxtaposes more conventional images of childhood with the hyperreal world of content creation aeon.co/videos/the-c...

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 20/05/2026

The wait is finally over! We’re thrilled to announce Tom Ralston as the winner of the inaugural Aeon Philosophy Prize. Keep a close eye out for his winning essay – coming to aeon.co soon. Follow us and sign up to our newsletter to be the first to read new essays and announcements: aeon.co/newsletter

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 08/05/2026

We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the inaugural Aeon Philosophy Prize. Chosen from hundreds of excellent submissions from around the world, these five finalists explore urgent and enduring philosophical questions with originality, clarity and imagination. Stay updated: aeon.co/newsletter

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 06/05/2026

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 02/04/2026

We’ve featured many films from Iranian directors that speak to the creativity and perseverance of the Iranian people. This selection from our archive features videos on themes of community, art and joy in the face of hardship. Watch at the links in the replies.

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 18/03/2026

When a man claimed his son was drifting across the sky in a homemade flying saucer, the story gripped the nation. Here, Aeon’s head of video reflects on the documentary that recounts the event, examining how news coverage is often rewarded for entertaining rather than informing buff.ly/iGVwNUL

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 09/03/2026

Are you an early-career philosopher hoping to reach beyond academia with your writing? We’re thrilled to be introducing the Aeon Philosophy Prize – a unique opportunity to receive editorial mentorship and see your ideas reach global audiences. Open for applications today buff.ly/p47BrKe

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 03/03/2026

Are you more of a daily knowledge-snacker or a weekend-indulger, taking in a whole week’s worth of fresh ideas? You can take your pick with the Aeon newsletter and join over 270,000 subscribers for thoughtfully curated content delivered straight to your inbox aeon.co/newsletter

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 28/02/2026

Our donation drive is coming to an end, and here are some thoughts of your fellow readers who've generously made a donation. These readers help keep Aeon free to everyone, and protect something increasingly rare: time to think. There’s still time to make a donation at aeon.co/donate

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 23/02/2026

What makes a great essay? In this video, Sam Dresser, Deputy Editor of Aeon, breaks it down into four key ingredients, demonstrating the roles of both writer and editor in crafting the perfect essay. Check out Aeon’s full archive of expert-written essays at aeon.co

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 23/02/2026

You have absolutely free access to everything we publish or ever have published – a commitment that we can make only because of the small percentage of our readers who donate to us. Will you be one of the few who supports our commitment to free-for-all expert knowledge? Donate now aeon.co/donate

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 16/02/2026

Aeon’s mission is to gift knowledge to the world, and we pursued and expanded this mission in 2025. We wouldn’t be able to make this impact without the support of our donors. Will you join our annual donation drive and support us? buff.ly/A5u7mfm

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 10/02/2026

Aeon publishes hard-won knowledge from real people who have grappled deeply with their subjects. And everything is free to access – a commitment that we can make only because of the small percentage of our readers who donate. Will you join those generous supporters? Donate here: aeon.co/donate

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 09/02/2026

Aeon audio asks the big, existentially significant questions and finds the freshest, most original answers, provided by leading thinkers on philosophy, science, psychology, society and culture. Listen on Apple Podcasts: buff.ly/VcJM8zn And Spotify: buff.ly/Ml8z9dr

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 09/02/2026

We’re hiring! The Sophia Club (part of Aeon Media) is looking for a proactive, creative, and meticulous Event Manager and Producer to join our Melbourne-based team (3 days/week). If you have experience producing high-quality performance and literary events, we’d love to hear from you buff.ly/bZYgj4Z

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 02/02/2026

It seems these days that it’s difficult to find time to think. This is what Aeon offers to its readers: time to consider, ponder and marvel at what it means to be human. Today, we launch our annual donation drive, inviting you to support us in this mission. Donate now at aeon.co/donate

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 08/01/2026

Not all documentaries are heavy or emotionally demanding. The short films across the Aeon and Psyche archives inspire wonder and open windows onto lives and places far beyond our own. Here, Aeon Media’s video curator, Tamur Qutab, shares a selection of his favourite uplifting films buff.ly/vtQn524

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 19/12/2025

Aeon Essays are now available to listen to on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Listen now: buff.ly/IKW4hxJ

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 15/12/2025

At Aeon, we publish essays on the existentially significant questions, alongside carefully curated short documentaries spanning philosophy, science, psychology, society and culture. Our archive is rich and inexhaustible – a place where every curious mind can find something to enjoy aeon.co

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 09/12/2025

We are sad to note the passing of Martin Parr, the hugely influential Magnum photographer whose long career took him on a worldwide odyssey to prove the everyday remarkable. His lens dwelt on the mundane and the unintentionally odd, imagining us all as human, all too human buff.ly/ZsvPsGG

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 08/12/2025

Aeon is a magazine of ideas, publishing the most incisive and ambitious thinking around the globe. Sign up to our weekly newsletter and enjoy week’s worth of big ideas buff.ly/BnoMzjU

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 04/12/2025

What shapes the way we see the world? In this reel, the neuroscientist and Princeton professor Asif Ghazanfar reflects on his essay, which examines Dale Purves’ research and the ways our perception is shaped not just by the world around us, but by our bodies, senses, and experiences buff.ly/DTV8iBu

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 08/11/2025

Assistant professor of political theory Kevin D Pham argues that Vietnam’s potent and storied anticolonialism is founded upon a unique sense of national shame. Read his insightful Aeon Essay to learn more buff.ly/fcz4CWV

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 05/11/2025

Discover how virtual reality is reframing and shedding new light on some of philosophy’s most enduring questions about cognition, epistemology and the nature of reality in this instalment of Aeon’s In Sight series with the renowned philosopher and cognitive scientist David Chalmers buff.ly/7xSFD1m

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 24/10/2025

Inspired by the Nobel Prize in Economics being won by Aeon author Joel Mokyr, this week we’re featuring more Aeon essays from the archive which dive into diverse perspectives on economic history

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 24/10/2025

For centuries we’ve used the declaration of ‘monster’ to eject individuals and groups from being respected as fully human buff.ly/Ny8Dsjo

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 17/10/2025

Inspired by this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology, we’re revisiting the Aeon archive to take a closer look inward and dive into facts and discoveries about the immune system

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 06/10/2025

How can you have a picture of the world when your brain is locked up in your skull? Neuroscientist Dale Purves has clues buff.ly/YUoCePx

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 02/10/2025

Today we’re revisiting essays and videos on the human-animal relationship in tribute to Jane Goodall, a tremendous influence on the world. Her life’s work continues to inspire what we do: highlighting our kinship with animals and our responsibility and interdependence with the natural world

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 13/09/2025

Archival VHS footage from the post-Soviet era documents a shifting world, with poignant echoes in the present moment in this film directed by Max Rykov @nobudge.bsky.social buff.ly/gsO6KeH

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 21/08/2025

Data has created a new and paradoxical social order: the promise of emancipation is made possible by classifying everything buff.ly/PAqIygo

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 20/08/2025

On #WorldHumanitarianDay, we’re revisiting this article and rethinking what it means to help. Humanitarianism is broken but it can be fixed buff.ly/WzStMyZ

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 16/08/2025

In this layered portrait, an artist reflects on the complex reality of living with VOR, short for ‘voice of reason’ – a presence that grew louder and increasingly hostile, putting her life at risk. Directed by Nina Ross and Meg Barrett buff.ly/dCkbWhr

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 09/08/2025

From stories whispered by elders to the call of the land, Indigenous knowledge has long safeguarded communities against natural disasters. On #InternationalDayoftheWorldsIndigenousPeoples, we honour these timeless voices of and champion their wisdom in shaping resilient futures buff.ly/WC7el07

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 16/07/2025

What’s so golden about the golden ratio? In this short animation by @royalsociety.org and BBC Ideas, a myth-busting investigation tells the story of a misunderstood mathematical idea buff.ly/Y4W3U0q

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 05/07/2025

The second in a two-part series, this video by 3Blue1Brown provides an engrossing look at how knowledge has grown alongside our technologies, and how we might unlock the puzzles of the Universe buff.ly/m5Mbohb

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 02/07/2025

In a seaside village in England, memories flicker to life through the voices of neighbours and friends. This short film by Anna Snowball is a gentle portrait of community, belonging and the stories that linger long after the streets fall silent buff.ly/sDCaZZf

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 27/06/2025

‘Creativity is integral to diaspora, because it is impossible to replicate home cultures entirely in adopted areas of settlement.’ Diasporas are made of vast constellations of countless people, fused together through memory, meaning – and music buff.ly/BqK9Z9i

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 26/06/2025

Confronted with a prolonged silence during conversation, most of us find ourselves desperately thinking of something to say. But why? What exactly makes an awkward silence feel so awkward? buff.ly/7QoPmzh

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 25/06/2025

What’s the difference between a good explanation and a bad one? In this episode of Closer to Truth, physicist-philosopher David Deutsch argues this is the key to all human progress buff.ly/3q82g2s

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 24/06/2025

A young Afghan girl, Marjan, was sold into marriage with a Taliban fighter at age 12, embodying the brutal reality faced by many women in rural Afghanistan. Her story offers a rare insight into a closed world. buff.ly/eHSBQ9W

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 23/06/2025

‘If we could stop thinking of the brain like it’s a Rubik’s cube, then perhaps we would have more capacity to talk about what’s truly iconic about Gage: that he survived, both as a body and a person’ buff.ly/1gMuFXd

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 21/06/2025

In this documentary, Keenan DesPlanques, a US-born filmmaker based in Vancouver, Canada, takes viewers to the ghost mine town of Sunrise, Wyoming, where archaeologists uncover fragments of humanity’s earliest presence in the Americas buff.ly/iqZqmGH

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 20/06/2025

‘Enchantment and wonder can still coexist with the most serious science.’ How French ‘merveilleux-scientifique’ fiction reframed reality buff.ly/QnbZuh8

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 19/06/2025

‘In an era in which AI is being proposed to do many human jobs, it takes a human to bear effective witness to humanity‘ Our crisis is not loneliness but human beings becoming invisible. When people are no longer seen, heard, or valued, isolation becomes a symptom, not the cause buff.ly/OMjFW3i

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