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The Hubble Space Telescope displayed what the Universe looks like. Over the course of 50 days, with a total of over 2 million seconds of observing time (the equivalent of 23 complete days), the Hubble...
What would it take to find another Earth, if one even exists? Astrophysicist and planetary scientist Sara Seager explores the search for Planet B, a true Earth-like exoplanet with continents, oceans, ...
Most people go through their lives with perfectly good reasons for what they do, and almost no reason to question these reasons. What happens when we ask why ordinary actions feel self-justifying, and...
In an era of exponential technology with broad and deep implications and reverberations that we cannot even predict or fathom, good-to-great tech governance is no longer a nice thing to have or someth...
Something fascinating and disturbing is happening on the internet, and it’s no run-of-the-mill online weirdness. On January 28, a new online community emerged. But this time, the community isn’t for h...
Where does the mind go in solitary confinement? An evocative animation exploring three individual experiences- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
It was a rust bucket, sure, but this car delivered the most precious good to a group of friends in 1980s Poland: freedom- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
Trump's rivalry with a Venezuelan billionaire over the acquisition of the Miss Universe pageant in the mid-1990s marked a pivotal episode in his relationship with the country
Economic republicanism shows us how to achieve authentic freedom: citizens require economic as well as political power- by Sean IrvingRead on Aeon
The increasing influence of drug cartels in Mexico made 2025 a very violent year, according to a recent investigation by a civil society organization that documented thousands of cases involving crime...