https://aeon.co/videos/see-and-hear-the-human-brain-as-youve-never-experienced-it-before Neurosymphony https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/db654d16-4589-4bcd-a42d-e6b07f1df732/neurosymphony.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 See and hear the human brain as you’ve never experienced it before 2019-10-18T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 120 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/368065919 Science https://aeon.co/videos/pain-relief-pleasure-and-despair-what-do-we-convey-with-our-breath Breath https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9cc9bb13-c4ec-45fa-a603-dc5602af8185/BREATH-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Pain, relief, pleasure, and despair: what do we convey with our breath? 2015-02-03T11:01:59Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/118514535 Science https://aeon.co/videos/black-ghettos-are-no-accident-how-state-sponsored-racism-shaped-us-cities Segregated by design https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d3116e98-ce89-4cac-bf3f-c132e8c0bd79/segregated-by-design-v5.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Black ghettos are no accident – how state-sponsored racism shaped US cities 2019-06-06T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 1080 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/328684375 Society https://aeon.co/videos/is-the-question-why-is-there-something-instead-of-nothing-even-worth-asking AC Grayling: Why not nothing? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c34d5a41-2422-4b61-be24-25be86a596ab/ac-grayling-why-not-nothing-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Is the question ‘Why is there something instead of nothing?’ even worth asking? 2022-10-13T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 540 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/Bds92P1wkZU Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/a-tour-of-pompeii-as-it-was-just-before-its-destruction Inside Pompeii https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/1d9d7967-e634-4e95-9ef8-ffcde5272184/inside-pompeii-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 A tour of Pompeii as it was just before its destruction 2026-02-23T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 840 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/NS0rhxE0C0I Society https://aeon.co/videos/like-pop-music-humpback-whale-songs-spread-mutate-and-fall-out-of-fashion Why whale song is like pop music https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/1c71225a-150c-4e41-b480-1942366f0e3a/why-whale-song-is-like-pop-music-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Like pop music, humpback whale songs spread, mutate, and fall out of fashion 2022-09-12T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 540 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/goZA5SlXx-g Science https://aeon.co/videos/how-much-can-science-really-tell-us-about-the-future-of-climate-change Degrees of uncertainty https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5d34c593-66b4-47e8-9c1a-5233e32634e2/degrees-of-uncertainty-landscape-2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 How much can science really tell us about the future of climate change? 2021-06-03T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 1440 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/R7FAAfK78_M Science https://aeon.co/videos/rethinking-architecture-for-the-dead-views-from-the-worlds-tallest-cemetery A Tomb with a View https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/403647d5-ae94-43cb-a8d4-6c1e7216017b/tomb-with-a-view-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Rethinking architecture for the dead: views from the world’s tallest cemetery 2016-08-15T10:05:04Z Aeon Video 420 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/200019269 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/a-dispatch-from-the-dawn-of-the-electronic-music-age What is electronic music? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/de69e95c-18c9-4fc5-8c49-6e427a42dd61/what-is-electronic-music-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 A dispatch from the dawn of the electronic music age 2026-03-12T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 840 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/yMvP-cxjPpo Culture https://aeon.co/videos/uncanny-is-this-humanoid-robot-a-curiosity-or-a-preview-of-a-post-human-world Erica: man made https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/eaf6129c-f211-4154-b3f3-5404b8213a4e/erica-man-made.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Uncanny! Is this humanoid robot a curiosity, or a preview of a post-human world? 2019-02-11T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 840 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/209906410 Society https://aeon.co/videos/aristotle-was-wrong-and-so-are-we-there-are-far-more-than-five-senses We have far more than five senses https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c2ecad5f-858e-4270-b3da-f415f2e22ed0/barry-c-smith-main-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Aristotle was wrong and so are we: there are far more than five senses 2016-11-01T10:05:05Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/zWdfpwCghIw Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/a-tour-through-the-history-of-time-in-cinema-guided-by-richard-linklater Linklater: on cinema and time https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b7c1b7ae-78fa-4b3d-abf0-7845bbba36e3/LINKLATER.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A tour through the history of time in cinema, guided by Richard Linklater 2014-09-05T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 480 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/81047160 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/from-manners-to-mud-two-women-recall-coming-of-age-in-victorian-london Life as a Victorian teenager https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e9e4823a-6c7d-4f08-b637-b46b170d66b5/being-a-victorian-teenager-landscape-3.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 From manners to mud – two women recall coming of age in Victorian London 2022-09-20T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 600 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/pv6V1yHvJyo Society https://aeon.co/videos/a-riveting-audiovisual-dive-into-what-makes-sounds-harmonious-or-not The physics of dissonance https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4c631987-ab87-4359-8cdc-484fb4b53011/the-physics-of-dissonance-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 A riveting audiovisual dive into what makes sounds harmonious, or not 2025-07-28T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 1680 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/tCsl6ZcY9ag Culture https://aeon.co/videos/a-tour-of-mars-assembled-from-nasa-images-reveals-a-wondrous-but-uninviting-planet A fictive flight above real Mars https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f5abb07a-3a51-4e4a-936f-7554c777c472/fictive-flight-over-real-mars-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A tour of Mars assembled from NASA images reveals a wondrous but uninviting planet 2017-05-30T10:05:13Z Aeon Video 300 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/207076450 Science https://aeon.co/videos/komorebi-a-dance-of-shadows-emerging-when-sunlight-filters-through-trees Komorebi https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/768e2477-a72a-4ce7-964b-3305474c5413/komorebi-landscape-2v2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Komorebi: ‘a dance of shadows emerging when sunlight filters through trees’ 2021-05-31T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/532297223 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/watch-as-the-whale-becomes-itself-slowly-slowly-from-land-to-sea-through-deep-time Whalevolution https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c4c0b0b5-b758-4f8f-82c9-9c262dd8c5d6/whalevolution-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Watch as the whale becomes itself: slowly, slowly, from land to sea, through deep time 2017-05-11T10:05:11Z Aeon Video 600 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/229020074 Science https://aeon.co/videos/cape-sundews-move-react-and-attack-in-a-way-that-seems-more-animal-than-plant Cape sundews trap bugs in a sticky situation https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6815f0d3-c191-4d66-abfe-293c695ecef9/cape-sundews-trap-bugs-in-a-sticky-situation-landscape.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Cape sundews move, react and attack in a way that seems more animal than plant 2020-08-31T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/D4kBrsyWhS4 Science https://aeon.co/videos/its-great-to-learn-music-as-a-child-except-when-its-no-fun-at-all Musical traumas https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/17d199af-f031-4a03-8727-20e2ff0f78bb/musical-trauma-v3.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 It’s great to learn music as a child – except when it’s no fun at all 2020-02-27T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 600 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/413587928 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/kindness-as-self-defence-the-power-of-non-complementary-behaviour Disarming a robbery… with a glass of wine https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5cdf42b3-0e11-4303-a198-e18cf15c71d8/DISARMING-a-Robbery-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Kindness as self-defence – the power of ‘non-complementary behaviour’ 2016-08-04T10:05:04Z Aeon Video 480 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/aWseEycdXS8 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/a-poetic-tour-through-detroits-abandoned-ghostly-packard-automotive-plant Packard: the last shift https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6e71e2a6-2a85-4e72-9361-21ebe30d272b/packard-the-last-shift.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A 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2016-08-12T10:05:04Z Aeon Video 60 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/eT7yXG2aJdY Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/scenes-from-aboriginal-australian-pottery-chart-the-turn-of-the-seasons Ntaria https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/fd6c0bbd-d624-4b30-b133-05b6c5d7df25/ntaria-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 Scenes from Aboriginal Australian pottery chart the turn of the seasons 2025-08-21T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 420 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/DkScuSfbt9s Culture https://aeon.co/videos/from-canoes-to-cities-a-frenetic-celebration-of-the-power-of-indigenous-canadians Mobilize https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/1cd10b54-ac1a-4c54-b94a-c202c0357b2b/mobilize-landscape.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 From canoes to cities, a frenetic celebration of the power of indigenous Canadians 2018-09-14T10:01:43Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/256666978 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/a-portent-of-climates-to-come-on-the-telling-rings-of-the-bristlecone-pine The bristlecone’s fate https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/45498545-b861-4f64-a7de-12a5fc35349b/BRISTLECONE-sized.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A portent of climates to come – on the telling rings of the bristlecone pine 2013-12-23T06:00:00Z Aeon Video 420 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/apDY3p-Ah6g Science https://aeon.co/videos/the-six-priestesses-who-kept-the-flame-of-ancient-rome-alight-at-risk-of-death Who were the Vestal Virgins? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b85418a2-d34b-4cbd-8d15-41f1e996ee54/who-were-the-vestal-virgins-landscape-4-v2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 The six priestesses who kept the flame of ancient Rome alight at risk of death 2024-04-01T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/ER0Cu0KQFqM Society https://aeon.co/videos/why-david-deutsch-believes-good-explanations-are-the-antidote-to-bad-philosophy David Deutsch: explanations https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/68f3c1a4-4a92-4d59-b249-c51698626e74/david-deutsch-explanations-landscape-1-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 Why David Deutsch believes good explanations are the antidote to bad philosophy 2025-06-25T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 600 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/3eEffbjzNwE Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/take-a-shimmering-surreal-swim-with-what-might-be-the-earths-oldest-animals Fieldwork: comb jellies https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b11ceac5-ecee-4151-adea-7fd79f118394/comb-jellies.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Take a shimmering, surreal swim with what might be the Earth’s oldest animals 2018-05-31T10:01:40Z Aeon Video 420 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/114138392 Science https://aeon.co/videos/the-beached-carcass-of-a-blue-whale-is-a-terrible-wondrous-sight Back to land https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/43f3bb42-c784-45d5-8db5-33e2f87c4ce4/Back-to-Land_USE.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The beached carcass of a blue whale is a terrible, wondrous sight 2014-05-09T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/94418631 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/finding-alien-life-raises-huge-ethical-questions-finding-we-re-alone-does-too The search for alien life https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/66e83ef9-5ff8-47b1-b543-a2f5a51810ed/Monica-Grady-v1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Finding alien life raises huge ethical questions. 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Stephen Fry reads Nick Cave’s letter on the threat of computed creativity 2024-01-15T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/iGJcF4bLKd4 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/a-square-inch-in-a-petri-dish-becomes-a-grand-stage-for-chemical-transformations Chemical somnia https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/df10a0b6-b089-4c23-ae14-54a03c34e9d2/chemical-somnia-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 A square inch in a Petri dish becomes a grand stage for chemical transformations 2023-01-03T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/766148364 Science https://aeon.co/videos/this-clever-and-stylish-1960-film-is-the-most-fun-youll-ever-have-at-a-physics-lecture Frames of reference https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/555850d2-d4d8-42b9-820f-f6142223d1ee/frames-reference-new.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 This clever and stylish 1960 film is the most fun you’ll ever have at a physics lecture 2018-09-13T10:01:41Z Aeon Video 1620 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/289757676 Science https://aeon.co/videos/bright-nights-lonely-crowds-a-tokyo-train-speeds-through-urban-contradictions 0107 – b moll https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/45e15e90-66ce-4a59-a609-522a4c9b7faa/0107-b-moll-aeon-video.png?top=10&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Bright nights, lonely crowds – a Tokyo train speeds through urban contradictions 2020-04-15T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/393655220 Society https://aeon.co/videos/from-calluses-to-burnt-shoes-the-elegance-of-ballet-is-built-from-the-ground-up En pointe! https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/1d5aa756-4475-4710-80ce-2fc53c4afb98/en-pointe-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 From calluses to burnt shoes, the elegance of ballet is built from the ground up 2022-10-20T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/32279917 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/how-the-island-of-the-colourblind-made-oliver-sacks-rethink-normal Oliver Sacks on ripe bananas https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/dffe841b-0942-40e7-bcb2-d46f35f934ce/oliver-sacks-on-ripe-bananas-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How the ‘Island of the Colourblind’ made Oliver Sacks rethink ‘normal’ 2017-02-16T11:05:10Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/HbaazbdIR_g Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/a-joyful-dance-celebration-of-indigenous-matriarchy She never dances alone https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7f2e0850-88c2-48a8-a39f-fb2db34c7980/she-never-dances-alone-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 A joyful dance-celebration of Indigenous matriarchy 2026-03-26T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/o24ulQLly3M Culture https://aeon.co/videos/pondering-the-peculiar-one-sided-intimacy-of-the-client-therapist-relationship Linda https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/a7698521-6f80-4dd5-a344-3bad57e6212b/linda-landscape-2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Pondering the peculiar one-sided intimacy of the client-therapist relationship 2023-01-16T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/N6U7sOqk8K0 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/battling-sexism-and-dissension-marie-tharp-changed-how-we-understand-the-earth Marie Tharp: uncovering the secrets of the ocean floor https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c4e96619-cb8a-43c0-b25d-73958187c919/marie-tharp-uncovering-secrets-ocean-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Battling sexism and dissension, Marie Tharp changed how we understand the Earth 2016-12-01T11:05:06Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/TgfYjS0OTWw Science https://aeon.co/videos/music-might-be-quintessentially-human-but-does-it-serve-a-purpose The function of music with Jad Abumrad https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f3a66b55-8b73-41de-8dca-03ef9fd7b7e9/FUNCTION-of-Music-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Music might be quintessentially human, but does it serve a purpose? 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The bittersweet tale of Liverpool’s all-female answer to the Beatles 2021-11-22T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 960 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/383828497 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/laughs-heartache-and-the-winding-road-life-stories-aboard-a-community-bus-in-rural-wales Dial-a-Ride https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/767d2746-646d-4cd6-bfb3-a06d8ac51278/dial-a-ride.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Laughs, heartache and the winding road: life stories aboard a community bus in rural Wales 2018-09-25T10:01:43Z Aeon Video 960 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/201211563 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/defend-love-as-a-real-risky-adventure-philosopher-alain-badiou-on-modern-romance The question of love https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/edf214ab-21c4-4dad-b7b0-ffe2387f997b/the-question-of-love-landscape-2024.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 ‘Defend love as a real, risky adventure’ – philosopher Alain Badiou on modern romance 2020-03-06T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 900 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/391470213 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/the-world-turns-vivid-strange-and-philosophical-for-one-plane-crash-survivor Accident https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e4628ecf-fbc3-4309-a845-86d32e59f5e3/accident-landscape-4.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 The world turns vivid, strange and philosophical for one plane crash survivor 2023-08-24T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 960 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/MPlXncuagww Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/when-is-art-a-better-tool-for-understanding-mental-illness-than-science Edvard Munch: what a cigarette means https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5689d16c-0c2c-400e-b68c-d748a0159363/EDVARD-MUCNCH-CIGARETTE.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 When is art a better tool for understanding mental illness than science? 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2021-08-30T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 840 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/605681560 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/fighting-the-tide-a-louisiana-bayou-couples-70-bittersweet-years-of-marriage The boatman https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7a497526-404a-4665-9c9a-cb2e304bfa93/the-boatman-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Fighting the tide: a Louisiana bayou couple’s 70 bittersweet years of marriage 2016-11-29T11:05:06Z Aeon Video 780 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/135584424 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/through-a-poetic-account-of-childhood-trauma-one-woman-reclaims-her-past Jelena’s song https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/0900dce1-61a3-4cd9-af2e-5342d4c3b578/jelenas-song-landscape-2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Through a poetic account of childhood trauma, one woman reclaims her past 2023-03-21T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 1680 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/HaffsTd6ouM Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/to-see-how-editing-shapes-our-experience-of-cinema-count-the-shots-in-there-will-be-blood One way to deconstruct ‘There Will Be Blood’ https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ac95f4db-dbec-4abd-a380-b10e29b63a76/deconstruct-there-wil-be-blood.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 To see how editing shapes our experience of cinema, count the shots in ‘There Will Be Blood’ 2017-10-24T10:01:14Z Aeon Video 420 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/7KlopLcNC1Y Culture https://aeon.co/videos/a-hair-trigger-existence-the-extreme-peril-of-feasting-on-venus-flytrap-nectar Venus flytraps: jaws of death https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/84bcb628-3dfe-41c2-96fc-87d57910d7b2/VENUS-FLY-TRAPS-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A hair-trigger existence – the extreme peril of feasting on Venus flytrap nectar 2016-04-05T10:05:06Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/O7eQKSf0LmY Science https://aeon.co/videos/how-the-spy-cam-epidemic-in-south-korea-affects-the-women-who-are-its-victims Open shutters https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6af1cd0d-6972-4991-aeb3-a7988c742bb6/open-shutters-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 How the spy-cam epidemic in South Korea affects the women who are its victims 2022-03-28T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 2100 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/684675242 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/breaking-the-cycle-of-abuse-an-intervention-for-domestic-violence-offenders Group https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e39f5e71-0fdc-40c6-80e2-f15c2c2646a4/group-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Breaking the cycle of abuse: an intervention for domestic violence offenders 2018-11-26T11:01:59Z Aeon Video 900 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/296345050 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/a-handful-of-executives-control-the-attention-economy-time-for-attentive-resistance Is our attention for sale? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e0bffd36-fc91-402d-949d-a091dd05f169/the-attention-economy-landscape.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 A handful of executives control the ‘attention economy’. Time for attentive resistance 2020-09-15T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/453747527 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/the-police-camp-where-tween-girls-enter-a-sisterhood-of-law-and-order Into the blue https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/188e3ae8-7bc3-4c96-9984-515ef3f4de7f/into-the-blue-landscape-3-v4.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 The police camp where tween girls enter a sisterhood of law and order 2024-11-27T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 1680 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/1012306744 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/energy-is-like-childrens-toys-often-hiding-out-of-sight-but-never-actually-lost Feynman’s building blocks of thermodynamics https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/126e1e5a-462b-4190-b4b5-97eb3d457fbc/feynmanns-building-blocks-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Energy is like children’s toys: often hiding out of sight, but never actually lost 2017-01-05T11:05:10Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/Rw9tlSSellc Science https://aeon.co/videos/are-the-kung-fu-skills-of-a-newborn-orchid-mantis-a-match-for-a-jumping-spider Kung fu mantis vs jumping spider https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ce6012d8-5243-422a-89f5-c6ba6b33a7f4/Kung-Fu-Mantis-Vs-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Are the kung fu skills of a newborn orchid mantis a match for a jumping spider? 2016-03-22T10:05:06Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/7wKu13wmHog Science https://aeon.co/videos/close-encounters-of-a-different-kind-what-if-venus-neptune-or-saturn-hovered-close-by If the Moon were replaced with some of our planets https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f1a252e8-45b5-4a27-8633-45757123888d/if-the-moon-were-replaced.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Close encounters of a different kind – what if Venus, Neptune or Saturn hovered close by? 2019-03-08T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 120 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/usYC_Z36rHw Science https://aeon.co/videos/the-renaissance-art-illusion-that-proved-everything-is-a-matter-of-perspective De artificiali perspectiva, or anamorphosis https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e4aa6165-1634-4c0f-9cf5-cfd4cde5b157/de-artificiali-perspectiva_-or-anamorphosis-landscape-3v2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 The Renaissance art illusion that proved everything is a matter of perspective 2020-10-27T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 840 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/cEfwbnMf3jM Culture https://aeon.co/videos/vive-l-afrique-on-the-road-with-the-kenyan-national-cycling-team Baisikeli https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/24d1b847-8e62-44d7-8708-e30d72e59f40/Baisekeli.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Vive l’Afrique! On the road with the Kenyan national cycling team 2014-02-17T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 1560 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/147606071 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/the-radical-project-that-rejected-mental-illness-and-embraced-communal-healing Critical living https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/61174142-5be0-485a-8559-f54879c79e7a/critical-living-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The radical project that rejected ‘mental illness’ and embraced communal healing 2019-05-09T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 420 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/213344845 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/on-the-run-from-covid-19-an-indigenous-family-treks-deep-into-the-amazon-rainforest The return https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/71012bb0-5bf0-4ee7-a247-f1e9ea5c0dff/the-return-landscape-3.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 On the run from COVID-19, an Indigenous family treks deep into the Amazon rainforest 2021-08-05T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 1020 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/574887213 Society https://aeon.co/videos/is-simulation-theory-a-way-to-shirk-responsibility-for-the-world-weve-created Our ark https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7e133ce8-d3f3-4ed3-b511-10cc75e01663/our-ark-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Is simulation theory a way to shirk responsibility for the world we’ve created? 2023-05-11T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 780 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/818664199 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/insect-aesthetics-long-viewed-as-pests-in-the-16th-century-bugs-became-beautiful Joris Hoefnagel: the artist who painted bugs like jewels https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/99046381-65f0-47d1-9e7f-e69e55f8dbaa/joris-hoefnagel-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 Insect aesthetics – long viewed as pests, in the 16th century bugs became beautiful 2025-08-04T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 480 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/zRhB0PJu0Es Science https://aeon.co/videos/a-cabbies-tour-of-his-welsh-hometown-where-the-jobs-are-gone-but-the-stories-remain Maesteg https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/09945329-b62f-41b2-92a7-c54e871f70c2/maesteg.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A cabbie’s tour of his Welsh hometown where the jobs are gone but the stories remain 2020-02-20T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 600 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/301563802 Society https://aeon.co/videos/i-built-the-ground-thinking-of-her-the-story-of-andrew-wyeths-christinas-world How Andrew Wyeth made a painting https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f6e4d5ee-5388-4e12-8c6e-34ceb280210a/how-andrew-wyeth-made-a-painting-landscape.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 ‘I built the ground thinking of her’: the story of Andrew Wyeth’s ‘Christina’s World’ 2020-10-08T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 480 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/7oY5WNAgb90 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/an-immigrant-mother-and-her-daughter-finally-explore-the-things-they-had-left-unsaid Tough https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/a2ff4f0b-4290-44f6-99c6-21cfd9bb5220/tough.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 An immigrant mother and her daughter finally explore the things they had left unsaid 2017-07-13T10:01:16Z Aeon Video 300 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/223024285 Society https://aeon.co/videos/this-is-what-climate-change-looks-like-the-social-fissures-of-cape-towns-water-crisis Scenes from a dry city https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e3fdb0d7-d7cc-43da-9198-f71a3f7a1b75/scenes-dry-city-v3.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 This is what climate change looks like: the social fissures of Cape Town’s water crisis 2019-03-29T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 780 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/321785907 Society https://aeon.co/videos/would-children-born-beyond-earth-ever-be-able-to-return-to-humanitys-home-planet Could we have babies in space? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f64eeb1f-a24e-491a-b046-3c197452d2a4/could-we-have-babies-in-space-landscape-2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Would children born beyond Earth ever be able to return to humanity’s home planet? 2023-06-14T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/acrifNmkX8Y Science https://aeon.co/videos/extremely-small-and-incredibly-fast-muons-offer-amazing-proof-of-special-relativity Impossible muons https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/2274b5ac-5307-4583-92a6-b313d9e02f61/impossible-muons.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Extremely small and incredibly fast, muons offer amazing proof of special relativity 2019-08-09T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/rVzDP8SMhPo Science https://aeon.co/videos/kinder-s-chocolate-eggs-are-banned-in-the-us-enter-the-kinder-egg-smuggler Crooked candy https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/2f0b65a7-da33-4784-9876-b1a2f74abf04/Crooked-Candy-MAIN-3.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Kinder’s chocolate eggs are banned in the US. Enter the Kinder-egg smuggler 2015-07-02T11:01:09Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/123503128 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/hear-from-blasphemes-sceptics-and-free-thinkers-in-this-tour-of-medieval-unbelief How to be an atheist in medieval Europe https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f3456beb-058a-4595-b3ca-7c3ec4f7cbab/how-to-be-an-atheist-in-medieval-europe-landscape-1-v2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Hear from blasphemes, sceptics and free-thinkers in this ‘tour of medieval unbelief’ 2023-12-07T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 3120 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/Eb5mYqnKFlI Society https://aeon.co/videos/rod-serling-on-how-imagination-turns-science-fiction-into-fact Rod Serling on science fiction https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/564d99ad-ac68-40c2-baa1-4f5c0c75a350/ROD-SERLING-KAMIKAZE-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Rod Serling on how imagination turns science fiction into fact 2016-06-13T10:05:04Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ywWdT6IL3o Culture https://aeon.co/videos/henri-bergson-on-why-our-world-is-built-of-objects-and-space Henri Bergson: Creative Evolution https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/1d395031-dabf-4342-9416-542f64f25146/henri-bergson-creative-evolution-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 Henri Bergson on why our world is built of objects and space 2026-03-16T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/vJZrkkOasAM Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/when-barack-obama-speaks-after-mass-shootings-the-moments-of-silence-say-the-most Loss https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4af5658e-3eae-42a0-85a7-2d572caa53cc/LOSS-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 When Barack Obama speaks after mass shootings, the moments of silence say the most 2016-07-01T10:05:04Z Aeon Video 60 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/149410868 Society https://aeon.co/videos/a-lush-tour-of-fallingwater-the-frank-lloyd-wright-design-that-changed-architecture Inside Fallingwater https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c3574ed3-28d9-48de-8d61-5bee9d3c2b55/inside-fallingwater-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 A lush tour of Fallingwater – the Frank Lloyd Wright design that changed architecture 2025-06-23T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 840 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/q8dcnh-4I6g Culture https://aeon.co/videos/it-s-high-noon-for-the-mantis-shrimp-who-defends-its-home-to-the-last Ma forteresse https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/19aa8a91-8d8b-41cc-a570-80662f2f8f7d/MA-Forteresse.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 It’s High Noon for the mantis shrimp, who defends its home to the last 2014-07-04T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/160778456 Science https://aeon.co/videos/for-3-billion-years-life-was-unicellular-why-did-it-start-to-collaborate Single-celled species that dabble in multicellularity https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d0d185c1-0db1-4606-b70f-7648c6afce5b/single-celled-species-that-dabble-in-multicellularity-landscape.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 For 3 billion years, life was unicellular. Why did it start to collaborate? 2025-10-01T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/8elBTCGDKWc Science https://aeon.co/videos/runners-drop-their-guards-and-confess-their-deepest-anxieties-and-greatest-hopes The runners https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b0be80d8-b1ff-4413-b307-ba9f7640c93c/TheRunners_Still1-1000.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Runners drop their guards and confess their deepest anxieties and greatest hopes 2013-11-14T19:00:00Z Aeon Video 720 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/78752012 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/ceramic-coral-reefs-and-sawdust-houses-the-architects-3d-printing-the-future-from-scratch 3D-printing coral reefs https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/586045d7-9db3-41ad-a150-728e3e3704fe/3d-printing-coral-reefs-aeon-video.png?top=10&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Ceramic coral reefs and sawdust houses – the architects 3D-printing the future from scratch 2020-05-26T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/ScZ49TRcj7E Society https://aeon.co/videos/sapphos-homoerotic-poetry-was-beloved-in-ancient-greece-and-burned-centuries-later The legacy of Sappho https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4b5b8bee-6b53-483e-9021-56c47a7bf517/the-surprising-origins-of-the-word-lesbian-landscape-3.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Sappho’s homoerotic poetry was beloved in ancient Greece – and burned centuries later 2022-11-01T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/EFcftfqpxK4 Society https://aeon.co/videos/colonialism-as-mitosis-the-rise-and-fall-of-empires-rendered-as-cell-division Visualising empires decline https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6560c898-e436-46b5-b353-f6a105485248/visualizing-empires-decline.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Colonialism as mitosis – the rise and fall of empires, rendered as cell division 2019-04-25T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/11506746 Society https://aeon.co/videos/a-haunting-scene-from-minority-report-inspires-a-voyage-into-time-and-memory Can I remember it differently? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/af0a03e9-c4b6-42ca-adc4-74b141eff415/can-i-remember-it-differently-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 A haunting scene from ‘Minority Report’ inspires a voyage into time and memory 2024-11-04T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 420 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/666098921 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/burning-ice-metal-clouds-gemstone-rain-tour-the-strangest-known-exoplanets The sights of space: a voyage to spectacular alien worlds https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/2e226c0c-69c3-4eff-a1d7-75ea0fbfa400/the-sights-of-space-a-voyage-to-spectacular-alien-worlds-landscape-2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Burning ice, metal clouds, gemstone rain – tour the strangest known exoplanets 2023-02-21T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 1860 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/HTHj_pvEYYE Science https://aeon.co/videos/far-from-sluggish-the-remarkable-sea-creature-that-weaponises-its-dinner This adorable sea slug is a sneaky little thief https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5796781c-2944-4ff5-9c64-cab4eedcff2f/adorable-sea-slug.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Far from sluggish: the remarkable sea creature that weaponises its dinner 2018-09-18T10:01:43Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/KLVfWKxtfow Science https://aeon.co/videos/in-1980-two-feuding-professors-bet-on-the-fate-of-humanity-who-won The infamous overpopulation bet https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e6be076b-e367-46e0-971b-379ede223aa1/the-infamous-overpopulation-bet-landscape-3.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 In 1980, two feuding professors bet on the fate of humanity. Who won? 2022-03-03T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/xw2mn40BVo0 Society https://aeon.co/videos/what-does-innovation-sound-like-for-a-century-typewriters-chattered-an-evolving-story History of the typewriter recited by Michael Winslow https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6fe6bef6-d3b6-49c3-b267-7e918a51db67/history-of-the-typewriter-recited.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 What does innovation sound like? For a century, typewriters chattered an evolving story 2017-07-11T10:01:15Z Aeon Video 1260 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/12171944 Society https://aeon.co/videos/meet-the-last-borneo-villager-who-still-crafts-his-own-blowpipe-for-hunting Balan the blowpipe maker https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6610c9e5-af56-491c-b1e7-caa2297194a3/BALAN-BLOWPIPE.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Meet the last Borneo villager who still crafts his own blowpipe for hunting 2014-10-24T06:01:27Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/98268016 Society https://aeon.co/videos/have-you-got-it-or-not-london-jews-argue-the-existence-of-mazel-or-luck Schlimazeltov! https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/00bd494d-73eb-4529-815f-418ea4bedbd3/Schmaz2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Have you got it or not? London Jews argue the existence of ‘mazel’ or luck 2014-04-16T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 660 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/92053935 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/the-high-life-take-a-majestic-guided-tour-of-the-international-space-station Space station fly-through https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5ebebbc5-2b26-49da-bbc4-9e196f60bb65/space-station-fly-through-main-v4.jpg?top=9&left=0&cropWidth=1104&cropHeight=621 The high life: take a majestic, guided tour of the International Space Station 2016-11-18T11:05:04Z Aeon Video 1080 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/DhmdyQdu96M Science https://aeon.co/videos/a-boy-who-died-and-came-back-to-life-reveals-what-survival-means-to-him As I Am https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/baaa0f0c-d8a4-49f5-acd6-93b79f652cb3/AS-I-AM-CROP.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A boy who died and came back to life reveals what survival means to him 2014-02-19T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 840 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/48312847 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/a-street-level-view-of-homelessness-from-a-woman-living-through-it Home stream https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/65c73624-6e83-4659-a63e-6f24303418cd/home-stream-landscape-v2.jpg?top=1&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 A street-level view of homelessness from a woman living through it 2020-07-16T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 660 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/370683081 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/the-welder-turned-poet-who-fell-in-love-with-words-in-a-glasgow-shipyard Mining poems or odes https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/07809257-9799-4dab-9c7b-e03ad2d88869/mining-poems-or-odes-landscape.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 The welder-turned-poet who fell in love with words in a Glasgow shipyard 2017-02-03T11:05:09Z Aeon Video 660 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/131406587 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/from-tarzan-to-tanzania-how-a-dream-of-living-with-animals-changed-primatology Jane Goodall on instinct https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d73b78ed-d120-492b-b097-925fd490a7dd/JANE-GOODALL-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 From Tarzan to Tanzania – how a dream of living with animals changed primatology 2015-04-30T11:01:06Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/3y4ZT0aj7OE Science https://aeon.co/videos/who-s-watching-who-at-the-zoo Zoo https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/8bc4f021-5db0-4668-b34e-a24b6dd8227d/ZOO-2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Who’s watching who at the zoo? 2013-12-13T06:00:00Z Aeon Video 660 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/167919092 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/classical-ballet-transforms-into-a-dance-of-the-surreal-in-this-duet-from-1968 Pas de deux https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f897133d-1695-416c-b433-f35ea4234a93/pas-de-deux-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Classical ballet transforms into a dance of the surreal in this duet from 1968 2019-05-13T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 840 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/40184263 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/frozen-for-millennia-an-ancient-greek-soldier-is-freed-to-charge-into-battle-once-again Hoplites! 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No straps. https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/2b60717f-4541-4d43-bb37-9eaba86c94ee/red-dress-no-straps-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 Marmar is living through a devastating war – but she’d rather tell you about her new dress 2024-10-10T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 480 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/256405798 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/frank-lloyd-wright-on-why-architecture-should-be-about-ideas-and-ideals Frank Lloyd Wright: arrogance and ideals https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/1740faca-75ab-499a-8134-1e8bc612238b/frank-lloyd-wright-on-arrogance-landscape.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Frank Lloyd Wright on why architecture should be about ideas and ideals 2016-05-17T10:05:07Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/muoVqVZ7RlM Culture https://aeon.co/videos/strap-in-for-a-delightfully-disorienting-dance-of-humans-going-places Auto https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6a99f6b0-709d-49f0-ba1b-a53e37bdc49b/auto-v4.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Strap in for a delightfully disorienting dance of humans going places 2019-09-03T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/170888135 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/are-certain-familiar-narrative-arcs-inherently-appealing Kurt Vonnegut: the shape of stories https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/a025e953-32e1-431f-89d8-6846f1e84683/vonnegut-story.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Are certain familiar narrative arcs inherently appealing? 2017-12-11T11:01:40Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/oP3c1h8v2ZQ Culture https://aeon.co/videos/christmas-is-coming-and-santas-chinese-workshops-have-been-on-the-case-since-summer Xmas unwrapped https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/194f6d24-0789-4cc9-97f6-5dceaf511c28/xmas-unwrapped-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Christmas is coming and Santa’s Chinese workshops have been on the case since summer 2019-11-29T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 120 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/115111246 Society https://aeon.co/videos/reading-the-strings-and-knots-that-keep-the-secrets-of-the-inka-empire Inka khipu https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/53ea439d-261f-4eb9-b42a-9fa08e115ef6/inca-khipu-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Reading the strings and knots that keep the secrets of the Inka Empire 2022-01-13T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 540 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/HrfKOQKyffE Society https://aeon.co/videos/can-bubbles-unlock-the-secrets-of-life-samsam-bubbleman-thinks-they-can The Bubbleologist https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c91c6f33-f469-4168-a268-a5d61c70a6af/Bubbleologist_2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Can bubbles unlock the secrets of life? Samsam Bubbleman thinks they can 2014-03-19T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/88459521 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/the-staggering-cruelty-of-irelands-church-run-mother-and-baby-homes Mother and baby https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/83eb8299-caf9-435a-bf0a-9cbcea9ad751/mother-and-baby-landscape-2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 The staggering cruelty of Ireland’s Church-run ‘mother and baby homes’ 2022-09-06T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 1080 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/749605003 Society https://aeon.co/videos/in-a-tough-american-prison-a-former-inmate-returns-to-teach-meditation Path of freedom https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/93e71443-8471-4148-977a-e4880a4aa393/Path-of-Freedom-sized.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 In a tough American prison, a former inmate returns to teach meditation 2014-01-06T06:00:00Z Aeon Video 600 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/82039356 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/for-an-80-year-old-american-jazz-fan-in-england-to-live-is-to-tap-dance My home is my shoes, Will https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c56542c6-d2ce-4020-bd33-26b30d8c5ba3/HOME-SHOES-FINAL.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 For an 80-year-old American jazz fan in England, to live is to tap dance 2014-09-12T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/10850077 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/what-else-do-we-lose-when-we-lose-sight-of-the-stars Lost in light https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b1ed7b13-e3f4-4756-af92-02abcd4f264b/lost-in-light-landscape.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 What else do we lose when we lose sight of the stars? 2016-08-25T10:05:05Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/178841667 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/through-rituals-of-prayer-a-monk-cultivates-a-quietly-radical-concept-of-freedom Prayer is the greatest freedom of all https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/26293e7c-1d90-445e-9861-5abda7586a99/prayer-is-the-greatest-freedom-of-all-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 Through rituals of prayer, a monk cultivates a quietly radical concept of freedom 2025-02-17T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/346383734 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/the-difference-between-an-enormous-beast-and-a-puny-newt-is-just-a-matter-of-perspective Gargantuan https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6ed2785f-844c-46f8-8cb5-e335d3e36881/gargantuan.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The difference between an enormous beast and a puny newt is just a matter of perspective 2019-04-22T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 60 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/74641010 Society https://aeon.co/videos/the-remarkable-innovations-inspired-by-our-need-to-know-the-night-sky Secrets of the ancient astronomers 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An urban cowboy rides through gang-ridden streets, preaching a gospel of redemption 2017-05-12T10:05:10Z Aeon Video 420 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/238990474 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/lava-ice-and-hints-of-life-an-immersive-360-tour-of-volcanism-in-our-solar-system Space volcanoes https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ff42b01e-1c98-41e3-9abb-2e7a1899221e/io-erupts2.jpg?top=0&left=11&cropWidth=768&cropHeight=432 Lava, ice and hints of life – an immersive 360° tour of volcanism in our solar system 2018-10-30T10:01:42Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/5uwHOx2V2jI Science https://aeon.co/videos/this-puzzle-is-nearly-impossible-but-working-out-why-is-its-own-brain-teaser The impossible chessboard puzzle https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ae894aee-37b2-4130-aec5-dadeddb8f0b4/the-impossible-chessboard-puzzle-landscape-6.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 This puzzle is nearly impossible – but working out why is its own brain-teaser 2020-08-20T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 1140 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/wTJI_WuZSwE Science https://aeon.co/videos/dancers-tumble-in-and-out-of-love-as-the-ground-spins-beneath-their-feet Celui qui tombe (He who falls) https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/703311dd-98ba-4b1a-9cbe-6f43025a869e/celui-qui-tombe-landscape-3v2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Dancers tumble in and out of love as the ground spins beneath their feet 2020-11-16T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/n0zqQxz4DHs Culture https://aeon.co/videos/the-famed-medieval-map-that-stretched-beyond-earth-to-heaven-history-and-myth The Hereford map https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c4fafba7-3fea-4bba-937d-94340b5a4c88/the-hereford-map-landscape-4.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 The famed medieval map that stretched beyond Earth to heaven, history and myth 2023-03-16T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/TuXcA8l6zy8 Society https://aeon.co/videos/come-ice-fishing-in-the-deep-canadian-winter-with-an-all-indigenous-all-female-crew Lake https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7aeb4518-0678-4916-a0c2-784f83173bf0/lake-4.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Come ice-fishing in the deep Canadian winter with an all-Indigenous, all-female crew 2019-08-20T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/aiN1s1rlb9Y Culture https://aeon.co/videos/love-in-a-time-of-street-view-on-the-fraught-intersection-of-human-and-digital-memory A date with an Enfield https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/89b37a75-5d9d-4aab-b86a-bafbc506e7a7/a-date-with-an-enfield.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Love in a time of Street View: on the fraught intersection of human and digital memory 2019-04-12T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 120 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/331979771 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/who-wins-and-who-loses-when-art-galleries-move-into-a-residential-latino-neighbourhood The town I live in 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600 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/153977003 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/ceramic-designs-spin-to-life-in-a-tactile-meditation-on-the-art-of-pottery Rain pot https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/37512aac-e2e0-4e59-8aae-5d79c10ffa12/rain-pot-landscape-5.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Ceramic designs spin to life in a tactile meditation on the art of pottery 2022-04-25T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 540 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/720693924 Society https://aeon.co/videos/the-cloud-requires-heaps-of-energy-to-stay-aloft-could-synthetic-dna-be-the-answer Storing data on DNA https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/54a23cfa-27d5-4351-ba7f-b3bbea0dce6f/storing-data-on-dna-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 The ‘cloud’ requires heaps of energy to stay aloft. Could synthetic DNA be the answer? 2024-10-07T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 720 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZuB3yB7QWCk Science https://aeon.co/videos/how-did-personal-responsibility-evolve-into-its-opposite-everyone-for-themselves The invention of individual responsibility https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/0b81dcfd-8683-414f-bcbc-428c2a86f091/the-invention-of-individual-responsibility-landscape.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 How did ‘personal responsibility’ evolve into its opposite, ‘everyone for themselves’? 2021-09-16T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 3120 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/tp4FGAv2gks Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/how-the-hindu-myth-of-annapurna-goddess-of-food-connects-sustenance-with-spirituality The legend of Annapurna https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d858f296-527e-4da2-92cd-e5e2d88ea680/the-legend-of-annapurna-landscape-3.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 How the Hindu myth of Annapurna, goddess of food, connects sustenance with spirituality 2021-11-30T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/ztoUaJFEi8M Society https://aeon.co/videos/the-eerie-otherworldliness-of-slow-undersea-life-sped-up-to-a-human-pace Meanwhile… https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c24ffd07-14f0-4dd7-906c-3848f46ca290/meanwhile-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The eerie otherworldliness of slow undersea life sped up to a human pace 2017-04-18T10:05:12Z Aeon Video 300 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/118853074 Science https://aeon.co/videos/deep-time-and-beyond-the-great-nothingness-at-the-end-of-the-universe Timelapse of the future https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/3d151f37-f34d-449e-af9d-1fd19d3c6c4c/timelapse-of-the-future-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Deep time and beyond: the great nothingness at the end of the Universe 2019-04-18T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 1740 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/uD4izuDMUQA Science https://aeon.co/videos/from-the-second-sex-to-gender-trouble-butlers-hat-tip-to-de-beauvoir Devenir https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/20b3fd00-ef8e-42ca-80e9-f275e14bb9bf/devenir.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 From ‘The Second Sex’ to ‘Gender Trouble’ – Butler’s hat tip to de Beauvoir 2019-04-15T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 120 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/236305663 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/how-a-massive-painting-project-is-transforming-a-haitian-slum-through-colour The painter of Jalouzi https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/eabe7b8d-9830-494c-9732-ca31e9f1d997/Painter-of-Jalouzi.png?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How a massive painting project is transforming a Haitian slum through colour 2015-09-29T11:01:27Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/Eyr9NwyszNY Society https://aeon.co/videos/meet-the-jazz-pianist-who-improvises-in-tandem-with-a-piano-that-plays-itself Dan Tepfer’s player piano is his composing partner https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/109fdc7b-af4d-49d9-a472-89da826c1954/dan-tepfer-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Meet the jazz pianist who improvises in tandem with a piano that plays itself 2019-05-16T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/227771914 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/dont-misread-darwin-for-humans-survival-of-the-fittest-means-being-sympathetic We are built to be kind https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b7a7f0cd-ec90-44be-a304-805520ffd25c/we-are-built-to-be-kind.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Don’t misread Darwin: for humans, ‘survival of the fittest’ means being sympathetic 2019-06-11T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/SsWs6bf7tvI Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/preserving-memories-of-a-japanese-internment-camp-and-the-land-where-it-stood Flood of memory https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/dcea13b8-8021-406f-aec4-3356fab9de2b/flood-of-memory-landscape-2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 Preserving memories of a Japanese internment camp, and the land where it stood 2024-06-12T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 480 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/943871311 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/logic-tells-us-that-antimatter-should-have-annihilated-the-universe-so-why-hasnt-it What is antimatter? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4dda76cf-87a5-45da-9405-55feea6c7089/antimatter-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Logic tells us that antimatter should have annihilated the Universe. 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https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ce685de5-81b3-4513-9137-9df26a1046e1/roger-penrose-why-did-the-universe-begin-landscape.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 A cyclical, forgetful Universe – Roger Penrose details an astonishing origin hypothesis 2020-11-05T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 1020 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/ypjZF6Pdrws Science https://aeon.co/videos/wesley-wants-to-solve-the-rooftop-mystery-but-does-he-have-what-it-takes The rocket on the roof https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9eaf1e0f-5a48-40e0-abd8-69e7427bebe7/the-rocket-on-the-roof-landscape-3.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Wesley wants to solve the rooftop mystery – but does he have what it takes? 2022-08-04T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 840 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/178686454 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/from-back-pain-to-addiction-one-mans-struggle-with-opioids-as-told-to-his-sister Brother https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e35f7276-ba99-484e-b159-9e0e45b2fa7f/brother-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 From back pain to addiction – one man’s struggle with opioids, as told to his sister 2022-10-11T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 840 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/LBC7FfG1hc0 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/an-action-figure-makers-outsized-tribute-to-his-late-brother Stephen and David’s toy cupboard https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/20736a97-22ba-4e81-b0c8-9436f8b88be3/stephen-and-davids-toy-cupboard-landscape-2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 An action-figure maker’s outsized tribute to his late brother 2026-02-12T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 900 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/JXM_xvp6Gfk Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/how-the-barbican-brought-back-living-into-the-working-heart-of-london Barbican, 1969 https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/efcb1f53-502e-486d-a75f-a969330cd639/barbican-landscape-6.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 How the Barbican brought back living into the working heart of London 2020-06-18T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 1320 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/vLPlJsoVq8k Society https://aeon.co/videos/the-extraordinary-efficiency-of-japans-edo-economy The city that wasted nothing https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4374609a-2f42-4325-94d1-afa189ca7b56/the-city-that-wasted-nothing-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 The extraordinary efficiency of Japan’s Edo economy 2026-03-23T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/t0h8Dmni8g8 Society https://aeon.co/videos/why-millennia-of-history-echo-in-each-strum-of-a-persian-tar Persian tar: a living instrument https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/15f114f0-ab39-4eb2-80c8-9e6929e473a1/persian-tar-a-living-instrument-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 Why millennia of history echo in each strum of a Persian tar 2026-01-07T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/iRRsLyZhUwE Culture https://aeon.co/videos/in-post-war-sierra-leone-independent-radio-helps-communities-to-reconnect-and-heal Leh wi tok (Let us talk) https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/be1f640c-e1db-4b6f-af4b-3d238d4b11f6/leh-wi-tok.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 In post-war Sierra Leone, independent radio helps communities to reconnect and heal 2017-10-10T10:01:13Z Aeon Video 2400 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/30096692 Society https://aeon.co/videos/toby-ponders-the-inner-lives-of-the-sheep-that-roam-atop-his-parents-graves Some kind of intimacy https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e72b0815-521f-486f-93f8-0a84d75cf268/some-kind-of-intimacy-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Toby ponders the inner lives of the sheep that roam atop his parents’ graves 2023-06-19T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/834352899 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/how-would-a-piano-sound-on-mars-embark-on-an-interplanetary-sonic-journey The sounds of space https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/3e9686a9-6128-468e-bf35-3da88a92467c/the-sounds-of-space-landscape-5.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 How would a piano sound on Mars? 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The knotty case of J S G Boggs 2022-06-02T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 600 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/I45hGopuoLI Culture https://aeon.co/videos/the-manifest-destiny-of-starlings-how-a-nod-to-shakespeare-unleashed-an-avian-conquest The commoners https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/432c0e8c-1831-485c-a7dc-131a27c09036/the-commoners.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The manifest destiny of starlings. 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A thought experiment 2019-01-04T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 480 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/iSfXdNIolQA Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/why-a-single-tree-uprooted-in-a-typhoon-means-so-much-to-one-man-in-hanoi Mr Cường’s banyan tree https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7a1fcf4b-0f85-40d6-90ce-7e5420bb3f69/mr_-cuong_s-banyan-tree.png?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=1920&cropHeight=1080 Why a single tree, uprooted in a typhoon, means so much to one man in Hanoi 2025-04-28T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 420 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/fYZifiEvS70 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/when-half-of-a-couple-that-plans-to-live-forever-dies Love immortal https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/04163e4a-78ec-455f-b3df-d2b99d2929ac/love-immortal-landscape-5.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 When half of a couple that plans to live forever dies 2026-02-26T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 720 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/1136971322 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/the-incredible-and-still-quite-mysterious-way-trees-trade-information-via-their-roots The secret language of trees https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/0d35ece8-1d85-4a14-8c09-20cccdb8eb21/the-secret-language-of-trees-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 The incredible – and still quite mysterious – way trees trade information via their roots 2021-04-20T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/V4m9SefyRjg Science https://aeon.co/videos/how-the-sounds-of-solitary-confinement-might-be-worse-than-the-isolation Solitary confinement is crazy loud https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4edaa0b9-e344-4112-af47-81adac2418f0/v2-solitary-confinement-crazy-loud-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How the sounds of solitary confinement might be worse than the isolation 2016-11-15T11:05:06Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/p2Pg2HAvnAE Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/what-can-working-with-horses-teach-us-about-power-and-communication Herd of two https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/fe98b9dc-a32f-49e5-aab5-8f41f250a9b2/v1-herd-of-two.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 What can working with horses teach us about power and communication? 2018-10-08T10:01:38Z Aeon Video 780 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/294655014 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/moments-of-poetry-pierce-through-the-mundane-at-a-small-town-grocery From fish to moon https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f47e81da-97fe-40e2-a3e5-775d06a7a0a3/from-fish-to-moon-landscape-3.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Moments of poetry pierce through the mundane at a small-town grocery 2023-10-16T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 780 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/660517201 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/the-devils-you-know-how-satan-became-a-versatile-stand-in-for-all-manner-of-evil A brief history of the devil https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ad61a383-c7f3-4b43-8700-7ebb8caa5a42/a-brief-history-of-the-devil-landscape-5v2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 The devils you know – how Satan became a versatile stand-in for all manner of evil 2021-06-10T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/5_To7wO0Exo Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/a-little-thief-turned-career-criminal-recounts-a-life-on-the-wrong-side-of-the-law Going equipped https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6ecce928-575d-4aa9-8844-9f32b851ccc1/going-equipped-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 A ‘little thief’ turned career criminal recounts a life on the wrong side of the law 2025-05-19T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/jZeKq5JeuUE Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/creeping-through-mazes-repelling-threats-the-slo-mo-smarts-of-slime-moulds The physarum experiments https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/cb60c92f-b322-4fd1-921d-731f24a2f24d/physarum-experiments-landscape.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Creeping through mazes, repelling threats – the slo-mo smarts of slime moulds 2020-09-21T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/f9gbN_HUQuI Science https://aeon.co/videos/embodied-cognition-seems-intuitive-but-philosophy-can-push-it-to-some-strange-places Karl Friston: embodied cognition https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6a91b1ed-90ac-4bb9-9be9-36b620acb0e4/karl-friston-embodied-cognition-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Embodied cognition seems intuitive, but philosophy can push it to some strange places 2021-12-16T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 840 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/HW0JnjgCO3o Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/drudgery-and-dance-lessons-work-life-balance-and-the-chinese-dream Take me to the Moon https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/304637f4-c6ca-47fc-a809-4864cf9133c9/TAKE-ME-TO-THE-MOON-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Drudgery and dance lessons – work-life balance and the ‘Chinese Dream’ 2016-03-28T10:05:07Z Aeon Video 900 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/188838760 Society https://aeon.co/videos/the-mini-robots-that-may-show-how-to-programme-cells-for-improved-performance Can a thousand tiny swarming robots outsmart nature? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/581d8a0b-a05b-45ae-bf6b-5c3f337105b6/THOUSAND-TINY-ROBOTS.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The mini robots that may show how to ‘programme’ cells for improved performance 2015-08-28T11:01:24Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/dDsmbwOrHJs Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/after-17-years-of-addiction-raina-finds-a-lifeline-in-compassion Do no harm https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/05d95a55-782e-4449-a98c-6151d0f54db0/do-no-harm-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 After 17 years of addiction, Raina finds a lifeline in compassion 2025-10-13T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 900 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/8qQw2yy9p20 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/from-20000-miles-up-our-home-planet-is-a-hypnotic-swirl-of-the-familiar-and-the-sublime A year along the geostationary orbit https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/deca6a4b-c3ab-44a9-8884-7b291941e6c3/a-year-along-the-geotationary-orbit.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 From 20,000 miles up, our home planet is a hypnotic swirl of the familiar and the sublime 2019-07-25T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 960 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/342333493 Science https://aeon.co/videos/nellie-bly-transformed-investigative-journalism-by-bending-facts-in-pursuit-of-truth Nellie Bly makes the news https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/60014299-e19d-43ad-86ba-b98aa42fac0d/nellie-bly-makes-the-news.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Nellie Bly transformed investigative journalism by bending facts in pursuit of truth 2019-07-22T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 1380 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/338294369 Society https://aeon.co/videos/how-researchers-finally-solved-the-puzzle-of-the-oldest-known-map-of-the-world The Babylonian map of the world https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/12bb2654-cad3-4360-b5bf-bc4cae651554/the-babylonian-map-of-the-world-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 How researchers finally solved the puzzle of the oldest known map of the world 2024-09-11T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 1080 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/LUxFzh8r384 Society https://aeon.co/videos/human-might-majesty-and-mayhem-a-visual-time-capsule-from-1965 A trip down memory lane https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/41eec6f7-0656-46e8-9f92-d8266a166752/TRIP-DOWN-MEMORY-Main-3.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 ‘Human might, majesty and mayhem’: a visual time capsule from 1965 2015-08-13T11:01:35Z Aeon Video 780 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/29399749 Society https://aeon.co/videos/do-we-finally-understand-why-winged-insects-seem-drawn-to-light Why are moths drawn to flames? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/47c7adf6-78f9-45c2-b227-ffec4b07ad0a/why-are-moths-drawn-to-flames-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 Do we finally understand why winged insects seem drawn to light? 2025-12-04T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 420 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/i7awa_WGI_o Science https://aeon.co/videos/meat-mobility-scooters-condoms-anything-we-make-can-be-made-in-miniature Life in miniature https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/bc629c45-381a-468a-aa12-4aa31c5f4f32/life-in-miniature.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Meat, mobility scooters, condoms – anything we make can be made in miniature 2019-04-26T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/327010028 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/jamie-is-empathetic-and-funny-and-a-complete-mystery-to-those-who-love-him-most Music and clowns https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/a1ebf021-007c-4a26-9650-f6d319c8b1c0/music-and-clowns-landscape-4.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Jamie is empathetic and funny – and a ‘complete mystery’ to those who love him most 2020-07-21T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 480 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/432523742 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/how-a-beautiful-bird-helps-southeast-asias-rainforests-flourish Island of the hornbills https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/a745c1c5-4ece-497d-8d32-11cb57572202/island-of-the-hornbills-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 How a beautiful bird helps Southeast Asia’s rainforests flourish 2025-12-18T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 960 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/oiqbak_FKeQ Science https://aeon.co/videos/why-jean-jacques-rousseau-and-adam-smith-were-divided-on-the-virtues-of-vanity Why vanity could be a good thing https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7370a561-83dd-4123-9834-c5e88d2b4565/why-vanity-could-be-a-good-thing-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 Why Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith were divided on the virtues of vanity 2025-01-13T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/NHPp4JuZI9w Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/see-what-no-human-eyes-have-seen-before-deep-in-the-sea-off-western-australia Illuminating biodiversity of the Ningaloo Canyons https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/99901fc7-54b3-4d77-8d9e-ef89aee7abc2/illuminating-biodiversity-of-the-ningaloo-canyons-landscape-1v2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 See what no human eyes have seen before, deep in the sea off Western Australia 2020-06-22T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/e_PyW3XHrw0 Science https://aeon.co/videos/theres-nothing-like-falling-for-a-plastic-surgeon-to-help-you-embrace-your-body-as-it-is Flawed https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4c412007-8316-4bcf-9897-751def0b83e3/flawed.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 There’s nothing like falling for a plastic surgeon to help you embrace your body as it is 2018-10-11T10:01:43Z Aeon Video 780 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jc5bSu1QMrE Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/why-are-witchcraft-accusations-so-common-across-human-societies Witch: a tag that shapes social networks https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/751be3ca-2041-4c3f-94b5-6223706cb70e/witch-a-tag-that-shapes-social-networks-landscape-3.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Why are witchcraft accusations so common across human societies? 2024-05-02T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/Eyt86uENYe4 Society https://aeon.co/videos/in-the-dutch-lowlands-keeping-a-windmill-running-is-an-act-of-cultural-preservation 1953 https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/1fa5740e-5d52-41ac-9f54-0f67cc6f82f6/1953.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 In the Dutch lowlands, keeping a windmill running is an act of cultural preservation 2017-11-17T11:01:12Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/206420784 Society https://aeon.co/videos/the-classic-1977-film-that-put-the-vastness-of-the-universe-into-perspective Powers of ten https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/bf757132-9443-4f1b-a725-2435b8b728d1/powers-of-ten-main.jpg?top=43&left=0&cropWidth=1360&cropHeight=765 The classic 1977 film that put the vastness of the universe into perspective 2016-08-19T10:05:05Z Aeon Video 540 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/0fKBhvDjuy0 Science https://aeon.co/videos/why-medusa-lives-on-mary-beard-on-the-persistent-legacy-of-ancient-greek-misogyny Mary Beard: women and power https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/2353a679-1971-447c-bb07-60544a826d2f/mary-beard-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Why Medusa lives on – Mary Beard on the persistent legacy of Ancient Greek misogyny 2019-12-09T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/363441991 Society https://aeon.co/videos/the-precious-family-keepsakes-that-hold-meaning-for-generations Heirlooms https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/87b96218-79b4-4b42-ab58-f8b38e772fe8/heirlooms-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 The precious family keepsakes that hold meaning for generations 2024-10-21T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 600 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/34492716 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/can-you-be-a-beef-farmer-if-the-animals-are-your-friends 73 cows https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/76d7d547-1b8b-436e-8d94-37ba6a6cd71b/73-cows-v4.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Can you be a beef farmer if the animals are your friends? 2018-10-22T10:01:41Z Aeon Video 900 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/293352305 Society https://aeon.co/videos/an-english-centenarians-moving-friendship-with-a-german-pow-during-world-war-ii The German who came to tea https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/74675f78-3b52-4250-89a1-d56b5412c360/GERMAN-TEA-FINAL.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 An English centenarian’s moving friendship with a German POW during World War II 2014-12-23T11:01:11Z Aeon Video 480 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/EDWJJ5OR2_A Culture https://aeon.co/videos/preventing-the-all-consuming-sound-pollution-of-modern-life-starts-with-listening-to-nature Being hear https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/1cdab3ef-9dae-4929-b8dc-3e128cf23c9f/being-hear-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Preventing the all-consuming sound pollution of modern life starts with listening to nature 2017-06-20T10:01:13Z Aeon Video 600 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/258103110 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/a-massive-collision-or-something-stranger-an-epic-exploration-of-lunar-origin-theories The secret history of the Moon https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/09713c0c-4a90-47e5-bbd5-1c407a284a0c/the-secret-history-of-the-moon-landscape-2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 A massive collision, or something stranger? 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https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4de1eadc-e1aa-4a50-82aa-66d96498f3ae/gilded-predator-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 The extraordinary craft and fascinating symbolism of a pre-Incan ceremonial shield 2025-09-25T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/IUhgBk6g8ao Society https://aeon.co/videos/how-oceanographers-captured-a-mysterious-undersea-noise-and-the-publics-imagination The bloop https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4e73ea6a-9d3b-44dc-8f19-d5564ff2b82c/the-bloop.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How oceanographers captured a mysterious undersea noise – and the public’s imagination 2017-08-28T10:01:14Z Aeon Video 420 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/155920420 Society https://aeon.co/videos/a-dreamy-tribute-to-the-music-of-brian-eno-rendered-in-paint-soap-and-water Emerald and stone https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/543bf9fc-8e0b-4bd5-b245-0dbbae05e57c/emerald-and-stone-landscape-3.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 A dreamy tribute to the music of Brian Eno, rendered in paint, soap and water 2023-08-17T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 120 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/843191452 Science https://aeon.co/videos/on-the-us-mexico-border-loved-ones-on-both-sides-can-see-each-other-but-cannot-touch Monument | Monumento https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/88007243-bd0d-4d0a-bc40-092312bca8a6/monument-monumento.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 On the US-Mexico border, loved ones on both sides can see each other but cannot touch 2017-09-21T10:01:13Z Aeon Video 720 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/VzeCmjYNdgI Society https://aeon.co/videos/from-roaring-fire-and-molten-glass-an-artist-creates-a-healing-ritual In fragments: phase change https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/8af8a63d-3e1f-47f3-8dfd-2c4fc376d27b/in-fragments-phase-change-landscape-3.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 From roaring fire and molten glass an artist creates a healing ritual 2022-08-01T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 780 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/lWpmhYLz6zU Culture https://aeon.co/videos/time-is-real-if-you-view-it-through-the-lens-of-heat Carlo Rovelli: thermal time https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/a195d2bb-c307-42ab-bb85-366aac426ffb/carlo-rovelli-thermal-time-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 Time is real – if you view it through the lens of heat 2026-02-09T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/PuLaUYQFIwg Science https://aeon.co/videos/im-just-measuring-myself-with-myself-ping-pong-as-a-route-to-sufi-spiritual-practice Ping pong Sufi https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/eca9a0a1-ae94-4729-a11a-238641a1cef0/ping-pong-sufi-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 ‘I’m just measuring myself with myself’ – ping pong as a route to Sufi spiritual practice 2020-11-24T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 660 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/478950672 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/the-poet-wendell-berry-reflects-on-the-sublime-peace-of-escaping-into-wilderness The peace of wild things https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f625b150-c14b-4223-82de-066dc7f183b9/the-peace-of-wild-things-landscape.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 The poet Wendell Berry reflects on the sublime peace of escaping into wilderness 2021-01-11T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 60 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/451530204 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/the-bing-bang-reincarnation-and-other-theories-of-life-from-budding-philosophers The great thinkers https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/88b540ec-7ca3-404e-adf4-acad4f3e38e7/the-great-thinkers.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The Bing Bang, reincarnation and other theories of life from budding philosophers 2019-06-21T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 480 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/14225945 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/if-you-think-that-modern-cosmology-leaves-no-room-for-god-start-using-your-imagination Mary-Jane Rubenstein: multiverses, pantheism and ecology https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/df8816f1-f626-472d-a0a0-de7e5331576f/sized-final-sandeep-swarnkar-dm7m67vaebc-unsplash.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 If you think that modern cosmology leaves no room for ‘god’, start using your imagination 2020-01-20T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 1620 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/c1mktpTQbTg Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/the-reverence-and-revelry-of-a-new-orleans-jazz-funeral-procession Big Daddy’s last dance https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9e64027e-18fd-4900-89dc-81ac07d7dfcf/big-daddy_s-last-dance-landscape.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 The reverence and revelry of a New Orleans jazz funeral procession 2017-07-10T14:50:03Z Aeon Video 120 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/190333454 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/how-an-artist-learned-to-co-live-with-the-distressing-voice-in-her-head Bridging the gap https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e2caba19-61fa-456e-bd76-045f6d5d0acb/bridging-the-gap-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 How an artist learned to ‘co-live’ with the distressing voice in her head 2025-08-11T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/505723934 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/god-used-to-know-our-deepest-fears-darkest-thoughts-and-greatest-hopes-now-google-does Keeper of our collective consciousness: I need to understand myself https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d586606c-01ce-47a0-92d7-f2fd9d8defc8/i-need-to-understand-myself.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 God used to know our deepest fears, darkest thoughts and greatest hopes. Now Google does 2019-06-07T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 120 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/100986277 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/is-the-population-bomb-real-the-statistician-hans-rosling-says-don-t-panic Don’t panic: the facts about population https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/1d978685-449c-4663-bddc-855168ae3be3/DONT-PANIC-population-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Is the ‘population bomb’ real? The statistician Hans Rosling says ‘Don’t panic’ 2016-03-24T10:05:07Z Aeon Video 3540 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/FACK2knC08E Society https://aeon.co/videos/whats-an-ancient-greek-brick-doing-in-a-sumerian-city-an-archeological-investigation Excavating Girsu https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/1d3c9595-ede4-4981-81d2-74a2895ecac0/excavating-girsu-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 What’s an ancient Greek brick doing in a Sumerian city? An archeological investigation 2025-01-16T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 960 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/ffWBf0HmuqA Society https://aeon.co/videos/why-one-of-our-simplest-designs-the-light-bulb-is-also-one-of-our-best Michael Anastassiades on the light bulb https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/41bd7a06-2ee2-4120-ae37-aa92ea874634/MICHAEL-LIGHTBULB-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Why one of our simplest designs – the light bulb – is also one of our best 2015-07-09T11:01:10Z Aeon Video 120 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/5ocOmOKwfnU Culture https://aeon.co/videos/evolution-is-not-only-about-competition-the-cellular-origins-of-a-very-big-idea Cooperation and evolution https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/0eaa7f55-b395-4aba-986d-bdd3d514d80c/cooperation-and-evolution.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Evolution is not only about competition: the cellular origins of a very big idea 2019-11-21T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/dxZN3KYEZjk Science https://aeon.co/videos/seven-years-on-the-road-finding-utopia-in-the-lives-of-women The art of rebellion: Justine Kurland’s utopian photography https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/575ff9d4-4db0-4d16-a8f9-ea8aafcc047c/the-art-of-rebellion-justine-kurlands-utopian-photography-landscape.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 Seven years on the road, finding utopia in the lives of women 2025-11-13T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 480 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/vziP7uVFQUY Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/a-whale-can-live-50-75-years-its-afterlife-is-equally-long-and-spectacular Whale fall (after life of a whale) https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/784355cf-701c-4d2d-b05a-2ddb03fe4930/WHALE-FALL-FINAL.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A whale can live 50-75 years. Its afterlife is equally long and spectacular 2014-12-18T11:01:32Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/tdyFhVNSHjk Science https://aeon.co/videos/how-harnessing-the-power-of-dogs-could-help-scientists-sniff-out-cancer-early Three ways to smell cancer https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ded70ae2-ca2b-4499-8645-1893232fa9ab/three-ways-to-smell-cancer-aeon-video.png?top=10&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How harnessing the power of dogs could help scientists sniff out cancer early 2020-04-29T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 420 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/MehVSYG3DpE Science https://aeon.co/videos/honk-for-amen-worship-meets-convenience-at-the-daytona-beach-drive-in-christian-church Clean hands https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/639db43f-deb8-4d04-be8f-c7d1155fe5f6/clean-hands-v1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Honk for Amen: worship meets convenience at the Daytona Beach Drive-In Christian Church 2018-09-10T10:01:36Z Aeon Video 540 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/160041184 Society https://aeon.co/videos/robert-frosts-poetic-reflection-on-youth-as-read-in-his-unforgettable-baritone Birches https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/bf2875de-9ddf-4b56-9415-6b1ab47e68c6/birches-landscape-2-v3.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 Robert Frost’s poetic reflection on youth, as read in his unforgettable baritone 2024-05-16T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y5kcGYcDE0o Culture https://aeon.co/videos/embark-on-an-operatic-interactive-journey-to-a-witness-the-birth-of-a-star A fistful of stars https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7f730b94-860b-485f-b7fd-d4ea1d380f61/fistful-of-stars.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Embark on an operatic, interactive journey to a witness the birth of a star 2018-05-14T10:01:43Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/265562046 Science https://aeon.co/videos/how-many-monkeys-is-it-worth-sacrificing-to-save-a-human-life Ethical dilemma: whose life is more valuable? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9c2bda8b-68f5-4fd7-a607-41c6e2dd47cc/ethical-dilemma-whose-life-is-more-valuable-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 How many monkeys is it worth sacrificing to save a human life? 2023-01-19T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/3rQi2uNqwxk Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/aki-sasamotos-art-is-precisely-made-to-show-her-total-lack-of-control-its-complicated An artist walks into a bar https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/3f8891cd-a2f0-4af8-bdb6-a0168a09d0e8/aki-sasamoto-landscape.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Aki Sasamoto’s art is precisely made to show her total lack of control. 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The view from Chicago in 1970 2018-06-18T10:01:39Z Aeon Video 3120 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/koFIQkocXbU Society https://aeon.co/videos/a-quantum-odyssey-from-the-tip-of-a-pen-to-the-dark-side-of-human-knowledge The super zoom https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/799f2984-49a7-4a00-a8eb-3e826f11c522/the-super-zoom-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A quantum odyssey from the tip of a pen to the dark side of human knowledge 2019-10-10T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/355005914 Science https://aeon.co/videos/could-the-simple-replicable-elegance-of-the-igloo-be-a-model-for-future-homes How to build an igloo https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/a20b9659-7cee-4bd7-bff6-13dfaea9ec77/How-to-build-an-igloo-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Could the simple, replicable elegance of the igloo be a model for future homes? 2016-01-12T11:05:06Z Aeon Video 600 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/K3pd-wxNEKQ Culture https://aeon.co/videos/after-losing-his-sight-a-skateboarder-takes-an-unexpected-path-to-realising-his-dreams You and the thing that you love https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7f9ac2ca-fa06-409e-b0b7-22efcfd2884d/you-and-the-thing-that-you-love-landscape-1v2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 After losing his sight, a skateboarder takes an unexpected path to realising his dreams 2021-04-08T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 720 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/466005995 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/dun-dun-dun-duuun-why-beethovens-fifth-sticks-in-the-head-and-stirs-the-heart The secrets of the world’s most famous symphony https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4b34934c-3c8b-4294-848a-392b6cc09dd1/the-secrets-of-the-worlds-most-famous-symphony-landscape-4.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 ‘Dun dun dun duuun!’ Why Beethoven’s Fifth sticks in the head and stirs the heart 2023-12-04T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/7n0tNSFJQ34 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/how-we-came-to-know-the-size-of-the-universe-and-what-mysteries-remain The cosmic distance ladder with Terence Tao: part two https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d5520f64-100b-4db5-b708-cd63411b04b7/the-cosmic-distance-ladder-with-terence-tao-part-two-landscape-2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 How we came to know the size of the Universe – and what mysteries remain 2025-06-30T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 1560 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/hFMaT9oRbs4 Science https://aeon.co/videos/what-happened-when-a-gay-black-man-joined-the-metropolitan-police-in-london The Black cop: a villain, a victim and a hero https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/a7bd9e77-0632-44e8-aba4-c9d90a48b8f0/the-black-cop-a-villain_-a-victim-and-a-hero_-landscape-6v2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 What happened when a gay Black man joined the Metropolitan Police in London 2022-03-07T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 1500 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/669861944 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/art-students-divulge-and-animate-the-dating-pet-peeves-they-find-unforgivable Deal breakers https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5111c985-4677-49f0-ab37-8f66baddde00/deal-breakers-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Art students divulge (and animate) the dating pet peeves they find unforgivable 2022-02-14T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/235536841 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/flying-the-flag-with-the-tricolores-herring-salads-and-cuadrilongas-of-the-world A film of flags https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/48bd0891-bb85-4c74-8198-b1a77e16a204/film-of-flags-v3.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Flying the flag with the tricolores, herring salads and cuadrilongas of the world 2019-04-08T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/322004528 Society https://aeon.co/videos/can-any-of-these-four-men-shed-tears-on-command-the-psychology-of-the-guy-cry The crying game https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/0dc0365a-ca54-49d4-a1b5-bc1d930b4df9/crying-game-main-v4.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Can any of these four men shed tears on command? 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https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/62291b6f-e2a9-4c2e-b6e0-f409133a3c23/WILL-SAVING-POOR-CHILDREN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Why saving the world’s poorest children helps curb global population growth 2015-09-18T11:01:56Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/135051360 Society https://aeon.co/videos/sure-pizzagate-is-bunk-but-does-a-conspiracy-theorist-lurk-inside-all-of-us Personal truth https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/27fbc7df-8784-4674-b585-37934b26345d/personal-truth.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Sure, ‘Pizzagate’ is bunk, but does a conspiracy theorist lurk inside all of us? 2018-07-12T10:01:42Z Aeon Video 1080 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/272697340 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/was-there-any-before-before-the-big-bang The Big Bang https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e6cf333a-e79a-4397-81df-a2210dd54526/TIM-MAUDLIN-v5.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Was there any before, before the Big Bang? 2015-09-09T11:01:28Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/67xtl-AF_3s Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/for-a-radical-new-perspective-on-immigration-picture-the-us-as-an-ancient-tree Simulated dendrochronology of US immigration https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9960278c-a419-4767-afc5-b23f8a348302/simulated-dendrochronolgy.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 For a radical new perspective on immigration, picture the US as an ancient tree 2019-08-01T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/276140430 Society https://aeon.co/videos/stephen-hawkings-final-theory-untangling-a-peculiar-black-hole-paradox Stephen Hawking: supertranslations https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/a4dab0d5-ac7a-4156-8437-78e1eae5beb2/stephen-hawking-final.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Stephen Hawking’s final theory: untangling a peculiar black-hole paradox 2019-02-25T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 540 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/294819633 Science https://aeon.co/videos/a-ballerina-dances-with-the-geometry-of-her-own-movements Ballet rotoscope https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/94465dc5-7005-4672-a0a1-3ee33860d73e/ballet-rotoscope-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A ballerina dances with the geometry of her own movements 2017-10-17T10:01:13Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/yzJk6ww3LD0 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/is-it-possible-to-design-a-shape-to-roll-along-any-fixed-path Rolling shapes https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/735765f0-1219-4035-8551-e477c07e9652/rolling-shapes-landscape-2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Is it possible to design a shape to roll along any fixed path? 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the ground, finds freedom in surfing 2014-11-10T11:01:59Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/8c6uM950uFY Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/a-close-up-look-at-electronic-paper-reveals-its-exquisite-patterns-and-limitations Electronic paper https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/006bc277-a79e-4df6-bdda-59252efc9e2b/electronic-paper-landscape-2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 A close-up look at electronic paper reveals its exquisite patterns – and limitations 2024-03-28T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 540 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/1qIHCUWAgh4 Science https://aeon.co/videos/how-we-became-more-than-7-billion-humanitys-population-explosion-visualised Human population through time https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9d22f8b4-600b-4a6b-a6ef-946b4635cf9b/human-population-through-time-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How we became more than 7 billion – humanity’s population explosion, visualised 2016-12-02T11:05:06Z Aeon Video 360 no 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https://aeon.co/videos/the-weird-wonders-of-combining-3d-printing-with-the-maths-of-pinecones-and-sunflowers Blooms 2 https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/60cb6c38-f3cd-4940-991b-d3eabfd81e9e/blooms-2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The weird wonders of combining 3D printing with the maths of pinecones and sunflowers 2018-03-26T10:01:40Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/mxTGyWJF14o Culture https://aeon.co/videos/mind-bending-speed-is-the-only-way-to-reach-the-stars-here-are-three-ways-to-do-it Go incredibly fast https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/3a724c8e-2c41-4629-8d7b-e61984b65af2/go-incredibly-fast-landscape-5-v2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Mind-bending speed is the only way to reach the stars – here are three ways to do it 2024-01-18T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/RiJFo-kaJBQ Science https://aeon.co/videos/under-a-powerful-x-ray-laser-coral-reveals-weather-patterns-from-centuries-ago Coral X-rays 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Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/134342029 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/a-comparative-cognition-road-trip-across-the-us-in-search-of-a-map-of-the-mind Out of our minds https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/8687956d-e3b0-4ce2-980a-1883d4177a35/Out-of-our-minds.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A comparative cognition road trip across the US in search of a map of the mind 2014-06-18T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 1260 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/95210290 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/cultural-wisdom-begets-cozy-temporary-homes-for-the-nenets-of-the-siberian-arctic Nomadic architecture: the Nenets chum https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/79e108ab-2d7b-40fe-ab84-bac111e4b021/nomadic-architecture-the-nenet-choom-landscape-2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Cultural wisdom begets cozy temporary homes for the Nenets of the Siberian Arctic 2021-05-24T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 1920 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/8gI6q4R8ih4 Culture 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https://aeon.co/videos/we-are-born-of-supernovas-our-spectacular-and-totally-ordinary-origin-story We are dead stars https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b6510114-c2bf-44fe-b433-ea17ba9f6385/we-are-dead-stars.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 We are born of supernovas – our spectacular and totally ordinary origin story 2017-09-14T10:01:13Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/95180201 Science https://aeon.co/videos/the-indian-daredevils-who-feel-at-home-in-the-well-of-death Gladiators on wheels https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/bdb205c8-0748-41c1-9643-9260db27dff6/gladiators-on-wheels-landscape-1-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 The Indian daredevils who feel at home in the Well of Death 2026-01-26T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/346200056 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/the-order-could-come-at-any-moment-two-kamikaze-pilots-tell-their-story The last kamikaze https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/03f7754a-8b1c-4aa5-ab99-3cd157a8b4e6/the-last-kamikaze-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 ‘The order could come at any moment’: two kamikaze pilots tell their story 2016-11-17T11:05:06Z Aeon Video 480 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/F3qoNE4XwhM Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/passion-precision-and-swagger-join-an-oscar-winning-flamenco-masterclass Flamenco at 5:15 https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/fa724771-d7e3-4fac-934c-f0fedd98e4d1/flamenco-at-5-15-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Passion, precision and swagger: join an Oscar®-winning flamenco masterclass 2017-03-02T11:05:09Z Aeon Video 1740 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/hFVC7PH2zJU Culture https://aeon.co/videos/mumbai-s-amazing-lunch-couriers-bring-office-workers-home-cooked-meals-every-day Dabbawalla https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5766a56d-ab29-4ec2-b78a-5e687a8b1f91/Dabawalla-FINAL-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Mumbai’s amazing 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2018-09-04T10:01:37Z Aeon Video 4920 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/pLbSlC0Pucw Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/a-syndrome-stranger-than-sci-fi-how-limbs-can-get-a-mind-of-their-own Alien hand https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/36e2368c-393e-4a9c-a014-46b59f5263a7/alien-hand-syndrome.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A syndrome stranger than sci-fi – how limbs can get a mind of their own 2018-03-02T11:02:10Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/9FfBT_LuJvc Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/interactive-biofeedback-sensors-may-be-the-future-of-treating-chronic-pain In your head https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/730bcb0a-bf0d-49f8-b9df-0e5f624088aa/IN-YOUR-HEAD1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Interactive biofeedback sensors may be the future of treating chronic pain 2014-12-01T11:01:09Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/48078035 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/it-takes-a-careful-blend-of-science-craft-and-compassion-to-make-a-prosthetic-eye How to make a prosthetic eye https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/291722b6-0616-47ee-95de-a61edd90b2a9/how-to-make-a-prosthetic-eye-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 It takes a careful blend of science, craft and compassion to make a prosthetic eye 2017-07-03T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/137357370 Society https://aeon.co/videos/tensions-between-architectural-preservation-and-urban-renewal-collide-at-a-demolition-site Archive https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/575c92f1-466a-4fa6-8cf4-a64ff78bfc61/archive.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Tensions between architectural preservation and urban renewal collide at a demolition site 2018-08-14T10:01:47Z Aeon Video 120 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/286020083 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/of-humming-birds-and-burgers-how-old-cans-pay-for-a-simple-90th-birthday-treat My gal, Rosemarie https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4f45936e-1a2a-417a-9f08-bb1ee00ffcae/MY-GAL-ROSEMARIE-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Of humming birds and burgers: how old cans pay for a simple 90th-birthday treat 2016-03-04T11:05:06Z Aeon Video 960 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/121396774 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/dancefloor-politics-whos-in-and-whos-out-at-one-of-edmontons-oldest-gay-bars Reviving the Roost https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/969fc628-dea9-462b-a8af-6a809d1310a0/reviving-roost.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Dancefloor politics – who’s in and who’s out at one of Edmonton’s oldest gay bars? 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https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/186005f3-9183-4472-a91c-3c221898652d/shorelines-landscape-4v2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 ‘Natural souvenirs’ and ocean sounds form a sea-salty celebration of the shore 2020-10-06T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/mbcvVYobCXI Science https://aeon.co/videos/imposing-demons-meet-a-fiery-end-in-an-annual-balinese-purification-ritual Ogoh-Ogoh https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/a1142b77-bcf2-41ed-b1c1-e9283241c414/ogoh-ogoh.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Imposing demons meet a fiery end in an annual Balinese purification ritual 2018-06-26T10:01:40Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/275509372 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/one-of-the-most-wondrous-markers-of-the-end-of-the-day-is-a-murmuration-of-starlings The art of flying (short version) https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b451f96e-52a2-4540-ace7-f2543e6b0530/art-of-flying-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 One of the 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A 360° dive into Tokyo 2017-05-01T10:05:12Z Aeon Video 300 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/213954770 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/what-happens-when-an-artist-doesnt-give-up-the-day-job Working stiff https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f0508c35-44a7-4120-bfc5-93aa9f25cc0c/working-stiff.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 What happens when an artist doesn’t give up the day job? 2017-01-30T11:05:09Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/230480111 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/the-courage-and-determination-that-fuelled-wendell-scott-nascars-first-black-driver Driven https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f0e7629d-2e56-43c8-856b-366770d31214/driven-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The courage and determination that fuelled Wendell Scott, NASCAR’s first black driver 2017-06-09T10:05:13Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/dnQJwgwK1vA Society https://aeon.co/videos/let-the-sun-s-invisible-solar-winds-wash-over-you-in-ultra-high-definition-video Thermonuclear art https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/81222f5f-797f-4639-8b98-2d550cd3482d/thermonuclear-art-landscape.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Let the Sun’s invisible solar winds wash over you in ultra high-definition video 2016-02-04T11:05:07Z Aeon Video 1800 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/447246060 Science https://aeon.co/videos/a-rural-indian-girl-learns-agricultural-skills-to-gain-financial-independence After my garden grows https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/91903b96-2f25-44c3-99bf-e7202f276371/AFTER_MY_GARDEN_GROWS.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A rural Indian girl learns agricultural skills to gain financial independence 2014-11-18T11:01:13Z Aeon Video 600 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/A655AYdyXyM Society https://aeon.co/videos/a-rare-nuanced-glimpse-into-modern-amish-life-faith-simplicity-compromise An Amish man https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f609c9fe-c037-41b2-bb71-9ace10d687a4/An-Amish-Man-FINAL.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A rare, nuanced glimpse into modern Amish life — faith, simplicity, compromise 2014-12-16T11:01:34Z Aeon Video 660 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/MZwC0O_QdFQ Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/how-lsd-helped-a-scientist-find-beauty-in-a-peculiar-and-overlooked-form-of-life The lichenologist https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/cdf2ed5b-0d67-47d2-a3fc-8b3f88d004de/lichenologist.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How LSD helped a scientist find beauty in a peculiar and overlooked form of life 2017-08-03T10:01:13Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/200871679 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/melvin-is-11-and-gay-what-will-he-say-to-the-girl-who-s-in-love-with-him Straight with you https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ca4afe10-b453-464e-82ca-4194249cc3df/STRAIGHT-WITH-YOU-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Melvin is 11 and gay. What will he say to the girl who’s in love with him? 2016-03-08T11:05:07Z Aeon Video 1140 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/184733797 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/a-bach-cello-piece-played-atop-a-mountain-is-as-exhilarating-as-you-d-expect Andante https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d93f3a3f-36cc-461d-a1a9-77c01e837ada/Andante.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A Bach cello piece played atop a mountain is as exhilarating as you’d expect 2016-01-21T11:05:07Z Aeon Video 480 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/178210109 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/while-mumine-thinks-about-boys-and-school-her-parents-want-an-arranged-marriage Tobacco girl https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f9b6a87b-9105-4418-8bf0-c70319c40988/Tobacco-Girl_FINAL.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 While Mümine thinks about boys and school, her parents want an arranged marriage 2014-06-25T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 1740 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/176330375 Society https://aeon.co/videos/theres-a-climate-bomb-ticking-beneath-the-arctic-ice-how-can-we-prepare What happens when the permafrost thaws https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/179361d3-eb2c-426d-b367-2d5587ab80f1/what-happens-when-the-permafrost-thaws-landscape-3.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 There’s a ‘climate bomb’ ticking beneath the Arctic ice. How can we prepare? 2024-11-13T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 480 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/SUxsAZKx-94 Science https://aeon.co/videos/forging-a-cello-from-pieces-of-wood-demands-its-own-form-of-virtuosity Crafting a cello https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f50bac5c-bbc9-4d18-8e1d-36b6ed98be76/crafting-a-cello-landscape-4-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 Forging a cello from pieces of wood demands its own form of virtuosity 2024-08-14T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 1620 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/5qYwUn9mLKU Society https://aeon.co/videos/the-many-ways-a-lizard-tongue-sticks-grasps-pinches-and-plops-in-slo-mo Slow-motion tongues https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b8c264e5-57e1-4d3d-9c1a-6bf6f397dd87/slow-motion-tongues-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 The many ways a lizard tongue sticks, grasps, pinches and plops – in slo-mo 2025-02-13T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/VFKSNtNTUSs Science https://aeon.co/videos/using-street-art-to-bring-regency-warriors-to-an-ancient-viking-landscape Old Norse https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/15b44992-0635-43d7-baa5-f22e24159a6b/Old-NORSE-FINAL.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Using street art to bring Regency warriors to an ancient Viking landscape 2014-07-25T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/53156939 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/how-an-unplanned-picture-from-apollo-8-altered-humanitys-perspective-of-earth Earthrise https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/47ccf206-e5db-427f-bee5-cada7a42c9d6/sized-earthrise-v6.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How an unplanned picture from Apollo 8 altered humanity’s perspective of Earth 2019-01-18T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 1800 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/296530275 Science https://aeon.co/videos/squirm-laugh-judge-but-reality-tv-school-is-not-quite-what-you-think How to act on reality TV https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ed6cf7d8-ff69-482f-a5a5-6ea2a9fc05ca/How-To-Act-on-reality-TV-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Squirm, laugh, judge – but reality TV school is not quite what you think 2016-04-15T10:05:06Z Aeon Video 1380 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/160141441 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/like-birds-and-flowers-humans-go-to-all-kinds-of-trouble-to-stay-in-the-light Heliotropes https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/0be706f1-462c-47b7-bdc6-ba903de96dba/Heliotropes-FINAL.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Like birds and flowers, humans go to all kinds of trouble to stay in the light 2014-02-21T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/28462860 Science https://aeon.co/videos/why-is-a-mathematician-studying-fungus Fungal freeways https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/cf2bff23-7f66-4750-a9f3-daf71856af44/FUNGAL-FREEWAYS-MAIN-.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Why is a mathematician studying fungus? 2015-02-05T11:01:21Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/WpgAA1mh7Io Science https://aeon.co/videos/five-miles-of-fake-flowers-cat-cushions-and-muzak-enter-the-worlds-largest-market Commodity city https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/8de74c96-5553-42d8-b4ac-e4589344044d/commodity-city.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Five miles of fake flowers, cat cushions and muzak: enter the world’s largest market 2018-10-16T10:01:41Z Aeon Video 600 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/265913637 Society https://aeon.co/videos/richard-feynman-on-why-science-adds-beauty-in-the-universe-it-does-not-subtract The Feynman Series: beauty https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/3d78d915-ed1b-4ece-a1b3-434dec4fca1a/FEYNMAN-BEAUTY-MAIN-2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Richard Feynman on why science adds beauty in the Universe: it does not subtract 2015-10-23T11:01:22Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/cRmbwczTC6E Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/at-the-cryonics-institute-hope-for-the-future-is-high-and-death-is-put-on-ice We will live again https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ce18bb0a-f574-4ff2-abad-a88960f0cfa0/WE-WILL-LIVE-AGAIN-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 At the Cryonics Institute, hope for the future is high, and death is put on ice 2016-03-25T10:05:06Z Aeon Video 720 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/86519824 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/why-we-need-to-move-empathy-from-personal-emotion-to-collective-moral-concern How empathy can change the world https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/28d917b2-c647-48c7-86cc-3a036e55db0a/Roman-Krzarnic-V1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Why we need to move empathy from personal emotion to collective moral concern 2016-07-26T10:05:05Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/JLHZ5BuCzJw Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/the-wild-tale-of-a-young-animal-keeper-an-angry-tiger-and-a-torn-circle-net Strange beasts https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/abdcc09b-8d9d-4106-be6f-8f3fae0493b6/strange-beasts-landscape-1-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 The wild tale of a young animal keeper, an angry tiger and a torn circle net 2024-12-05T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 600 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gl9zdNy_onI Society https://aeon.co/videos/melody-rhythm-and-piety-the-rich-forms-and-meanings-of-indian-classical-music Music of India https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b820b712-a3ee-4b12-967a-b4427fc36c0b/music-of-india-2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Melody, rhythm and piety: the rich forms and meanings of Indian classical music 2017-01-20T11:05:10Z Aeon Video 1020 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/X-_P57mc-rw Culture https://aeon.co/videos/from-russia-with-love-for-hollywood-a-familys-unusual-path-to-an-american-dream Little potato https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/82882cbb-0093-4727-9edb-84d93389b662/little-potato.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 From Russia, with love for Hollywood – a family’s unusual path to an American dream 2018-06-28T10:01:46Z Aeon Video 840 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/273586165 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/snowflake-formulas-dice-odds-and-other-satisfying-maths-of-the-everyday Beauty of mathematics https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/df73cbb2-ef5a-44f4-bbab-8ff220af3124/Beauty-of-Mathematics-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Snowflake formulas, dice odds and other satisfying maths of the everyday 2015-12-17T11:05:07Z Aeon Video 120 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/77330591 Science https://aeon.co/videos/i-want-you-to-live-forward-but-see-backward-a-theoretical-astrophysicists-manifesto Disorientation https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/2f68bafd-d098-4003-a330-b8aeb3d0cfca/disorientation-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 ‘I want you to live forward, but see backward’: a theoretical astrophysicist’s manifesto 2019-02-12T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no 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How do his ideas hold up in the information age? 2025-01-30T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/tmwIhOCXLrQ Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/will-life-forms-that-can-go-a-century-without-water-save-crops-from-droughts Resurrection plants https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ad010e9e-c09e-4670-bb7b-ffb3e084cea0/RESURRECTION-PLANRS-MAIN-3.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Will life-forms that can go a century without water save crops from droughts? 2015-07-24T11:01:37Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/eoFGKlZMo2g Science https://aeon.co/videos/a-kichwa-activist-on-ayahuascas-rise-and-what-it-really-means-to-her-people Waska https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/0249f0f1-53d3-4f2b-bff7-e96c21ccfc6f/waska-landscape-2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 A Kichwa activist on ayahuasca’s rise – and what it really means to her people 2025-09-15T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 900 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/1095875054 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/what-can-73-homes-arranged-by-household-income-say-about-their-residents People in order: home https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/a5c66a7a-4087-4b25-a482-09eacfd48152/people-in-order-income.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 What can 73 homes arranged by household income say about their residents? 2018-08-16T10:01:45Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/3909349 Society https://aeon.co/videos/protecting-crops-from-biopiracy-is-good-for-farmers-and-the-future-of-food A commons sense https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/35da8231-e42c-4948-b620-355e396141bc/BIODIVERSITY-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Protecting crops from biopiracy is good for farmers and the future of food 2015-02-16T11:01:27Z Aeon Video 480 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/343495046 Society https://aeon.co/videos/is-the-era-of-humanitarian-intervention-over Responsibility to protect? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/250bbba5-d64d-4e03-b8c6-e23af56f526d/responsibility-to-protect.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Is the era of humanitarian intervention over? 2017-10-03T10:01:14Z Aeon Video 540 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/YqsUDPsQSKE Society https://aeon.co/videos/from-sheep-to-sea-an-ode-to-the-iconic-sweater-that-warms-cornish-sailors Cast out with love https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/cea4f911-7d9e-4a39-ab2b-521951a21174/cast-out-with-love-landscape.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 From sheep to sea – an ode to the iconic sweater that warms Cornish sailors 2022-11-14T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/737623682 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/how-do-you-save-an-endangered-redwood-forest-making-your-home-in-the-treetops Among giants https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f0c16aa5-2bff-4ebe-93ef-7d07817d471a/Among-giants-8.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How do you save an endangered redwood forest? 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Ask this flatworm how https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/25a18c9f-0e0e-46a4-b919-528803928a08/whole-new-body-flatworm-v4.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The blob with a superpower: cut a flatworm in four pieces and watch it regenerate four-fold 2018-11-15T11:02:40Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/m12xsf5g3Bo Science https://aeon.co/videos/the-deadly-attraction-of-working-in-secret-to-document-early-nuclear-weapons-tests Icarus https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f3c9b734-d284-42ff-bea9-e08186d00db1/icarus.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The deadly attraction of working in secret to document early nuclear weapons tests 2017-11-27T11:01:37Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/246829701 Society https://aeon.co/videos/how-the-vast-powers-of-the-sea-shape-life-on-a-sacred-peninsula-in-oaxaca-mexico The world in a corner https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/2f5026e1-1042-4731-b682-c3540f6aef0c/the-world-in-a-corner-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How the vast powers of the sea shape life on a sacred peninsula in Oaxaca, Mexico 2018-05-03T10:01:51Z Aeon Video 1260 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/259623289 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/freedom-fantasy-family-the-sundry-allures-of-the-american-renaissance-faire American Renaissance https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/67d41838-db26-4747-b2eb-1963f88b0961/AMERICAN-RENAISSANCE_MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Freedom, fantasy, family – the sundry allures of the American Renaissance faire 2015-11-19T11:05:10Z Aeon Video 540 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/159097154 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/now-i-will-do-nothing-but-listen-walt-whitman-on-how-sound-shapes-the-self Poetry of perception: Song of Myself https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/150893fd-dd27-4cdb-8817-fb107574fc92/poetry-of-perception.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 ‘Now I will do nothing but listen’ – Walt Whitman on how sound shapes the self 2019-01-07T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/140656660 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/things-can-get-much-more-interesting-if-we-let-ourselves-feel-bored The benefits of boredom https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/12772393-46b0-4869-976d-f6ecacb062ac/boredom-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Things can get much more interesting if we let ourselves feel bored 2019-03-04T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 60 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/K710qprgtjo Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/once-a-geodesic-dome-advocate-lloyd-kahn-now-favours-hand-built-simple-homes Shelter https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/306a35fc-a771-4801-a8b1-8338026ed5fd/SHELTER1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Once a geodesic dome advocate, Lloyd Kahn now favours hand-built, simple homes 2014-11-28T11:01:23Z Aeon Video 420 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/14615070 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/the-prison-abolitionist-who-dares-to-envision-a-world-without-unfreedoms Geographies of racial capitalism with Ruth Wilson Gilmore https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c254a3d0-0d40-4bbe-add6-03b69b4e2ef5/geographies-of-racial-capitalism-with-ruth-wilson-gilmore-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 The prison abolitionist who dares to envision a world without ‘unfreedoms’ 2025-07-30T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 960 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/2CS627aKrJI Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/liras-drachmas-and-kroons-coins-before-the-euro-tell-their-own-stories Beautiful coins https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e23d7cda-456d-48fa-b7a0-308617e88b4c/beautiful-coins.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Liras, drachmas and kroons: coins before the euro tell their own stories 2018-11-29T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 120 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/124400218 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/is-the-office-cubicle-actually-designed-to-crush-your-soul Three walls https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/1a787093-b58e-4251-b0a9-5d60720b4f95/Three-Walls-FINAL.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Is the office cubicle actually designed to crush your soul? 2015-01-26T11:01:45Z Aeon Video 1560 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/204032609 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/two-hot-air-balloon-repairmen-on-crafting-a-life-of-small-pleasures-and-great-contentment Baskets and burners https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5a89aa8e-a657-4d83-a6ad-01517ecd01d0/baskets-and-burners.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Two hot-air balloon repairmen on crafting a life of small pleasures and great contentment 2018-01-09T11:01:43Z Aeon Video 300 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/108988167 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/scenes-from-midtown-manhattan-form-a-play-of-texture-rhythm-and-interruptions Midtown flutter https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5e57b8b9-e112-4d48-a7ca-cf0dd21f6d52/midtown-flutter.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Scenes from Midtown Manhattan form a ‘play of texture, rhythm and interruptions’ 2018-04-17T10:01:50Z Aeon Video 300 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/181002871 Society https://aeon.co/videos/aerodynamics-researchers-play-with-air-and-water-to-make-amazing-flying-machines Fluid dynamics https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ead3e2e0-f2ee-4017-a163-652176225e59/NYU-FKUID-DYNAMICS-FINAL.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Aerodynamics researchers play with air and water to make amazing flying machines 2015-01-06T11:01:25Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/47cJkkrIEoA Science https://aeon.co/videos/how-beautiful-bioluminescent-bacteria-can-expose-invisible-water-pollution Speaking with light https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/fa0b75b2-be6c-4dad-a3c6-14f84c5d55c1/SPEAKING-WITH-LIGHT-main-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How beautiful bioluminescent bacteria can expose invisible water pollution 2015-11-02T11:01:34Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/48085675 Science https://aeon.co/videos/the-physics-revolution-that-started-with-the-flicker-of-a-lightbulb The origin of quantum mechanics https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/36d8cbf6-3207-4701-92cb-ac23712aadcc/the-origin-of-quantum-mechanics.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The physics revolution that started with the flicker of a lightbulb 2018-10-25T10:01:43Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/i1TVZIBj7UA Science https://aeon.co/videos/obsession-and-electricity-a-scientist-chases-the-origins-of-life-in-the-lab Inorganica https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6c83dfd8-45d6-42b2-8551-8dd53f0d06ae/inorganica-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Obsession and electricity: a scientist chases the origins of life in the lab 2016-11-28T11:05:07Z Aeon Video 960 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/214707156 Science https://aeon.co/videos/wander-through-the-english-countryside-with-two-teens-trying-to-make-sense-of-the-world The long journey https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4d154b87-1173-4dc7-8f00-5bf99079c376/the-long-journey-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 Wander through the English countryside with two teens trying to make sense of the world 2024-10-09T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 600 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/_31e4boMHjY Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/do-we-need-our-memories-when-we-can-document-virtually-every-aspect-of-our-lives Three red sweaters https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/02ece492-084b-4513-b8ab-bfd296aa745d/three-red-sweaters.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Do we need our memories when we can document virtually every aspect of our lives? 2018-05-08T10:01:55Z Aeon Video 600 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/257555221 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/dick-proenneke-s-30-year-mission-of-solitary-self-sufficiency-in-alaska Alone in the wilderness https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/348a9182-d466-4360-b295-d22d44d6c583/Alone-in-Wilderness-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Dick Proenneke’s 30-year mission of solitary self-sufficiency in Alaska 2016-04-29T10:05:07Z Aeon Video 600 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/iYJKd0rkKss Society https://aeon.co/videos/geometric-animations-form-a-hypnotic-tapestry-of-minimalist-design Geometry https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b8e6e79f-85df-44e6-bb63-e2bb6a266310/geometry.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Geometric animations form a hypnotic tapestry of minimalist design 2018-08-17T10:01:48Z Aeon Video 120 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/170845969 Science https://aeon.co/videos/defying-death-and-the-law-kirill-chases-freedom-atop-moscows-tallest-buildings The hanging https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/0aaa79df-2bff-409f-847c-630002b085ad/the-hanging.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Defying death and the law, Kirill chases freedom atop Moscow’s tallest buildings 2018-05-11T10:01:43Z Aeon Video 900 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/263142576 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/ad-executive-diligent-father-caring-son-manhood-as-a-balancing-act-in-modern-japan Taller than the trees https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/fa27ed9f-427d-4160-b564-b1c3bda54d28/taller-than-the-trees-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Ad executive, diligent father, caring son – manhood as a balancing act in modern Japan 2018-05-22T10:01:42Z Aeon Video 1020 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/196524988 Society https://aeon.co/videos/what-happens-at-the-all-night-corner-shop-before-sunrise Notes from a news stand https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/00dd2144-960e-461c-9b29-09a3f9b33fa8/notes-news-stand-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 What happens at the all-night corner shop before sunrise 2017-05-08T10:05:10Z Aeon Video 420 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/192307919 Society https://aeon.co/videos/when-being-watched-is-your-work-life-inside-a-chinese-live-streaming-company Live streamer https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d74ade52-f544-480b-8f17-b1f26cfecb6b/live-streamer.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 When being watched is your work – life inside a Chinese live-streaming company 2018-11-08T11:02:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/284067647 Society https://aeon.co/videos/magic-from-the-mundane-paper-towels-flourish-in-the-hands-of-a-coffeeshop-artist Arnold https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/1576e746-2b22-4716-b021-abe72b3a5b20/arnold-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Magic from the mundane – paper towels flourish in the hands of a coffeeshop artist 2017-07-14T10:01:13Z Aeon Video 120 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/151972138 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/pressing-the-ashes-of-the-dead-onto-records-odd-novelty-or-tender-remembrance Hearing Madge https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/94bd9d4a-584d-4486-89c4-81bd84e0fa45/HEARING-MADGE-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Pressing the ashes of the dead onto records: odd novelty or tender remembrance? 2016-08-01T10:05:04Z Aeon Video 600 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/200847714 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/the-peculiar-boston-tradition-that-mostly-keeps-the-winter-parking-peace Spacesavers https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f5f37082-4015-486a-bc02-59a2e0f85364/spacesavers.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The peculiar Boston tradition that (mostly) keeps the winter parking peace 2018-12-11T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/306853124 Society https://aeon.co/videos/ten-million-people-around-the-world-are-stateless-is-citizenship-a-human-right Stateless https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/3dc870cd-1bfc-4571-b861-b29918a558d9/STATELESS-Main-2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Ten million people around the world are stateless. Is citizenship a human right? 2016-02-16T11:05:06Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/105960002 Society https://aeon.co/videos/the-songs-that-help-a-mother-camel-accept-her-baby-after-a-painful-childbirth Tears of Inge https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/14d5f853-3c4e-49bb-8c7d-8b1ce597460c/tear-of-the-inge.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The songs that help a mother camel accept her baby after a painful childbirth 2018-07-13T10:01:45Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/64353450 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/a-couple-spirited-but-low-on-cash-challenges-conceptions-of-middle-america Dinosaur curtains https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e397a318-5909-49a0-940e-d9ca94e93f79/DINOSAUR-FINAL.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A couple, spirited but low on cash, challenges conceptions of Middle America 2014-10-20T06:01:16Z Aeon Video 1140 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/8292487 Society https://aeon.co/videos/skip-the-bus-this-post-apocalyptic-jaunt-is-the-only-new-york-tour-youll-ever-need Operation Jane Walk https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5ebb1d07-ee6d-4ae3-8923-b8fc88c2c9f0/operation-jane-walk.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Skip the bus: this post-apocalyptic jaunt is the only New York tour you’ll ever need 2018-12-21T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 960 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/301933682 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/bags-here-are-rarely-innocent-how-filmmakers-work-around-censorship-in-iran Irani bag https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/1b128e76-0fd7-4056-9fc9-d5226f50d5b6/irani-bag-landscape-4.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 ‘Bags here are rarely innocent’ – how filmmakers work around censorship in Iran 2024-05-13T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 480 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/927665819 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/why-single-chinese-women-are-freezing-their-eggs-in-california Frozen in time https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/398ae173-cf32-4060-af44-810f20fbcad4/frozen-in-time-landscape-1-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 Why single Chinese women are freezing their eggs in California 2024-12-04T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 1440 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/984889804 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/an-ageing-philosopher-returns-to-the-essential-question-what-is-the-point-of-it-all Being 97 https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/1a99945f-db1c-47bc-8135-ca9bb7070af5/being-97-landscape.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 An ageing philosopher returns to the essential question: ‘What is the point of it all?’ 2019-02-18T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 1080 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/275760948 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/what-happens-when-you-take-a-cursor-and-other-video-editing-tools-on-a-city-walk Outside https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ace5ba04-e700-4a80-9ee2-b285fd18364f/outside.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 What happens when you take a cursor – and other video-editing tools – on a city walk 2018-09-03T10:01:39Z Aeon Video 60 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/3o1orHS3w5A Culture https://aeon.co/videos/are-zoos-and-natural-history-museums-born-of-a-desire-to-understand-or-to-control Curiosity and control https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/bed54033-fb07-44dc-ab84-a71f6b3bc54c/curiosity-and-control-landscape-6-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 Are zoos and natural history museums born of a desire to understand, or to control? 2025-01-20T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 3420 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/1037545101 Society https://aeon.co/videos/i-think-animals-are-the-thing-not-people-two-brothers-and-the-wild-company-they-keep My raccoon https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/12f3ecbe-e65e-42f5-a135-4bb17911fbc9/my-raccoon.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 ‘I think animals are the thing. 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https://aeon.co/videos/dilating-pupils-wheezes-and-head-butts-the-male-bowerbird-s-tips-for-seduction The bowerbird’s grand performance! https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d53fccba-0323-430c-b756-893cbdbf28ee/BOWERBIRD-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Dilating pupils, wheezes and head-butts: the male bowerbird’s tips for seduction 2015-12-08T11:05:06Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/1XkPeN3AWIE Science https://aeon.co/videos/a-buddhist-monk-sets-out-on-a-legendary-seven-year-endurance-test-that-few-complete The 1,000 days https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/a65f8c91-0046-421d-9741-f40de79a5989/1000-days.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A Buddhist monk sets out on a legendary, seven-year endurance test that few complete 2017-09-01T10:01:13Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/223928856 Society https://aeon.co/videos/from-egg-to-the-air-21-days-of-bee-development-condensed-into-one-mesmerising-minute Birth of a bee 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metal crystals are born and bred 2016-12-06T11:05:07Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/137625468 Science https://aeon.co/videos/meet-the-lucky-little-organ-that-is-uniquely-dedicated-to-pleasure Le clitoris https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/118f2b3e-8195-45eb-be2b-4fa3573319c7/le-clitoris.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Meet the lucky little organ that is uniquely dedicated to pleasure 2017-07-06T10:01:12Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/J_3OA_VZVkY Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/caspar-salmon-trawls-for-the-strange-truth-behind-a-fishy-family-legend Fish story https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4a47e0df-81d7-4313-a324-3fb3efc817b4/fish-story.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Caspar Salmon trawls for the strange truth behind a fishy family legend 2018-02-27T11:02:14Z Aeon Video 840 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/HU1wR4X3Dmg Culture 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https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/0ee523b2-5e7c-4eb4-abff-a19c346a1550/watchmaker.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Finding chaos and precision in all things – a philosophy of watchmaking 2018-02-26T11:02:39Z Aeon Video 540 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/265430964 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/a-south-african-township-is-vibrantly-resilient-despite-the-scars-of-apartheid Where are you coming from? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7643902b-8d49-4118-a3e4-f97f67510057/WHERE-ARE-YOU-COMING-FROM-FINAL.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A South African township is vibrantly resilient despite the scars of apartheid 2015-01-22T11:01:27Z Aeon Video 1080 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/115348983 Society https://aeon.co/videos/they-told-us-to-stay-put-the-south-korean-ferry-disaster-that-sank-lives-and-trust In the absence https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9d4a7644-fa32-4db5-bb3e-6132b98bf79a/new-in-the-abscence1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 ‘They told us to stay put’: the South Korean ferry disaster that sank lives and trust 2020-01-16T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 1740 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/329617474 Society https://aeon.co/videos/stunning-century-old-footage-of-the-nile-valley-carries-echoes-from-the-ancient-past Daily life in Egypt: ancient and modern https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9bfa9070-576d-4ed0-bfb9-1f5600503270/daily-life-in-egypt-ancient-and-modern-landscape-1v4.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Stunning century-old footage of the Nile valley carries echoes from the ancient past 2020-12-01T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 1620 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/6XI2zU1u8OI Society https://aeon.co/videos/freedom-is-learning-to-like-what-its-rational-to-like-spinozas-abominable-heresies Spinoza’s ‘Ethics’: what do you mean by ‘God’? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/68e7b529-368e-41df-9485-5086e2e5ae2f/sized-spinoza.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Freedom is learning to like what it’s rational to like: Spinoza’s ‘abominable heresies’ 2019-12-20T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/F617UbSAaU4 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/what-a-good-death-can-look-like-in-the-quiet-company-of-a-compassionate-stranger The final nights https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/99798bbb-1747-46a0-9aef-36ef1106204c/the-final-nights-aeon-video.png?top=10&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 What a ‘good death’ can look like, in the quiet company of a compassionate stranger 2020-05-25T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 1080 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/135065671 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/a-ski-mountain-as-a-stunning-ethereal-reflection-on-how-we-move-through-nature Mountain in shadow https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c99ccefe-b3bd-4b0c-bda0-485f9d40fb24/mountain-in-shadow-landscape.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 A ski mountain as a stunning ethereal reflection on how we move through nature 2017-03-09T11:05:09Z Aeon Video 840 no 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We should exploit their respective strengths 2021-04-06T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 2160 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/Rzhpf1Ai7Z4 Science https://aeon.co/videos/are-mushrooms-shamans-and-ancient-rituals-at-the-root-of-the-santa-claus-story Santa is a psychedelic mushroom https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/8690ccf0-4d56-4c97-beb3-ea569d75cbe6/santa-is-a-psychedelic-mushroom-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Are mushrooms, shamans and ancient rituals at the root of the Santa Claus story? 2019-12-16T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 420 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/379043053 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/how-a-ball-kick-to-the-head-triggered-a-black-comedy-of-sickness-and-mania Nueva vida https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/1e0e1202-0818-41e2-998d-8fcd8330a4a3/nueva-vida-v4.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How a ball kick to the head triggered a black comedy of sickness and mania 2019-09-02T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 420 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/362339676 Science https://aeon.co/videos/the-formidable-female-rumba-group-shaking-up-cubas-conservative-music-scene Uproar https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7b7e6636-5551-4439-937a-21af3cf0d799/uproar-landscape-3v2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 The formidable female rumba group shaking up Cuba’s conservative music scene 2021-06-01T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 1200 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/518304250 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/can-science-understand-everything-nasa-scientists-attempt-to-answer-the-question Do you think science… https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/2c34d3e7-73d6-45fa-8ad5-55c4775e1759/do-you-think-science.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Can science understand everything? 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https://aeon.co/videos/how-the-maths-of-network-resilience-could-help-us-preserve-at-risk-ecosystems Network Earth https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/330cbee3-59c9-4533-bea3-dfe84a5ff6eb/NETWORK-EARTH-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How the maths of network resilience could help us preserve at-risk ecosystems 2016-03-03T11:05:07Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/xZ3OmlbtaMU Science https://aeon.co/videos/how-writing-began-and-other-unexpectedly-funny-stories-about-cuneiform Cuneiform writing with Irving Finkel https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9b175ff6-599f-4fe9-a4dd-ef14dfb87d01/cuneiform-with-irving-finkel.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How writing began, and other unexpectedly funny stories about cuneiform 2019-11-22T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 2340 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/PfYYraMgiBA Society https://aeon.co/videos/it-makes-sense-of-everything-i-am-the-transcendence-of-the-long-distance-swimmer The swimmer 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https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/2c7722d4-af53-4b6c-9eef-26d282542fc3/open-to-the-world-landscape-5.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 A pop-up charity shop in a luxury department store melds art, commerce and justice 2020-06-11T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 600 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/xQSacXiRLpY Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/a-samurai-rulebook-offers-guidance-on-how-to-kill-enemies-and-refrain-from-gossip Samurai rules for peace and war https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/dda6bff4-5bf6-4b43-b200-7dd76c057e1b/samurai-rules-for-peace-and-war-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 A samurai rulebook offers guidance on how to kill enemies and refrain from gossip 2021-05-04T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 1200 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/ftSObsSNeBw Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/how-changes-in-our-typing-can-help-detect-neurodegenerative-diseases Parkinson’s diagnosis by typing on a keyboard https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9ff107c9-3c78-4c7d-b591-931b6c4af440/PARKINSON-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How changes in our typing can help detect neurodegenerative diseases 2015-04-27T11:01:41Z Aeon Video 120 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/pthM_gR6VbQ Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/a-gentle-stroll-through-an-owl-sanctuary-might-just-restore-your-faith-in-humanity The lady and the owl https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/63f98c25-987d-44a7-8781-2f93ba2529c8/lady-and-the-owl.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A gentle stroll through an owl sanctuary might just restore your faith in humanity 2019-12-19T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 1680 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/vPp5Sb4k74Y Society https://aeon.co/videos/can-poetry-make-us-better-understand-the-experiences-of-refugees Inua’s Dolphins https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/3d6e8c8a-e8af-4ac7-bfbd-8158e40257ae/INUAS-DOLPHINS-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Can poetry make us better understand the experiences of refugees? 2015-09-14T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/136738299 Society https://aeon.co/videos/i-feel-the-weight-of-everyone-keeth-smart-foiled-death-to-make-it-to-the-olympics Stay close https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/51b7a3ba-898c-4af1-880a-435a9c41db57/stay-close-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 ‘I feel the weight of everyone’: Keeth Smart foiled death to make it to the Olympics 2020-02-24T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 1140 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/381331390 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/the-hopes-and-fears-of-the-migrants-selling-souvenirs-in-the-shadow-of-the-eiffel-tower Dafa metti (Difficult) https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/853f3e0c-bbca-41f5-bad4-f77ccecc476a/dafa-metti-landscape.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 The hopes and fears of the migrants selling souvenirs in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower 2021-03-16T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 900 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/nH__wvl2sqo Society https://aeon.co/videos/basic-healthcare-and-clean-needles-is-all-in-a-days-work-at-a-roving-addiction-clinic The clinic https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/2f1c3b94-dbad-4612-8871-91d7f12b2539/the-clinic-final.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Basic healthcare and clean needles is all in a day’s work at a roving addiction clinic 2020-03-31T10:00:00Z Aeon Video 960 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/395044849 Society https://aeon.co/videos/light-geometry-and-symbolism-how-jean-nouvel-s-architecture-reimagines-culture Jean Nouvel: reflections https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5416c667-1e3e-40eb-a360-5a61c70e309e/jean-nouvel-reflections-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Light, geometry and symbolism: how Jean Nouvel’s architecture reimagines culture 2016-11-04T10:05:06Z Aeon Video 900 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/168255464 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/did-you-cry-in-astronaut-training-and-other-dumb-questions-put-to-sally-ride Gloria Steinem 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How will we replace it? 2015-04-28T11:01:30Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/CL--1Z_g4DE Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/diving-to-100-metres-on-a-single-breath-takes-more-than-strong-lungs-and-limbs One breath: the story of William Trubridge https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/0379a641-981e-40e4-95ee-22e35658bf6a/ONE_BREATH.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Diving to 100 metres on a single breath takes more than strong lungs and limbs 2015-01-09T11:01:53Z Aeon Video 480 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/114118204 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/what-economics-look-like-in-resource-rich-yet-poverty-stricken-madagascar Madagascar: a treasured island https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/81c83b8a-ab21-4d41-96b8-3272db7f99eb/madagascar-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 What economics look like in resource-rich yet poverty-stricken Madagascar 2019-10-21T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/7m50TMbk00M Society https://aeon.co/videos/for-six-years-mahabir-pun-hiked-two-days-each-month-just-to-check-his-emails Hiking for emails https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/416121de-cb0a-4a60-b2c0-f4debb969f65/HIKING-FOR-EMAILS-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 For six years, Mahabir Pun hiked two days each month just to check his emails 2015-12-22T11:05:06Z Aeon Video 540 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/148060514 Society https://aeon.co/videos/a-face-is-a-hilly-landscape-how-a-face-blind-artist-paints-what-she-cant-recognise Carlotta’s face https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/73ed9f50-b81b-4266-a451-bb7fb5da5b26/carlotta.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 ‘A face is a hilly landscape.’ How a face-blind artist paints what she can’t recognise 2019-12-13T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/374351388 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/the-walls-come-down-on-guarded-emotions-and-secrets-in-an-intimate-family-portrait No crying at the dinner table https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9f93a4e1-5f11-40b5-9233-4e8235ba9120/no-crying-at-the-dinner-table-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 The walls come down on guarded emotions and secrets in an intimate family portrait 2021-05-18T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 960 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/482032869 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/making-sauerkraut-is-a-spiritual-matter-for-the-fermentation-fetishist-sandor-katz Sandorkraut https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9f4dfb75-92e9-43af-b10f-f9ea26e23b10/sandorkraut-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Making sauerkraut is a spiritual matter for the ‘fermentation fetishist’ Sandor Katz 2020-10-15T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 720 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/140922503 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/the-nomadic-life-of-london-piano-tuner-who-values-freedom-over-possessions Richard https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6dfb987c-d1f2-4b67-9a87-cd6142d5835f/Richard-Sized.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The nomadic life of London piano tuner who values freedom over possessions 2013-12-02T06:00:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/77788769 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-which-is-the-fairest-rectangle-of-them-all Possibly the best rectangle in the world https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c803939f-d2a2-4e62-8a5e-60bfcf1ec23d/possibly-the-best-rectangle-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Mirror, mirror, on the wall, which is the fairest rectangle of them all? 2017-03-20T10:05:10Z Aeon Video 120 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/5bDJDvNgoj0 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/blend-up-a-hydra-and-its-cells-will-coalesce-back-into-a-full-creature-how The undying hydra https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/032dd9d2-46a4-47d7-a104-62011f5dc078/the-undying-hydra-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Blend up a hydra, and its cells will coalesce back into a full creature. How? 2021-05-25T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/ITVfXHrfudw Science https://aeon.co/videos/what-happens-when-pacifist-soldiers-search-for-peace-in-a-war-video-game How to disappear https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/726eaccb-bff7-4765-97a1-f38960a72757/how-to-disappear-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 What happens when pacifist soldiers search for peace in a war video game 2021-05-27T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 1260 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/533455589 Society https://aeon.co/videos/why-do-fear-cold-and-sublime-feelings-all-provoke-the-same-response-in-our-skin Why do we get goosebumps? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/143d16ad-11b3-4b31-86f1-96d36b7b02c2/goosebumps-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Why do fear, cold and sublime feelings all provoke the same response in our skin? 2017-02-23T11:05:09Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/_U5CHuJNrVI Science https://aeon.co/videos/a-dreamy-animated-tale-of-grief-friendship-and-a-road-trip-to-david-hockneys-house Hunting for Hockney https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/13788735-fba7-446f-a079-f3b1cb6f940f/searching-for-david-hockney.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A dreamy animated tale of grief, friendship and a road trip to David Hockney’s house 2019-10-17T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/77647512 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/theres-no-one-way-a-microbe-looks-only-different-clever-methods-to-see-it Light and microscopy https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c2f7efe6-0a63-43aa-b108-145460bc927e/light-and-microscopy-landscape-3.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 There’s no one way a microbe looks, only different clever methods to see it 2021-04-29T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 780 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/VBmzwM76V0o Science https://aeon.co/videos/the-eerie-serenity-of-a-summers-day-by-water-before-one-of-historys-bloodiest-battles The big push https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/8272b385-3fc4-455d-ab01-2135e93b98e2/big-push-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The eerie serenity of a summer’s day by water, before one of history’s bloodiest battles 2020-01-13T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/123722386 Society https://aeon.co/videos/how-the-rosetta-space-probe-brings-a-distant-comet-into-vivid-focus The comet https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/24d19207-dc5c-4da4-9e98-cb7e9988422a/v1-the-comet.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How the Rosetta space probe brings a distant comet into vivid focus 2019-09-12T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/347565673 Science https://aeon.co/videos/a-rare-glimpse-into-the-world-of-north-korea-s-classical-musicians Orchestral manoeuvres in the north https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e8d311a7-c9fd-490a-802f-08e2e131942b/orchestral-manouevres-in-the-north-main-2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A rare glimpse into the world of North Korea’s classical musicians 2016-10-31T10:05:05Z Aeon Video 780 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/dZjndJkasIY Culture https://aeon.co/videos/in-the-us-linking-guns-to-owners-is-by-design-a-convoluted-and-absurd-process The tracers https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7ae9bce8-24fd-401a-bd2d-9e2fbe23cd04/the-tracers-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 In the US, linking guns to owners is, by design, a convoluted and absurd process 2016-09-15T10:05:05Z Aeon Video 420 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/180763356 Society https://aeon.co/videos/the-secrets-of-exotic-matter-revealed-by-the-winners-of-the-2016-nobel-prize-in-physics The hairy Nobel https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/0b704381-6505-420e-babe-e865492fae65/hairy-nobel-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 ‘The secrets of exotic matter’ revealed by the winners of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics 2020-02-10T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 780 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/365644958 Science https://aeon.co/videos/meet-the-british-bouncer-in-la-on-an-expired-visa-who-has-no-time-for-immigrants Steve is undocumented https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b605a73b-bee6-4e9d-bcb9-c5ec8c69c4f2/steve-is-undocumented-landscape-2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Meet the British bouncer in LA on an expired visa who has no time for immigrants 2021-04-12T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 600 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/520447424 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/if-we-are-what-we-do-how-can-we-stay-human-in-an-era-of-automation Staying human in a machine age https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/a66ec98f-0274-4023-800f-98fa92d97e5b/TOM-CHATFEILD-v3.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 If we are what we do, how can we stay human in an era of automation? 2016-01-07T11:05:06Z Aeon Video 420 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/avZtzA-XibE Society https://aeon.co/videos/why-do-we-need-colours-a-blind-boy-and-a-sighted-girl-experience-a-meadow Walk https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e4816075-8dcd-4554-8922-2bd1d424d24d/walk-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 ‘Why do we need colours?’ A blind boy and a sighted girl experience a meadow 2020-02-28T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 420 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/35857383 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/behold-the-invisible-swoosh-and-swirl-of-athletic-movement-in-digital-art Forms (process) https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6830a757-d7c4-403b-945f-bf709053a6bf/forms.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Behold the invisible swoosh and swirl of athletic movement in digital art 2020-02-13T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 120 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/38421611 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/the-brevity-and-beauty-of-yeats-s-verses-reveal-poetry-s-enduring-significance Yeats’s Leda and the Swan: the power of poetry https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/fbaabfc6-1382-4124-8fa8-4200708af2d5/YEATS-LEDA-SWAN-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The brevity and beauty of Yeats’s verses reveal poetry’s enduring significance 2015-10-08T11:01:46Z Aeon Video 780 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/j4CJ7h3mX4Q Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/facts-and-reason-are-not-enough-if-you-want-to-understand-politics-look-to-morals How morals influence if you’re liberal or conservative https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/400728b4-cd4a-4a2b-9ca2-46e03469f092/how-morals-affect.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Facts and reason are not enough. If you want to understand politics, look to morals 2019-10-01T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/vxoKi1zOns0 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/the-divisive-debate-over-hunting-norways-endangered-wolves The wolf dividing Norway https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4302d28d-6284-479b-b823-4675f72c7144/the-wolf-dividing-norway-landscape-2v2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 The divisive debate over hunting Norway’s endangered wolves 2021-01-21T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 1740 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/EesdPOSXFTE Society https://aeon.co/videos/dal-wants-to-make-a-film-about-her-grandmother-her-grandmother-has-other-ideas West question East answer https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/1d671d74-b3d7-49b8-a346-2375d8269ca0/west-question-east-answer.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Dal wants to make a film about her grandmother. Her grandmother has other ideas 2019-11-25T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/379123381 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/you-messed-up-you-re-in-trouble-but-don-t-worry-logical-positivism-can-help Logical positivism https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/abcdbdc4-06ee-4ebb-bcfc-623b5566b27a/HTH_titlecard_type-TEST-4.png?top=1&left=0&cropWidth=2480&cropHeight=1395 You messed up. You’re in trouble. But don’t worry, logical positivism can help 2016-01-28T11:05:06Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/SdSzJdQhCiQ Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/a-syrian-refugee-makes-his-barbershop-a-haven-in-jordan-s-largest-refugee-camp Growing home https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/98155b4e-447f-4adc-9ba6-2bdba6956484/GROWING-HOME-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A Syrian refugee makes his barbershop a haven in Jordan’s largest refugee camp 2016-04-04T10:05:07Z Aeon Video 1320 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/EqN4ZONpBLo Society https://aeon.co/videos/its-impossible-to-see-the-world-as-it-is-argues-a-cognitive-neuroscientist Donald Hoffman: the case against reality https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/edd49b6b-f7b4-47f7-8eda-3e0200b9c47e/hoffman-unreality.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 It’s impossible to see the world as it is, argues a cognitive neuroscientist 2019-11-05T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 2400 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/4HFFr0-ybg0 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/can-negativism-sweeten-life-s-small-joys-in-the-face-of-illness-and-death Perpetual Ed https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f9005320-7237-4c21-8071-583175c5ee52/PERPETUAL-ED-MAIN-2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Can negativism sweeten life’s small joys in the face of illness and death? 2015-09-01T11:01:43Z Aeon Video 300 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/191676096 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/from-sky-charts-to-atomic-clocks-time-is-a-mysterious-story-that-humans-keep-inventing Julian Barbour: what is time? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f5bc5aa6-8d5b-4f09-9617-51b91026e369/julian-barbour-what-is-time.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 From sky charts to atomic clocks, time is a mysterious story that humans keep inventing 2019-12-06T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 480 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/K49rmobsPcY Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/this-bird-of-paradise-in-new-guinea-sounds-like-something-from-another-planet King of Saxony: otherworldly calls https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7abb3601-29c6-4774-b8cc-695386a58f77/king-of-saxony-v5.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 This bird-of-paradise in New Guinea sounds like something from another planet 2019-08-16T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/f9ULz5nkJTg Science https://aeon.co/videos/how-a-group-of-women-from-the-pacific-islands-find-redemption-on-the-rugby-field Lady Razorbacks https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/8877eb3f-d9be-4336-8630-6a6563a81c4b/LADY-RAZORBACKS-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How a group of women from the Pacific Islands find redemption on the rugby field 2015-07-27T11:01:49Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/132444205 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/the-evolutionary-value-of-artistic-skills-when-predators-are-few The magnificent riflebird’s crazy courtship dance https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/75d1507c-f790-433e-a754-2249ba716efd/Magnificent-Riflebird-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The evolutionary value of ‘artistic‘ skills when predators are few 2015-09-21T11:01:16Z Aeon Video 120 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/dDsKHhx2dyo Science https://aeon.co/videos/how-young-bosnian-men-are-learning-to-separate-masculinity-from-violence Post-war machismo: be a man https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d978fa48-91d0-40c2-8b67-f3233260ee06/POST-WAR-MACHISMO-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How young Bosnian men are learning to separate masculinity from violence 2016-06-09T10:05:05Z Aeon Video 540 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/LXyTp6JEroY Society https://aeon.co/videos/heavy-is-the-11-year-old-head-that-wears-the-crown-at-an-argentinian-beauty-pageant La reina (the queen) https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d4b382e9-a5fa-4856-aacf-95e45afb92ae/la-reina.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Heavy is the 11-year-old head that wears the crown at an Argentinian beauty pageant 2019-11-19T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 1080 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/138867962 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/the-only-thing-more-entrancing-than-a-marbled-book-cover-is-the-process-that-creates-it Art of the marbler https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d76b7e88-2edc-4b98-af64-f071c1c455c0/art-of-the-marbler-landscape-2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 The only thing more entrancing than a marbled book cover is the process that creates it 2020-09-07T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 780 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/Vyga8VMWXKg Culture https://aeon.co/videos/far-from-home-north-dakota-oil-workers-take-a-last-shot-at-the-american-dream Black rush life https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/cac0299d-a174-435c-9ccb-e3ad26e89408/Black-Rush-3.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Far from home, North Dakota oil workers take a last shot at the American dream 2013-11-09T15:05:00Z Aeon Video 840 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/75753022 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/how-our-developing-understanding-of-plants-changed-our-knowledge-of-life-itself The plant family tree https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/39cc280d-7a49-4c78-b7ed-f045d60e7142/PLANT-FAMILY-TREE2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How our developing understanding of plants changed our knowledge of life itself 2015-04-13T11:01:23Z Aeon Video 540 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/72741977 Science https://aeon.co/videos/trawling-for-secrets-in-haunting-films-recovered-from-the-bottom-of-the-sea Sunken films https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e71e56ff-f6b2-42ec-ae6d-515a37358517/sunken-films-landscape-7v4.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Trawling for secrets in haunting films recovered from the bottom of the sea 2020-07-07T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 660 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/427821508 Society https://aeon.co/videos/a-brilliant-geometric-ballet-of-sound-shape-and-symmetry-on-the-theme-of-180 Notes on a triangle https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/3ae9e431-bbd9-4403-bd6e-9c5c8e127c67/notes-on-a-triangle-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A brilliant ‘geometric ballet’ of sound, shape and symmetry on the theme of 180° 2017-02-27T11:05:10Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/lTXGz68Qz0g Science https://aeon.co/videos/the-dangerous-nonsense-of-phrenology-shows-how-pseudoscience-takes-hold Phrenology: the weirdest pseudoscience of them all? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/fd25fb6d-9351-4c63-ab4c-f828f6381469/phrenology-landscape-3v2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 The ‘dangerous nonsense’ of phrenology shows how pseudoscience takes hold 2021-05-06T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/ojxqUcfTpm0 Science https://aeon.co/videos/who-is-looting-and-who-is-finding-food-how-image-gatekeepers-shape-the-news Hurricane 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https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/cc2bf6a6-de5c-40c7-aee0-677066a06d64/OCTOPUS-Drole-d-histoire.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The wily and merciless veined octopus stalks an unsuspecting rock crab 2015-03-20T11:01:16Z Aeon Video 300 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/237773735 Science https://aeon.co/videos/meet-the-quaker-pacifist-who-shattered-british-sciences-highest-glass-ceilings The ethical science of Kathleen Lonsdale https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/2dfd6f95-ff23-48e3-8513-49931330fc12/the-ethical-science-of-kathleen-lonsdale-landscape-3.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 Meet the Quaker pacifist who shattered British science’s highest glass ceilings 2025-05-26T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 840 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jwcf23XJ8vI Science https://aeon.co/videos/a-deaf-couple-s-candid-conversation-shows-what-love-looks-like Norma and Cecilio https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ad85683c-1c1c-4101-b715-f8333cd8c523/NORMA-AND-CECILIO-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A deaf couple’s candid conversation shows what love looks like 2015-11-12T11:05:08Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/A13G6nHq_co Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/for-flo-fox-blindness-and-paralysis-don-t-stop-a-career-in-street-photography Flo https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f25a683c-ac34-484f-adcd-7acbb74e941c/Flo-MAIN.jpg?top=31&left=0&cropWidth=960&cropHeight=540 For Flo Fox, blindness and paralysis don’t stop a career in street photography 2015-02-02T11:01:16Z Aeon Video 600 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/89258867 Science https://aeon.co/videos/a-secret-uk-committee-drafts-a-message-to-be-played-in-case-of-nuclear-attack Final draft: scripting the apocalypse https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/68727b38-40b2-42ed-a0bf-3c116dbae481/FINAL-DRAFT-main-2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A secret UK committee drafts a message to be played in case of nuclear attack 2015-05-22T11:01:49Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/168801328 Society https://aeon.co/videos/psychiatry-is-due-for-a-revolution-in-diagnosis-and-treatment-through-brain-science The biology of mental illness https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/0eb852a3-667d-4c2f-a8d9-48ff33ee086f/Claire-Gillan-v1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Psychiatry is due for a revolution in diagnosis and treatment through brain science 2016-03-01T11:05:07Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/VvvQPj1azTc Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/the-curious-case-of-a-man-his-bike-and-their-odd-act-in-a-hotel-room The right to privacy https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4ce9a1e2-d606-48e4-aa2d-40d2df9bb603/RIGHT-TO-PRIVACY-MAIN-3.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The curious case of a man, his bike and their odd act in a hotel room 2015-07-16T11:01:26Z Aeon Video 600 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/170652592 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/the-94-year-old-holocaust-survivor-who-makes-every-purim-costume-contest-count Spring chicken https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/57fd0452-bd91-45a3-a229-a00672ea794e/spring-chicken-v4.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The 94-year-old Holocaust survivor who makes every Purim costume contest count 2019-08-22T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 600 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/358133247 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/the-elaborate-places-ones-mind-wanders-in-solitary-confinement Inside, the valley sings https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4798593e-00e7-45cd-bd25-d7f96a9d4ec2/inside-the-valley-sings-landscape-1-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 The elaborate places one’s mind wanders in solitary confinement 2026-01-29T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 900 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/1148930285 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/what-solace-can-a-child-take-from-a-soldier-doll-with-his-father-s-face Daddy Doll https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/df3292b1-8470-4065-bcda-0b82758642aa/DaddyDoll2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 What solace can a child take from a soldier doll with his father’s face? 2014-11-25T11:01:16Z Aeon Video 1500 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/152318664 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/digital-art-can-help-us-see-and-judge-the-internet-before-it-consumes-everything How art transforms the internet https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ac6a906e-e292-4e4b-93ae-04eb45efe87b/How-Art-changes-the-internet.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Digital art can help us see and judge the internet before it consumes everything 2016-01-14T11:05:06Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/783hwpJTjlo Culture https://aeon.co/videos/can-combining-commerce-and-conservation-keep-american-bison-in-the-wild Duke and the buffalo https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d0167974-695e-4943-b3b6-cd60c2591551/duke-and-the-buffalo-main-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Can combining commerce and conservation keep American bison in the wild? 2017-03-13T10:05:11Z Aeon Video 900 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/191510464 Society https://aeon.co/videos/a-journey-from-the-himalayas-to-the-edge-of-our-cosmic-horizon-in-space-and-time The known Universe https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5f4a49f5-d064-4c38-9369-c6acfda763f7/known-universe-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A journey from the Himalayas to the edge of our cosmic horizon in space and time 2017-03-31T10:05:09Z Aeon Video 420 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/17jymDn0W6U Science https://aeon.co/videos/make-shelter-how-to-build-an-awesome-hut-only-with-naturally-occurring-materials Primitive technology: tiled roof hut https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/aaca2625-f1bf-4a28-adad-aa447def47a9/primitive-technology-tiled-hut-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Make shelter: how to build an awesome hut only with naturally occurring materials 2016-09-29T10:05:05Z Aeon Video 840 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/P73REgj-3UE Society https://aeon.co/videos/the-son-of-a-holocaust-survivor-grapples-with-the-possibility-of-forgiving-evil German shepherd https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/a2bed9ea-2e7a-4af0-9c70-6717536c5ffe/GermanShepherd-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The son of a Holocaust survivor grapples with the possibility of forgiving evil 2016-02-23T11:05:06Z Aeon Video 600 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/158342606 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/slime-trails-and-love-darts-on-the-strange-slow-skirmishes-of-snail-sex Everything you never wanted to know about snail sex https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/07c9476f-f2a9-4d8e-85dd-48498d96583b/everything-snail-sex-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Slime trails and ‘love darts’ – on the strange, slow skirmishes of snail sex 2017-04-04T10:05:09Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/UOcLaI44TXA Science https://aeon.co/videos/ani-chudrun-used-to-present-on-tv-she-gave-up-fame-to-be-a-buddhist-nun-why Unusual choices https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7c3e1b16-55c1-44ff-9f9d-ccef39bd418e/Ani-chudrun-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Ani Chudrun used to present on TV. She gave up fame to be a Buddhist nun. Why? 2013-11-29T06:00:00Z Aeon Video 420 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/76608886 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/could-these-printable-self-assembling-origami-robots-transform-medicine Robot origami https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e32f3712-53ca-4fbe-aea9-56e98eab5c6b/ROBOT-ORIGAMI-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Could these printable, self-assembling origami robots transform medicine? 2015-07-07T11:01:39Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZVYz7g-qLjs Science https://aeon.co/videos/take-a-10-billion-year-journey-with-a-photon-from-a-distant-supernova-to-earth One photon’s journey https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6a7cd22f-2318-4c1c-b12e-f62294dae9a9/one-photon_s-journey-landscape.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Take a 10 billion-year journey with a photon, from a distant supernova to Earth 2016-01-05T11:05:06Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/142650918 Science https://aeon.co/videos/an-underwater-journey-reveals-the-strange-birthing-process-of-a-deep-sea-squid Born like stars https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6149afe7-ddfd-4428-b1f3-7a74e2a9f933/BORN-LIKE-STARS-main1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 An underwater journey reveals the strange birthing process of a deep-sea squid 2015-06-12T11:01:24Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/23394766 Science https://aeon.co/videos/a-lighthearted-ancient-greek-myth-explains-why-humans-are-doomed-to-yearn-for-partners The myth of the missing half https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/30f56681-7964-431c-9001-3fc8f2656644/myth-of-missing-half.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A lighthearted ancient Greek myth explains why humans are doomed to yearn for partners 2017-09-29T10:01:12Z Aeon Video 120 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/YDvMRvWjI9Q Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/lbj-s-archived-phone-calls-show-the-more-enervating-sides-of-power You can’t always get what you want https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/44f0db01-bfbf-490f-83c8-1eee37f3823c/YouCantAlwaysGetWhatYouWant1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 LBJ’s archived phone calls show the more enervating sides of power 2014-11-03T11:01:39Z Aeon Video 540 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/145142514 Society https://aeon.co/videos/sartre-and-the-existential-choice-in-fashioning-myself-i-fashion-humanity What does it mean to be me? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/30b103d8-8a32-43d0-96f3-7238fedac898/SARTRE-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Sartre and the existential choice: ‘In fashioning myself, I fashion humanity’ 2015-06-23T11:01:51Z Aeon Video 120 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/qpXNRrtuo38 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/two-blind-teens-navigate-life-and-love-in-the-us-rust-belt Dimmer https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/89a2bba4-6475-48c0-a73a-a65a69665a4a/DIMMER.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Two blind teens navigate life and love in the US Rust Belt 2015-02-26T11:01:26Z Aeon Video 780 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/360386138 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/tension-bureaucracy-and-deep-humanity-define-life-aboard-a-refugee-rescue-ship Unsafe passage https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c491b9f9-9180-44a0-a368-69ec01a88370/unsafe-passage-landscape-5v2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Tension, bureaucracy and deep humanity define life aboard a refugee rescue ship 2022-01-11T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 1620 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/652008654 Society https://aeon.co/videos/a-jazzy-1972-history-of-the-computer-from-the-designers-charles-and-ray-eames Computer perspective https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d4fb00aa-a035-4f3c-91f7-697afcab5a5d/COMPUTER-PERSPECTIVE-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A jazzy 1972 history of the computer, from the designers Charles and Ray Eames 2016-02-18T11:05:07Z Aeon Video 600 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/UBQ14smUqeQ Science https://aeon.co/videos/for-some-in-japan-cramped-internet-cafes-double-as-cheap-living-spaces Japan’s disposable workers: net café refugees https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/19b7c49f-b763-40c4-9246-753e6ace6c73/JAPANS-WORKERS-2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 For some in Japan, cramped internet cafés double as cheap living spaces 2015-03-23T11:01:49Z Aeon Video 600 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/121705174 Society https://aeon.co/videos/an-elderly-man-dedicates-himself-to-saving-lives-at-japans-suicide-cliffs Gatekeeper https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f6a251ff-1d95-43ba-a921-a584a51ffabb/gatekeeper-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 An elderly man dedicates himself to saving lives at Japan’s ‘suicide cliffs’ 2017-03-06T11:05:09Z Aeon Video 2400 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/184707540 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/life-under-the-shadow-of-a-gas-belching-grangemouth-oil-refinery The shutdown https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/fe7cbc8c-3e33-46e7-9d44-a328d1508245/The-Shutdown_21.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Life under the shadow of a gas-belching Grangemouth oil refinery 2014-04-11T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 600 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/151549090 Society https://aeon.co/videos/what-does-the-world-look-like-through-the-eyes-of-a-forensic-photographer The forensic photographer https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c149b731-1bf9-42a1-859d-694b0035ed13/FORENSIC-PHOTOGRAPHER.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 What does the world look like through the eyes of a forensic photographer? 2015-04-10T11:01:28Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/339353187 Society https://aeon.co/videos/japan-s-1-300-year-old-inn-houshi-ryokan-is-a-marvel-of-resilience-and-tradition Houshi https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e9821eaf-daf1-4e1f-ad22-aaa5a60b728d/HOUSHI-Final.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Japan’s 1,300-year-old inn Houshi Ryokan is a marvel of resilience and tradition 2015-01-15T11:01:11Z Aeon Video 720 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/114879061 Society https://aeon.co/videos/how-rene-magritte-turned-philosophy-into-painting What is the treachery of images? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/05db5aa0-9337-4b98-b91d-bb45b59e11b7/Treachery-Of-Images-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=5&cropWidth=1184&cropHeight=666 How René Magritte turned philosophy into painting 2016-08-08T10:05:05Z Aeon Video 420 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/atHQpANmHCE Culture https://aeon.co/videos/war-commerce-research-how-the-arctic-became-the-epicentre-of-climate-science North https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/8d250f67-9cc8-475a-90e3-1c8f204b1532/NORTH-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 War, commerce, research. How the Arctic became the epicentre of climate science 2016-03-29T10:05:06Z Aeon Video 840 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/NK6nLEc2QAg Science https://aeon.co/videos/think-pollution-is-just-an-on-earth-problem-anthropocene-junk-is-in-space-too Space debris 1957-2016 https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/523a5cbe-c97e-4240-8a82-8647e5356d47/space-debris-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Think pollution is just an on-Earth problem? Anthropocene junk is in space too 2016-11-03T10:05:06Z Aeon Video 120 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/O64KM4GuRPk Science https://aeon.co/videos/after-migrating-thousands-of-miles-to-mate-chum-salmon-feed-alaska-s-ecosystem Alaska: the nutrient cycle https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/1a7a92f0-8b35-49e7-a032-637d50d6d5ee/AlaskaTheNutrientCycle.jpg?top=1&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 After migrating thousands of miles to mate, chum salmon feed Alaska’s ecosystem 2014-11-27T11:01:18Z Aeon Video 840 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/75003932 Science https://aeon.co/videos/humane-horse-training-means-understanding-humans-as-predators-and-horses-as-prey Jonathan Field https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/38e2dbee-111d-4449-b60a-bc278aeea5ce/JONATHAN-FIELD-Main-2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Humane horse-training means understanding humans as predators and horses as prey 2016-07-08T10:05:04Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/100949626 Society https://aeon.co/videos/its-easy-to-get-caught-up-in-constructing-our-selves-but-what-does-it-cost-us The Sun is always shining https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b5ea012e-8071-44c5-bb26-d84835ca5004/the-sun-is-always-shining.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 It’s easy to get caught up in constructing our selves, but what does it cost us? 2017-09-11T10:01:14Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/342042299 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/a-fly-fisherman-glimpses-his-own-death-in-the-river-that-gives-him-solace Ghost, come closer https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/8b17f98b-f3a3-4739-8d70-bac935b3dae9/Ghost-come-closer-MAIN-7.jpg?top=32&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A fly fisherman glimpses his own death in the river that gives him solace 2016-01-15T11:05:07Z Aeon Video 300 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/146727962 Science https://aeon.co/videos/experience-winter-s-end-and-spring-s-dawn-in-northern-greenland Return of the sun https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ca3e03bf-5370-4729-be99-538e469aa269/Husky-flip.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Experience winter’s end and spring’s dawn in northern Greenland 2013-09-11T17:54:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/76968596 Science https://aeon.co/videos/a-museum-s-uneasy-alliance-between-scientists-and-flesh-eating-beetles Flesh-eating beetles strip bodies to the bone https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c70b8e4f-eb2d-4d14-8ee3-46e4ab79a927/FLESH-EATING-BEETLES-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A museum’s uneasy alliance between scientists and flesh-eating beetles 2015-10-30T11:01:54Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/Np0hJGKrIWg Science https://aeon.co/videos/how-the-contours-of-fresh-water-help-to-shape-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict Water valley https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5f96e2e2-6b75-4efd-8c92-da7d8096f075/water-valley.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How the contours of fresh water help to shape the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 2018-01-23T11:02:09Z Aeon Video 300 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/264441405 Society https://aeon.co/videos/sparkles-tutus-radical-drop-ins-these-six-year-old-skater-girls-defy-doubters Pink helmet posse https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/fcc10d11-7358-4895-9534-0aa463ed6ea5/PinkHelmetPosse.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Sparkles, tutus, radical drop-ins: these six-year-old skater girls defy doubters 2014-10-28T06:01:31Z Aeon Video 480 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/109831190 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/science-doesn-t-rely-on-luck-but-success-in-science-can-t-do-without-it Is a scientific career predictable? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/99b760ef-1c33-424e-a062-18add03fe4bd/scientific-career-predictable-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Science doesn’t rely on luck, but success in science can’t do without it 2016-11-23T11:05:06Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/qlnxM-ld4BU Science https://aeon.co/videos/could-the-weirdest-solution-to-the-problem-of-nuclear-waste-also-be-the-best The ray-cat solution https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/95383486-42bf-4309-92bf-934a30b5c7ee/the-ray-cat-solution-landscape.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Could the weirdest solution to the problem of nuclear waste also be the best? 2016-07-11T10:05:04Z Aeon Video 840 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/138843064 Society https://aeon.co/videos/a-glimpse-into-the-dangerous-and-thrilling-life-of-a-big-wave-surf-photographer Dark side of the lens https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/27d47e62-b28e-4c66-bcae-8215901b00e0/Dark-Side-Lens.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A glimpse into the dangerous and thrilling life of a big wave surf photographer 2014-02-14T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/84970327 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/the-pursuit-of-the-perfect-body-is-as-old-as-time-but-who-defines-perfection 34x25x36 https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c4b99093-e86c-447d-a1ca-8b9dc3489cf0/34x25x36_Still.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The pursuit of the perfect body is as old as time. But who defines perfection? 2014-03-28T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 420 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/161683140 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/can-you-get-to-know-someone-through-visualisations-of-their-personal-data Dear Data https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/396e50be-6d12-481b-9e0b-6d06d292e149/Dear-Data-new-3.jpg?top=32&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Can you get to know someone through visualisations of their personal data? 2016-06-07T10:05:07Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/166214790 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/what-if-anything-makes-an-all-good-god-less-absurd-than-an-all-evil-one The ‘evil god challenge’ https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b6023b0c-d6bf-46d3-a1fe-38dae4fbe137/evil-god-challenge-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 What, if anything, makes an all-good god less absurd than an all-evil one? 2017-02-07T11:05:09Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/186237056 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/two-security-guards-ponder-existential-questions-deep-into-the-nairobi-night Night shift https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/df0f0601-e8d4-40ac-b27d-f47092468a87/NIGHTSHIFT-sized.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Two security guards ponder existential questions deep into the Nairobi night 2014-02-10T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 720 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/190737875 Society https://aeon.co/videos/for-proof-that-love-is-timeless-consider-how-long-philosophers-have-debated-it Why do we love? 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When it’s got six legs and a face 2019-11-26T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/QjPInsEYDLs Science https://aeon.co/videos/the-rhythms-of-a-star-system-inspire-a-pianists-transfixing-performance Dan Tepfer: The TRAPPIST-1 System https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/8b1608de-2b5c-48a1-8606-2d480aa2a211/natural-machines-trappist-1-landscape-2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 The rhythms of a star system inspire a pianist’s transfixing performance 2024-08-08T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/hMACi06l22M Science https://aeon.co/videos/up-up-and-away-fly-above-the-clouds-in-a-glider-over-the-shropshire-hills 741 https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/09fa0e8e-8ff5-4c4f-972b-ef608290a86c/741.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Up, up and away! Fly above the clouds in a glider over the Shropshire Hills 2014-03-26T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/10290462 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/our-fight-against-malaria-is-strange-cyclical-and-shows-few-signs-of-slowing Herbs and empires: a brief history of malaria drugs https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/3cb100c5-a586-47b0-b618-c6f202beded1/HERBS-AND-EMPIRES-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Our fight against malaria is strange, cyclical and shows few signs of slowing 2015-05-08T11:01:20Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/IrNL27eWKOI Science https://aeon.co/videos/journey-with-a-free-diving-philosopher-into-the-alien-world-of-a-living-ocean Still https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/2328b1d9-9724-48f0-a794-0735d8224b28/Still-Grab.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Journey with a free diving philosopher, into the alien world of a living ocean 2013-11-22T06:00:00Z Aeon Video 660 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/78073336 Science https://aeon.co/videos/tradition-and-teamwork-are-awe-inspiring-in-this-amish-barn-raising-timelapse Amish barn raising https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d87abac0-8f28-4191-a1ed-fffc3a00eab3/AMISH-BARN-FINAL.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Tradition and teamwork are awe-inspiring in this Amish barn raising timelapse 2014-11-07T06:01:58Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/AsTB0HnM6WM Society https://aeon.co/videos/a-lush-animated-opus-evokes-the-frenzied-pace-of-modern-life Jeu https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6d677cef-e408-43ff-9eb4-491878ef5c78/jeu.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 A lush animated opus evokes the frenzied pace of modern life 2024-10-23T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.nfb.ca/film/jeu_en/embed/player Culture https://aeon.co/videos/cut-paste-and-remix-your-way-through-this-century-spanning-history-of-collage Collage before Cubism https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/87a5ecbd-2e65-451a-aeb7-b8dbb0613aef/collage-before-cubism-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Cut, paste and remix your way through this century-spanning history of collage 2020-01-24T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/FKzA5sZBNJw Culture https://aeon.co/videos/why-it-takes-more-than-a-lifetime-to-truly-understand-a-single-meadow To know a place https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/df42e584-3b96-4960-9a13-2ed48599d820/to-know-a-place-landscape-1-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 Why it takes more than a lifetime to truly understand a single meadow 2024-11-21T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 660 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/1026937707 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/ride-shotgun-through-mid-century-la-with-ed-ruschas-photos-and-jack-kerouacs-words Ed Ruscha: Sunset Boulevard and other LA streets https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7ce83bc8-9d48-4db0-a300-5f0a93a0e87f/ed-ruscha-sunset.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Ride shotgun through mid-century LA with Ed Ruscha’s photos and Jack Kerouac’s words 2020-01-07T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 120 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/378662791 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/a-beautiful-woman-dies-and-a-man-feels-bad-why-crime-fiction-needs-a-new-mo The problem with dead women https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ae50cb12-56f9-4855-8313-ba70c2b78f48/the-problem-with-dead-women-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A beautiful woman dies and a man feels bad: why crime fiction needs a new MO 2019-04-01T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 120 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/321870925 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/court-fees-and-minor-fines-are-leading-to-debilitating-cycles-of-incarceration-in-the-us A debtors’ prison https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/8e2615c5-16fe-4bee-9fea-03fd4b187851/debtors-prison-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Court fees and minor fines are leading to debilitating cycles of incarceration in the US 2018-02-22T11:02:42Z Aeon Video 900 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/262069736 Society https://aeon.co/videos/can-you-express-sounds-with-sights-an-artist-takes-a-crack-at-animating-jazz-piano Liza https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/687503c2-8b4b-43d1-b9a1-13f6e667b2ab/liza-aeon-video.png?top=10&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Can you express sounds with sights? An artist takes a crack at animating jazz piano 2020-05-28T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 120 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/410922836 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/why-is-our-digital-world-so-difficult-to-depict-on-our-digital-screens A brief look at texting and the internet in film https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6de310c0-cb30-4c18-9978-d6adb5f471d8/TEXTING-FILM-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Why is our digital world so difficult to depict on our digital screens? 2015-03-12T11:01:30Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/uFfq2zblGXw Culture https://aeon.co/videos/the-controversial-new-age-guru-who-believed-self-love-healed-all-even-aids Another Hayride https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/bfeda5dd-ecc0-4de9-bb95-4b987773b53f/antoher-hayride-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 The controversial New Age guru who believed self-love healed all – even AIDS 2021-05-11T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 1080 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/453421514 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/marias-life-work-is-counting-the-pilgrims-passing-by-on-spains-camino-de-santiago Maria’s way https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/76315161-5809-48cb-9628-f4d490f531cc/marias-way-landscape-5.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Maria’s life work is counting the pilgrims passing by on Spain’s Camino de Santiago 2021-02-15T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 960 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/31699881 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/skittish-horses-and-troubled-kids-develop-trust-in-an-unlikely-sanctuary The wild ones https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7563620a-4d12-46c1-9627-a826ea6da72f/The-Wild-Ones_3.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Skittish horses and troubled kids develop trust in an unlikely sanctuary 2014-03-03T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 1920 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/87129563 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/incredible-footage-captures-the-ants-that-transform-other-species-into-loyal-servants Kidnapper ants https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6b91f77a-b534-4a39-a240-c38078415164/kidnapper-ants-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Incredible footage captures the ants that transform other species into loyal servants 2021-01-14T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/sC4MjPKf3jY Science https://aeon.co/videos/in-an-act-of-resistance-elahe-forgoes-a-hijab-at-a-family-party A move https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/aed85010-9648-4401-986c-851ea3eaaf49/a-move-landscape-1-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 In an act of resistance, Elahe forgoes a hijab at a family party 2025-10-09T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 1620 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/1118791466 Society https://aeon.co/videos/after-his-sons-terrorist-attack-azdyne-seeks-healing-and-his-granddaughter Finding Alaa https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b806242c-402c-406b-8c1a-088da5d3ed16/finding-alaa-landscape-2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 After his son’s terrorist attack, Azdyne seeks healing – and his granddaughter 2024-03-04T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 1500 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/xptiH25APfM Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/why-are-caribbean-hermit-crabs-lining-up-on-a-beach-for-housing-of-course Shell swap https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/2b863e95-e9a7-449d-998a-70692e1be42f/Crabs-MAIN-2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Why are Caribbean hermit crabs lining up on a beach? For housing, of course 2015-05-15T11:01:13Z Aeon Video 300 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/117375257 Science https://aeon.co/videos/dented-cans-ugly-fruit-its-all-tasty-and-free-if-youre-willing-to-get-your-hands-dirty Spoils: extraordinary harvest https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/0643b139-5f3e-4496-ab5f-067a4ac53438/spoils-extraordinary-harvest-landscape-2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Dented cans, ugly fruit – it’s all tasty (and free) if you’re willing to get your hands dirty 2020-12-08T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 1260 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/39852473 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/your-body-is-scanned-destroyed-then-reproduced-do-you-live-on-the-copy Andy Clark: virtual immortality https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7fae870d-776a-4723-83cf-dbdd525e483f/andy-clark-.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Your body is scanned, destroyed, then reproduced. Do ‘you’ live on the copy? 2019-08-19T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 780 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/dbYPknyD4V4 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/at-the-world-s-largest-gathering-of-twins-everyone-is-part-of-a-double-act Twins Days https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6720dc6f-f782-4167-b461-c21be80c7df6/TWINS-DAYS-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 At the world’s largest gathering of twins, everyone is part of a double act 2016-05-31T10:05:07Z Aeon Video 420 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/151401087 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/this-intricate-map-of-a-fruit-fly-brain-could-signal-a-revolution-in-neuroscience The FlyWire connectome https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/cc06c856-11c2-48ff-8795-e3b091657832/the-flywire-connectome.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 This intricate map of a fruit fly brain could signal a revolution in neuroscience 2024-10-17T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 120 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/J2xTkMsZchs Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/i-listen-to-the-land-poetry-and-greenery-intertwine-in-emilio-ambaszs-architecture Built ecologies: Emilio Ambasz https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/8eac4719-7f56-4d0a-9a32-aae431c8ca07/built-ecologies-emilio-ambasz-landscape-2-v2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 ‘I listen to the land’ – poetry and greenery intertwine in Emilio Ambasz’s architecture 2024-02-07T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 540 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/aQwobrLxmXU Culture https://aeon.co/videos/in-stalins-home-city-in-georgia-generations-clash-over-his-legacy Goodnight, mister Stalin https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e4c34b9f-d7c0-400f-b2aa-c249b9ec3939/goodnight-mister-stalin-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 In Stalin’s home city in Georgia, generations clash over his legacy 2025-08-14T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 1200 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/1107425637 Society https://aeon.co/videos/more-than-breathtaking-the-birth-of-venus-signalled-an-aesthetic-revolution Great art explained: ‘The Birth of Venus’ https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/14af162d-53e8-4e80-a36f-d17b45704353/great-art-explained-the-birth-of-venus-landscape-3-v2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 More than breathtaking, ‘The Birth of Venus’ signalled an aesthetic revolution 2024-02-26T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 1140 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/DtaVAml0WcQ Culture https://aeon.co/videos/a-viking-axe-struck-a-newfoundland-tree-in-the-year-1021-heres-how-scientists-proved-it When Vikings lived in North America https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b121e443-8350-4be5-8394-6d3d4724d347/when-vikings-lived-in-north-america-landscape-1v2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 A Viking axe struck a Newfoundland tree in the year 1021. Here’s how scientists proved it 2021-11-09T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 420 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/nIbUtLTvUOk Society https://aeon.co/videos/win-win-solutions-are-a-fantasy-in-reality-progress-creates-both-winners-and-losers Winners take all https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/bbd4ccae-b122-4c3a-85fa-77561d14ba0f/winner-takes-all.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Win-win solutions are a fantasy: in reality, progress creates both winners and losers 2020-01-06T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/3O8fr0e1VGY Society https://aeon.co/videos/the-flickering-ray-of-hope-in-the-stark-loneliness-of-edward-hopper-s-nighthawks Hopper’s Nighthawks: look through the window https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/3bd19e7f-84e4-47de-a881-d74f741540ed/hoppers-nighthawks-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The flickering ray of hope in the stark loneliness of Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks 2016-09-13T10:05:05Z Aeon Video 480 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/7j5pUtRcNX4 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/from-zero-to-5000-music-and-visuals-express-30-years-of-exoplanet-discoveries 5,000 exoplanets https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/421a4d4a-e816-4dc7-b84d-305eccb2fd62/5000-exoplanets-landscape.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 From zero to 5,000 – music and visuals express 30 years of exoplanet discoveries 2022-07-25T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 60 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/yv4DbU1CWAY Science https://aeon.co/videos/what-separates-life-from-death-the-line-is-fuzzier-than-we-might-expect What is life? 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The line is fuzzier than we might expect 2015-06-19T11:01:41Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/QOCaacO8wus Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/a-dazzling-slice-by-slice-exploration-of-wood-exposes-hidden-patterns-and-hues WoodSwimmer https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6fda0be3-b767-4fe1-91ad-022c83a80c55/woodswimmer-landscape-2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 A dazzling slice-by-slice exploration of wood exposes hidden patterns and hues 2023-05-10T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 120 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/196683500 Science https://aeon.co/videos/groundbreaking-visualisations-show-how-the-world-of-the-nucleus-gives-rise-to-our-own Visualising the atomic nucleus https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f917fbfc-1012-4058-a9e1-2dee87478994/visualisating-the-atomic-nucleus-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 Groundbreaking visualisations show how the world of the nucleus gives rise to our own 2024-11-20T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 600 no 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https://aeon.co/videos/whether-above-a-pub-or-in-a-castle-our-childhood-homes-leave-an-indelible-mark Home https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/fffd0c52-dc16-4b3a-ade8-e540aaf39a8b/home-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=1920&cropHeight=1080 Whether above a pub or in a castle, our childhood homes leave an indelible mark 2023-07-27T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 900 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/3zYhtVjJe78 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/its-a-journey-into-slowness-on-the-road-with-a-model-t-ford-through-europe-in-winter Matkalla https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c56c9d35-b5a6-40cd-9ee3-6cd81a44eecd/matkalla-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 ‘It’s a journey into slowness’: on the road with a Model-T Ford through Europe in winter 2020-03-11T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 660 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/401048454 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/we-can-t-fly-like-birds-nor-can-we-stop-our-gaze-soaring-skyward-to-dream-of-it Learning to fly 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2018-06-01T10:01:41Z Aeon Video 540 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/118461898 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/life-in-one-of-canadas-northernmost-villages-where-the-land-is-sinking-into-the-sea Arctic summer https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/18fa4cdb-4869-49d3-ab55-5c0b4d547d4b/arctic-summer-landscape-3v3.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Life in one of Canada’s northernmost villages, where the land is sinking into the sea 2022-01-24T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 1440 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/654382655 Science https://aeon.co/videos/feeling-connected-to-objects-is-a-fundamental-and-fraught-part-of-human-nature Why are we so attached to our things? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/351eaf79-f473-43fc-8de3-8f6a29d480ae/why-are-we-so-attached-to-our-things-landscape-4.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Feeling connected to objects is a fundamental – and fraught – part of human nature 2020-12-07T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no 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Carl Sagan offers some simple suggestions 2020-10-19T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 480 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/hbFq0I7YrYQ Science https://aeon.co/videos/its-a-massive-winged-cretaceous-beast-could-a-human-ride-one How to ride a pterosaur https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f6916eaa-196d-45af-b8db-4c6aadd4d6b1/how-to-ride-a-pterosaur-landscape-3.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 It’s a massive, winged Cretaceous beast – could a human ride one? 2021-12-23T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 540 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/9TKgupAZVzE Science https://aeon.co/videos/what-a-rare-form-of-dementia-reveals-about-how-we-construct-the-world-outside Do I see what you see? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5ed1bde1-a129-4a12-991c-36cf683c3f96/do-you-see-what-i-see_-aeon-video.png?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=1024&cropHeight=576 What a rare form of dementia reveals about how we construct the world outside 2020-04-22T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 480 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/jekW8Z93LMw Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/the-whole-thing-is-a-monstrosity-how-a-symmetry-heretic-sees-the-universe Leonard Susskind: Why do we search for symmetry? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f4cba8c1-9bbf-40a1-8027-5b687381c58a/leonard-susskind-why-do-we-search-for-symmetry-aeon-video.png?top=10&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 ‘The whole thing is a monstrosity!’ How a symmetry heretic sees the Universe 2020-05-01T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 480 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/cVPNgHvSpCI Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/why-aristotle-believed-that-philosophy-was-humanitys-highest-purpose Aristotle’s ergon https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/71272cb8-b86b-4168-9d59-ebcfcefd4bd3/aristotle_s-ergon-landscape-3.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Why Aristotle believed that philosophy was humanity’s highest purpose 2023-04-11T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 540 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/sQk6t-9mQjE Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/why-large-language-models-are-mysterious-even-to-their-creators Large language models explained https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/cc051118-10c7-4d67-a65d-5e33ec34e4a1/large-language-models-explained-landscape-2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 Why large language models are mysterious – even to their creators 2025-02-20T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 480 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/LPZh9BOjkQs Science https://aeon.co/videos/inside-the-unique-creative-space-where-outsider-artists-find-their-form Creative Growth Art Center https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/74c4d055-249d-497f-8284-6afbe0947db0/creative-growth-art-center-landscape-3.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Inside the unique creative space where ‘outsider’ artists find their form 2023-08-21T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 840 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/-nrGiEWzKoo Culture https://aeon.co/videos/a-master-palindromist-spells-out-his-40-year-love-affair-with-reversibility The art of two-way art https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/030eecb4-bfde-43f7-94b1-59dfd99f6de6/the-art-of-the-two-way-art-landscape-2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 A master palindromist spells out his 40-year ‘love affair with reversibility’ 2023-04-06T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/PDLmZNqai6w Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/he-ate-the-albatross-soup-then-shot-himself-why-a-trippy-animation-solves-the-riddle Albatross soup https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/101585a5-4beb-4df8-a2b6-058b6e6e459a/albatross-soup-v3.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 He ate the albatross soup, then shot himself: why? 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A thought experiment 2020-09-03T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/mGYmiQkah4o Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/why-a-journeyman-boxer-finds-contentment-in-the-art-of-losing Welcome to the pros https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/edd4baff-f9e5-4b75-85a5-f24a6c46fdd5/welcome-to-the-pros-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Why a journeyman boxer finds contentment in the art of losing 2022-08-29T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/719774611 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/when-aggression-is-viewed-as-brilliance-it-hurts-women-in-science-and-science-itself The problem of harassment in science https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/14d8f4e9-54f1-43cf-a417-09bc112e4552/the-problem-of-harassment-in-science-landscape-4.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 When aggression is viewed as brilliance, it hurts women in science, and science itself 2023-08-16T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/2jClR3ARgLo Society https://aeon.co/videos/when-medicine-offers-no-relief-a-biohacker-begins-a-radical-self-experiment Gut hack https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/2205cdcb-14b8-4739-8653-8c7d35f25549/gut-hack-landscape-editv1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 When medicine offers no relief, a biohacker begins a radical self-experiment 2021-03-01T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 720 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/528452352 Science https://aeon.co/videos/how-lobsters-use-their-12-noses-to-woo-mates-find-food-and-win-fights The lobster and its amazing noses https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/84033f75-810c-44c3-9525-d82c094b6328/LOBSTER-AND-ITS-AMAZING-NOSES-2-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How lobsters use their 12 ‘noses’ to woo mates, find food and win fights 2016-05-30T10:05:07Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/g2zjW2v5t-Y Science https://aeon.co/videos/the-intricate-ancient-bronze-casting-process-that-ends-with-a-satisfying-crunch Bronze casting using the ‘lost wax’ technique https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/3e69fdcb-286b-44ea-9bab-4892e89f333c/hadrian-bronze-casting.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The intricate, ancient bronze-casting process that ends with a satisfying crunch 2018-01-18T11:02:16Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/159788008 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/when-a-deafblind-woman-from-denmark-met-a-woman-like-her-in-nepal A woman like me https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b08e504a-9920-444f-823b-393149b60e0d/a-woman-like-me-v-2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 When a deafblind woman from Denmark met a woman like her in Nepal 2019-10-11T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 540 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/361729778 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/behold-as-a-mechanical-foghorn-in-shetland-awakes-from-its-year-long-slumber Sounding the Sumburgh foghorn https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/11fcb498-932c-4374-bbb1-41d4cf630bfa/sounding-the-sumburgh-foghorn-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Behold as a mechanical foghorn in Shetland awakes from its year-long slumber 2021-12-20T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 120 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/iHCmzvzCmhI Society https://aeon.co/videos/what-it-s-like-to-be-a-sniper-in-an-unpopular-war Remembrance: the sniper https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/01ebc02f-ac5f-4757-8a3d-e6caca1196fb/REMEBERANCE-sniper.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 What it’s like to be a sniper in an unpopular war 2016-01-08T11:05:07Z Aeon Video 420 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/141577929 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/why-dont-we-feel-pain-in-dreams-the-answer-might-lie-in-a-new-frontier-of-neuroscience Susan Greenfield on neuronal assemblies https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5f359df6-1254-49dc-9740-d56e9dbb7f6f/susan-greenfield-landscape.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Why don’t we feel pain in dreams? 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The last of her kind, Gricel regales Cuban cigar-rollers with readings and good humour 2020-12-21T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 600 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/224891244 Society https://aeon.co/videos/villagers-struggle-to-keep-their-beloved-endangered-ape-population-afloat Guardians of the gibbons https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f71dacb5-8cfc-4993-9995-6640b6c1f396/guardians-of-the-gibbons-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 Villagers struggle to keep their beloved, endangered ape population afloat 2025-02-06T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 1140 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/1022409144 Society https://aeon.co/videos/if-trauma-can-be-passed-down-could-new-therapies-blunt-the-transgenerational-impact The trauma tracer https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c33f9d39-aba1-4984-aa6b-689559738758/breakthrough-trauma-tracer-landscape-4v2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 If trauma can be passed down, could new therapies blunt the transgenerational impact? 2020-11-17T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 540 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/pBkVx12yc2M Science https://aeon.co/videos/how-three-mexican-window-washers-of-chicagos-skyscrapers-see-the-world Paraíso https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/0f2603e6-113a-43f0-8940-264e3371556f/paraiso.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How three Mexican window-washers of Chicago’s skyscrapers see the world 2018-05-29T10:01:39Z Aeon Video 600 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/270821275 Society https://aeon.co/videos/when-an-ai-rejects-him-for-life-insurance-mitch-wonders-if-he-can-escape-his-fate Forever https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9cc14f5c-eae6-48a9-ab1f-40a427e34a54/forever-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 When an AI rejects him for life insurance, Mitch wonders if he can escape his fate 2022-02-03T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 420 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/659409353 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/a-monk-dedicates-himself-to-giving-unwanted-children-the-childhood-he-never-had Tashi and the monk https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/984484f8-6a80-451f-8c2b-b2e5862f13b3/tashi-and-the-monk-main-2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A monk dedicates himself to giving unwanted children the childhood he never had 2016-09-26T10:00:12Z Aeon Video 2400 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/95735800 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/master-cartography-and-mythical-creatures-the-world-according-to-the-catalan-atlas Origin of the world map https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7140e4a4-1e13-495b-9a0f-81a40966009a/origin-of-the-world-map-landscape-5.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Master cartography and mythical creatures – the world according to the Catalan Atlas 2022-06-28T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 480 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/AJBBVQrRwqo Society https://aeon.co/videos/the-ancient-hawaiian-myth-that-sparked-a-modern-ecological-breakthrough Decoding ancestral knowledge https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9d518099-5b25-4138-983a-da8d4347e131/decoding-ancestral-knowledge-landscape-5.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 The ancient Hawaiian myth that sparked a modern ecological breakthrough 2023-12-06T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 600 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/SrANdtOFPC4 Science https://aeon.co/videos/leaf-through-shakespeares-first-folio-for-a-riveting-journey-into-theatre-history Shakespeare’s First Folio https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/3347abc9-7a12-49fa-a800-cb36d90c4b41/shakespeare_s-first-folio-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Leaf through Shakespeare’s First Folio for a riveting journey into theatre history 2023-05-04T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 780 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/01Ytsmn4gv4 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/you-need-to-make-friends-with-pain-to-run-through-the-grand-canyon-and-back The middle of the world https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9a9ee0ab-5d7e-4f2f-8a94-ea30f0d1d51f/the-middle-of-the-world-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 You need to make friends with pain to run through the Grand Canyon and back 2022-05-24T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/723013156 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/a-curtain-that-twitches-as-people-walk-by-creates-a-delightful-paradox-of-privacy My little piece of privacy https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/413343b2-37ef-42b5-a9e0-0ecfc99515b6/my-little-piece-of-privacy-landscape-v2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 A curtain that twitches as people walk by creates a delightful paradox of privacy 2020-07-14T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/440783541 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/long-before-internet-posts-of-cute-animals-there-were-victorian-taxidermy-tableaux Walter Potter: the man who married kittens https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4b692c61-38ae-4660-b110-750150965163/WALTERPOTTER_Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Long before internet posts of cute animals, there were Victorian taxidermy tableaux 2016-04-11T10:05:07Z Aeon Video 1140 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/175409920 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/a-project-takes-teens-from-war-torn-regions-to-schools-in-canada Children of war https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/38a3d408-00d4-45f1-b0dd-4119151d6048/children-of-war-landscape-2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 A project takes teens from war-torn regions to schools in Canada 2025-10-20T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 1500 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/GaclFnFNuZ4 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/the-overlooked-polymath-whose-theatrical-oeuvre-made-all-of-rome-a-stage Great art explained: Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne 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https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/1de4fa80-6246-4cb1-b611-7ccaa9a10b5f/in-dog-years-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 The joys and heartbreaks of loving a creature who ages faster than you 2020-12-24T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 660 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/-q7iQSODo-U Society https://aeon.co/videos/experience-the-thrills-and-major-chills-of-scaling-a-frozen-waterfall Ice birds https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/a68864ea-5b07-4d3f-b36a-69d914689527/ice-birds-2-.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Experience the thrills – and major chills – of scaling a frozen waterfall 2020-02-03T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 960 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/iUoCm2oY0RQ Culture https://aeon.co/videos/a-confederate-monument-comes-down-in-new-orleans-but-not-without-a-fight Goodbye, Old Glory https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/da83e2a0-8215-4095-898c-9f86327bf84a/goodbye-old-glory.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A Confederate monument comes down in New Orleans – but not without a fight 2017-11-30T11:01:38Z Aeon Video 1020 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/221655873 Society https://aeon.co/videos/pre-hispanic-and-colonial-traditions-combine-in-marios-uniquely-mexican-artworks Mexican handcraft masters: lacquer, gold and cane https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/14abe47d-febe-496d-a46e-adfdd5a27933/mexican-handcraft-masters-maque-oro-cana-landscape-3.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Pre-Hispanic and colonial traditions combine in Mario’s uniquely Mexican artworks 2021-01-04T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/297625635 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/delight-as-the-hard-edged-world-melts-into-a-full-rainbow-spectrum-of-reality Gradations https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b7c23bac-e6bc-4362-9459-13aa542edabe/gradations-landscape-3.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Delight as the hard-edged world melts into a full-rainbow spectrum of reality 2021-01-27T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 120 no 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But what about people and their faces? 2017-03-30T10:05:10Z Aeon Video 720 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/3106729 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/life-moves-slowly-in-a-romanian-mountain-village-shaped-by-care-and-the-seasons But the flowers remain https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/dfec4cd6-022c-4387-ad69-757da9537c18/but-the-flowers-remain-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 Life moves slowly in a Romanian mountain village, shaped by care and the seasons 2025-06-19T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 780 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/euAP-zVMx7Y Culture https://aeon.co/videos/an-unsettling-archival-history-of-the-worlds-largest-confederate-monument Graven image https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/8f08507b-ff66-4637-afc7-0266d1ffe31b/graven-image.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 An unsettling, archival history of the world’s largest Confederate monument 2018-01-08T11:01:43Z Aeon Video 660 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/QMXiVShGOdQ Society https://aeon.co/videos/simone-de-beauvoir-on-why-women-must-reject-the-feminine-to-become-free-and-equal Feminine beauty: a social construct? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/3d00529f-62ad-4dc7-8c37-d11468528cfd/feminine-beauty.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Simone de Beauvoir on why women must reject the ‘feminine’ to become free and equal 2017-12-20T11:01:38Z Aeon Video 120 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/xT6wjgssVK4 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/whats-going-on-how-seeking-meaning-is-futile-in-the-coen-brothers-universe A Serious Man: Can life be understood? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/bf385fc4-19e0-4a40-ae4b-b89b97c99339/a-serious-man-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 ‘What’s going on?’ How seeking meaning is futile in the Coen Brothers’ universe 2017-03-03T11:05:09Z Aeon Video 480 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/3vDmWFTvzto Culture https://aeon.co/videos/what-the-louvre-of-the-desert-reveals-about-the-human-story Africa’s cultural landmarks: Tsodilo Hills, Botswana https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f5185e7d-04f4-4b95-ab4f-7b4e97729666/africa_s-cultural-landmarks-tsodilo-hills-botswana-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 What the ‘Louvre of the desert’ reveals about the human story 2026-02-05T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 900 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/H5h0q1PE2Qk Society https://aeon.co/videos/instrument-making-as-dynamic-as-music-raw-cane-transformed-into-an-oboe-reed Reed https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/bf4e2e74-0dc4-4eca-9f48-f2b43f9b7356/REED-FINAL.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Instrument-making as dynamic as music: raw cane transformed into an oboe reed 2014-07-30T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 120 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/70332985 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/how-leisure-time-on-a-city-beach-reveals-the-gaps-and-connections-in-urban-communities Soft plots https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/1020eadd-ff6a-4971-aad3-2a88ca8eb77c/soft-plots.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How leisure time on a city beach reveals the gaps and connections in urban communities 2018-06-22T10:01:40Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/193747042 Society https://aeon.co/videos/painted-frame-by-frame-a-vivid-animation-restores-a-history-lost-to-deportation Nutag – homeland https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/3c8085d9-915b-4307-805a-c2f5ab1620a5/nutag.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Painted frame by frame, a vivid animation restores a history lost to deportation 2017-07-27T10:01:12Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/141286954 Society https://aeon.co/videos/a-year-long-observation-reveals-the-secret-life-of-a-tree-and-its-animal-visitors One tree, one year https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/0d13b18e-73b5-44f3-90ce-b3d93422cf81/one-tree-one-year.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A year-long observation reveals the secret life of a tree and its animal visitors 2017-08-29T10:01:15Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/LK21zlz1sMg Culture https://aeon.co/videos/what-happens-when-the-power-goes-off-or-how-to-enjoy-a-blackout Blackout https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/79d36044-bb50-45d1-b557-ac81a3a500a2/BLACKOUT-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 What happens when the power goes off. 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It can and should be better 2016-07-21T10:05:05Z Aeon Video 480 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/sULa9Lc4pck Science https://aeon.co/videos/dance-dance-automation-music-from-the-factory-floor Spring-making robots https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b77d1fbb-4624-4be8-9553-9f57acbeb139/spring-making-robots-main-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Dance dance automation: music from the factory floor 2016-11-22T11:05:06Z Aeon Video 480 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/5QjVeH2Z57E Society https://aeon.co/videos/if-a-sea-urchin-survives-the-incredible-tumult-of-youth-it-s-nearly-immortal Sea urchins pull themselves inside out to be reborn https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/fbf593ef-9944-4e96-a4ae-1f7fc1ae3f84/sea-urchins-pull-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 If a sea urchin survives the incredible tumult of youth, it’s nearly immortal 2016-09-08T10:05:05Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/ak2xqH5h0YY Science https://aeon.co/videos/what-you-can-tell-about-a-person-from-the-junk-they-leave-behind My dead dad’s porno tapes https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e0c6dadd-32db-4efe-8280-a465d571762a/my-dead-dad_s-porno-tapes-landscape.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 What you can tell about a person from the junk they leave behind 2018-10-18T10:01:41Z Aeon Video 840 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/292537862 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/shaggy-bear-story-a-german-filmmaker-grapples-with-his-dear-grandfathers-nazi-past Bär https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ee1b24db-0f2d-4345-bb2f-9e9554e08b5c/bar.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Shaggy bear story: a German filmmaker grapples with his dear grandfather’s Nazi past 2018-08-09T10:01:46Z Aeon Video 480 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/174254407 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/our-divided-brains-are-far-more-complex-and-remarkable-than-a-left-right-split The divided brain https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/cc449155-b0bf-4f8e-87f3-61a620de5371/DIVIDED-BRAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Our divided brains are far more complex and remarkable than a left/right split 2015-08-06T11:01:17Z Aeon Video 720 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/483190172 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/what-to-make-of-a-riot-grrrl-a-snapshot-of-feminism-and-high-school-in-the-1990s Dirty girls https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/569389c9-6f3e-4adb-967e-a58357ca66cb/dirty-girls.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 What to make of a Riot Grrrl? A snapshot of feminism and high school in the 1990s 2017-08-11T10:01:14Z Aeon Video 1080 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/h3MxEHQk644 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/western-logic-has-held-contradictions-as-false-for-centuries-is-that-wrong The Liar Paradox https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/99ece887-9aa4-436f-bfed-2e71fb6568c4/GRAHAM-PRIEST-v1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Western logic has held contradictions as false for centuries. Is that wrong? 2016-07-06T10:05:05Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/tq2AsOjSD-E Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/what-will-we-do-when-neuroimaging-allows-us-to-reconstruct-dreams-and-memories Marvin Chun: decoding the mind https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/35fafa05-f735-4b03-be11-fe1fc87ccabf/marvin-chun-decoding-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 What will we do when neuroimaging allows us to reconstruct dreams and memories? 2016-10-03T10:05:05Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/iV2u-PivzU4 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/utopian-communities-rarely-last-how-have-the-hutterites-done-it-over-four-centuries The Hutterites https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e71dd8f1-57d8-4528-9618-281f3b360933/the-hutterites-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Utopian communities rarely last. 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Ordinary people’s first raw responses to 9/11 2015-09-11T11:01:24Z Aeon Video 480 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/133782916 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/sand-can-be-lava-coral-bones-even-excrement-whats-on-your-favorite-beach The amazing life of sand https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/10f0332e-93b2-4a08-b7a1-41fc770e7a7e/Amazin-Sand-FINAL.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Sand can be lava, coral, bones, even excrement. 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Prospective jumpers anguish at the edge of the high dive 2017-05-29T10:05:12Z Aeon Video 960 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/154583964 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/a-century-of-letters-captures-the-emotions-of-life-in-a-new-city-far-from-home Nine letters https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c760d3f3-20d7-449a-844c-a6649f5f47ad/nine-letters-landscape-4.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 A century of letters captures the emotions of life in a new city, far from home 2022-06-27T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 1260 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/218506275 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/the-experimental-jazz-genre-where-musicians-invent-the-rules-with-every-note Free improvisation https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/8b58e4c9-244e-4af3-9f8d-af3304a45414/free-improvisation-aeon-video.png?top=4&left=0&cropWidth=1008&cropHeight=567 The experimental jazz genre where musicians invent the rules with every note 2020-05-05T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/kejGAbNS4Ck Culture https://aeon.co/videos/experience-the-dazzling-displays-that-fireflies-create-when-humans-are-far-away Minmini (Fireflies) https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/56bec10a-ce8d-4ba7-9971-3af7e2e06ea6/minmini-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Experience the dazzling displays that fireflies create when humans are far away 2022-06-16T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/709769617 Science https://aeon.co/videos/beijing-via-salvaged-family-photos-an-epic-portrait-of-anonymous-humanity Recycled https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/bb81dc86-243e-4081-9dd9-a2bcd6840fe6/RECYCLED-Main-2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Beijing via salvaged family photos – ‘an epic portrait of anonymous humanity’ 2016-03-15T10:05:06Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/154480199 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/a-meditative-cinepoem-from-1929-captures-the-reflective-ethereal-wonders-of-water H₂O https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/71298c00-8fc8-4203-948a-706b55f857ff/h2o-v6.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A meditative cinepoem from 1929 captures the reflective, ethereal wonders of water 2018-11-09T11:02:43Z Aeon Video 720 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/300529110 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/snap-matchmaking-indian-expats-seek-the-perfect-picture-to-get-a-wife-back-home Searching for wives https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/0215a30b-588e-4202-9bd8-5f63c7cdaf1f/searching-for-wives-v3.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Snap matchmaking: Indian expats seek the perfect picture to get a wife back home 2019-02-19T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 720 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/320528654 Society https://aeon.co/videos/the-body-as-machine-first-imagined-in-1927-now-brought-to-new-animated-life Man as industrial palace https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/aad82236-b06f-4692-87c4-79913ec5c64f/man-as-industrial-palace-v3.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The body as machine: first imagined in 1927, now brought to new, animated life 2019-03-01T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/6505158 Science https://aeon.co/videos/in-death-there-is-life-a-unique-community-that-lives-in-a-philippines-cemetery Bagong Silang https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4f21139a-2c36-4aac-b1dc-0b4e3c59d4d0/Bagong-Silang_2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 In death, there is life: a unique community that lives in a Philippines cemetery 2014-04-02T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 600 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/89940822 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/how-a-once-overlooked-civil-rights-leader-became-an-icon-of-gay-marriage-equality Bayard & me https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/3e37dd6d-8fab-4827-86a1-2676cdab6c63/bayard-and-me-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How a once overlooked civil-rights leader became an icon of gay marriage equality 2017-06-01T10:05:14Z Aeon Video 960 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/185555006 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/the-modern-world-is-littered-with-statistical-noise-heres-how-to-find-the-signal When can you trust statistics? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/fd3f6b3b-b865-462a-8a58-2cf55dd11417/when-can-you-trust-statistics-landscape-2v2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 The modern world is littered with statistical noise. Here’s how to find the signal 2021-08-12T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/aPh3E8IoHzk Society https://aeon.co/videos/how-can-scientific-institutions-shake-their-sexist-legacies Where are all the women? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/146d27ca-0f9b-4955-8689-d7273c0db1b5/SCIENCE-STORIES-EQUILIBRIUM-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How can scientific institutions shake their sexist legacies? 2016-02-15T11:05:06Z Aeon Video 420 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/YIFO9dg83MA Society https://aeon.co/videos/amazing-hidden-worlds-become-visible-through-a-forgotten-victorian-art-form The diatomist https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d3662c1b-7786-4649-8cd0-9e66d00af548/THE-DIATOMIST.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Amazing hidden worlds become visible through a forgotten Victorian art form 2014-11-20T11:01:10Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/90160649 Science https://aeon.co/videos/if-life-feels-out-of-balance-dont-worry-theres-always-symmetry-below-the-surface What is symmetry in physics? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d3769583-9e99-4a77-b140-b9f251e73606/symmetry-in-physics.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 If life feels out of balance, don’t worry – there’s always symmetry below the surface 2017-07-07T10:01:12Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/eb19XaOE1Po Science https://aeon.co/videos/the-once-in-a-decade-harvest-of-cork-requires-blunt-force-and-tender-care-in-equal-measure Harvest: Cork https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f2d1f1f2-954c-4d48-ada8-d24cde61851a/harvest-cork.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The once-in-a-decade harvest of cork requires blunt force and tender care in equal measure 2017-11-02T10:01:12Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/213699132 Science https://aeon.co/videos/what-did-the-first-people-who-entered-tutankhamuns-tomb-see The first views of Tutankhamun’s tomb https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ed76f030-e918-4edc-bdb5-6b2041995b9b/the-first-views-of-tutankhamuns-tomb-landscape-1-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 What did the first people who entered Tutankhamun’s tomb see? 2024-10-16T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/daUooAHK_MI Society https://aeon.co/videos/an-artist-finds-rich-pickings-in-the-sprawling-mundanity-of-a-walmart-store Brendan O’Connell is blocking the bread aisle https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/0d0f4f3a-a806-4c09-9073-68cc93ffbbef/brendan-o-connell-blocking-the-bread-isle-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 An artist finds rich pickings in the sprawling mundanity of a Walmart store 2016-10-27T10:05:05Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/81406505 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/how-a-noh-mask-maker-summons-a-lifelike-face-from-a-single-block-of-wood Making a Noh mask https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4f7eabb5-8c51-4fd2-9c6f-6251833c36ed/making-a-noh-mask-landscape-4.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 How a Noh mask-maker summons a lifelike face from a single block of wood 2023-05-31T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 960 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/B7bPmVp4LRY Culture https://aeon.co/videos/semper-paratus-how-the-organisation-of-the-roman-army-made-it-always-ready-for-war Roman army structure https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/8aa1ee47-142f-4aba-9b1d-1169cf6a2ba1/roman-army-structure-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 ‘Semper paratus’ – how the organisation of the Roman army made it always ready for war 2017-04-03T10:05:09Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/Rcbedan5R1s Society https://aeon.co/videos/breakthroughs-quackery-and-strange-beauty-the-afterlife-of-outmoded-medical-devices Scientific instruments of yore https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/18d7b04b-ccd3-4630-8338-ebf8f95321a5/scientific-instruments-of-yore-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Breakthroughs, quackery and strange beauty: the afterlife of outmoded medical devices 2017-03-23T10:05:08Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/pdJn0V3Zl6I Society https://aeon.co/videos/let-me-dream-you-into-my-reality-memories-illuminate-an-unthinkable-isolation Perfecting the art of longing https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/debd66c6-c2c5-40f9-9403-6d409209cd88/perfecting-the-art-of-longing-landscape-3.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 ‘Let me dream you into my reality’: memories illuminate an unthinkable isolation 2022-08-15T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 720 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/708678150 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/it-s-clear-the-rich-live-longer-but-middle-income-nations-complicate-the-story How does income relate to life expectancy? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e73bdcee-5a4d-40f4-ac85-4e4e0c154e70/INCOME-LIFE-EXPECTANCY-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 It’s clear, the rich live longer. But middle-income nations complicate the story 2015-02-09T11:01:43Z Aeon Video 120 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/118149043 Society https://aeon.co/videos/what-family-means-to-the-world-s-longest-married-couple-after-88-years-together Elders https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/136fc7e8-bfb5-493b-9d23-9cafcf3b1751/ELDERS-Main-3.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 What family means to the world’s longest-married couple after 88 years together 2016-07-22T10:05:04Z Aeon Video 420 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/201866646 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/young-palestinians-find-fleeting-moments-of-freedom-at-a-west-bank-skate-park Walls cannot keep us from flying https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/a03d5a4c-6741-4c51-a9fe-e7f11ab03d80/walls-cannot-keep-us-from-flying-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 Young Palestinians find fleeting moments of freedom at a West Bank skate park 2025-05-29T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 780 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/TSIe_twCYnc Culture https://aeon.co/videos/a-catchy-tune-explains-the-worlds-isms-according-to-your-mum-doing-the-laundry Mum does the washing https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ff5447ae-0cf2-48f8-b1c8-6c25d605f162/mum-does-the-washing-landscape-1-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 A catchy tune explains the world’s ‘isms’ – according to your mum doing the laundry 2025-05-12T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/PS9Bc_GQBEs Society https://aeon.co/videos/stephen-fry-loathes-dancing-to-understand-better-see-it-performed-in-dance Stephen Fry hates dancing https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b7fda8e8-2017-4e16-a343-3beb977e79b9/v2-stephen-fry-hates-dancing-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Stephen Fry loathes dancing. To understand better, see it performed – in dance 2016-10-14T10:05:05Z Aeon Video 120 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/LnqrqRGyFQo Culture https://aeon.co/videos/a-poem-by-charles-bukowski-inspires-a-sensuous-but-fleeting-californian-reverie Bluebird https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/89c50422-76b2-4364-83c6-c79c419a620d/Bluebird-SIZED.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A poem by Charles Bukowski inspires a sensuous, but fleeting Californian reverie 2014-01-13T06:00:00Z Aeon Video 120 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/83239791 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/a-scientists-poor-eyesight-helped-fuel-a-revolution-in-computer-vision How AI learns to see without eyes https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/561c1ceb-9908-4890-86ca-bb306c4f8be7/how-ai-learns-to-see-landscape-2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 A scientist’s poor eyesight helped fuel a revolution in computer ‘vision’ 2023-11-29T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 540 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/YOKPo-I6cgs Science https://aeon.co/videos/a-street-magician-s-tricks-make-everyday-technology-magical-and-mysterious Magician Doug McKenzie https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/354a90e2-1f5a-4f0d-8dfa-8ba2734e96bf/MAGICIAN-DOUG-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A street magician’s tricks make everyday technology magical and mysterious 2015-06-04T11:01:40Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/hjpxEwQsYDA Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/a-flamenco-guitarist-shares-the-rich-intensity-of-his-city-and-his-music Soleá: the flamenco of Seville https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/97b3c516-9964-40ee-92a8-f594b69d64b1/Solea_Cropped.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A flamenco guitarist shares the rich intensity of his city and his music 2015-02-12T11:01:23Z Aeon Video 780 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/114796915 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/how-the-first-woman-of-colour-to-be-elected-to-the-us-congress-remade-education Mink! https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/a351af48-7bb1-444e-bb7a-6c5346996c1c/mink-landscape-2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 How the first woman of colour to be elected to the US Congress remade education 2022-08-08T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 1260 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/721151301 Society https://aeon.co/videos/we-may-never-settle-the-free-will-debate-but-tapping-into-it-is-still-worthwhile Three ways to think about free will https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f7fe6b02-f3f4-402d-9060-dce19bb89835/free_will-landscape-2-v2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 We may never settle the ‘free will’ debate, but tapping into it is still worthwhile 2023-04-26T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 1920 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/557541237 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/have-you-ever-lied-to-me-what-do-you-wish-you-d-asked-your-mother-as-a-child Q&A https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/a27579d0-2e6e-418d-a7fb-1107f2583e1f/QA-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 ‘Have you ever lied to me?’ What do you wish you’d asked your mother as a child? 2015-05-26T11:01:40Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/11305685 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/a-tour-of-the-brooklyn-rooftops-where-mans-best-friend-has-a-beak-and-wings Pigeon kings of Brooklyn https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/61906e09-0241-4752-bb22-e10bd6c7bbf4/pigeon-kings-of-brooklyn.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A tour of the Brooklyn rooftops where man’s best friend has a beak and wings 2017-06-30T10:01:13Z Aeon Video 480 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/bXc3ikJxby8 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/how-a-dairy-farmer-preached-radical-self-acceptance-to-his-gay-son-in-the-1950s The saint of Dry Creek https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/eff541da-8f71-4f46-a327-3805801ae1b4/saint-of-dry-creek-main-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How a dairy farmer preached radical self-acceptance to his gay son in the 1950s 2017-03-24T10:05:08Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/3wHjJUdN16k Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/tiger-rugs-elvis-impersonators-and-jesus-paintings-scenes-from-a-600-mile-yard-sale Elvis loses his excess, and other tales from the world’s longest yard sale https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/90889c77-d97b-45a1-919c-2193938b86d7/elvis-loses-his-excess-landscape.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Tiger rugs, Elvis impersonators and Jesus paintings – scenes from a 600-mile yard sale 2017-10-02T10:01:15Z Aeon Video 1140 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/79454225 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/why-the-exotic-and-strange-world-of-childhood-is-ripe-for-horror Stephen King on childhood https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b2990204-130f-482d-af13-1367311e6556/stephen-king-on-childhood-main-2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Why the ‘exotic and strange’ world of childhood is ripe for horror 2017-01-19T11:05:09Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/YA2kzmoAsnk Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/why-a-forcefully-phallic-portrait-of-henry-viii-is-a-masterful-work-of-propaganda Why Henry VIII’s codpiece is so monumental https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c9814b30-d53c-4025-bb65-755f59712bb2/why-henry-viii_s-codpiece-is-so-monumental-lansdcape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Why a forcefully phallic portrait of Henry VIII is a masterful work of propaganda 2023-10-30T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/gfpSSz8fZrI Culture https://aeon.co/videos/could-this-development-in-biomimetic-robotics-change-terrestrial-transport Robotic cheetah https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5fdb23f8-2c1e-4bf9-a5ca-596f365b65a6/Robot-Cheetah-FINAL-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=864&cropHeight=486 Could this development in biomimetic robotics change terrestrial transport? 2014-10-17T06:01:34Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/XMKQbqnXXhQ Science https://aeon.co/videos/clash-of-cousins-monkeys-and-humans-wage-a-droll-turf-war-at-the-rock-of-gibraltar Territory https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ceb63b19-c9c8-4072-bb26-bb92c3c866a7/territory-landscape.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Clash of cousins: monkeys and humans wage a droll turf war at the Rock of Gibraltar 2017-01-10T11:05:10Z Aeon Video 1020 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/197304241 Society https://aeon.co/videos/street-food-in-motion-a-chicken-s-journey-from-coop-to-plate-in-bamako-mali Bamako chicken https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/396636fd-c63d-4595-a782-8d903e187777/BAMAKO-CHOICKEN-Main-2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Street food in motion: a chicken’s journey from coop to plate in Bamako, Mali 2016-08-11T10:05:05Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/128640880 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/how-to-maintain-infrastructure-the-stunning-collective-intelligence-of-ant-engineers Army ant bridge collapses and recovers https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/68c4e351-f03a-41f1-b2d0-071d32f6b528/army-ant-bridge.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How to maintain infrastructure – the stunning collective intelligence of ant engineers 2018-04-30T10:01:48Z Aeon Video 60 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/IpKL-URul2I Science https://aeon.co/videos/museum-goers-toy-with-reality-in-this-oscar-nominated-short Exploratorium https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6a7ca960-05be-4360-8dc6-819c9b9b75b8/exploratorium-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 Museum-goers toy with reality in this Oscar-nominated short 2026-03-04T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 960 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/Sm-U0_zRwaw Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/in-2009-a-man-arrived-in-an-irish-town-with-a-plan-to-disappear-forever The last days of Peter Bergmann https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/8b5c684d-ff84-4d30-a97a-5583af52fb6f/LAST_DAYS_OF_PETER.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 In 2009, a man arrived in an Irish town with a plan to disappear forever 2014-12-15T11:01:31Z Aeon Video 1140 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/166977498 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/philip-gould-wrestles-with-the-meaning-and-ecstasy-of-impending-death When I die https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/78f66762-4c19-4331-93e1-562e07f9e524/When-I-die-Col-3.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Philip Gould wrestles with the meaning, and ecstasy, of impending death 2013-11-09T15:00:00Z Aeon Video 540 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/75857763 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/people-have-been-trying-to-talk-with-apes-for-nearly-a-century-how-far-have-we-got Can apes really ‘talk’ to humans? 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How far have we got? 2018-10-15T10:01:42Z Aeon Video 480 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/uYWSXRUGxDQ Science https://aeon.co/videos/dance-or-die-a-male-spider-must-impress-a-female-with-his-moves-or-be-eaten Spider dances for his life! https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/3fd4e8c8-ca56-4ce3-a84b-3a71108172af/SPIDER-DANCES-FOR-HIS-LIFE-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Dance or die! A male spider must impress a female with his moves, or be eaten 2015-11-24T11:05:10Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/PQbScg3r1oQ Science https://aeon.co/videos/pride-poverty-and-rapture-in-an-appalachian-mining-community-where-the-jobs-are-gone The curse and the jubilee https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/50bd6c8b-208c-47da-83e5-585bdcfd193e/curse-and-jubilee-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Pride, poverty and rapture in an Appalachian mining community where the jobs are gone 2017-04-14T10:05:11Z Aeon Video 1500 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/147897290 Society https://aeon.co/videos/the-abyss-at-the-edge-of-human-understanding-a-voyage-into-a-black-hole Plunge into a black hole https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7e8dfea7-8725-45af-bf0f-b49d4e825669/plunge-into-a-black-hole-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 The abyss at the edge of human understanding – a voyage into a black hole 2024-05-20T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/943794989 Science https://aeon.co/videos/a-canadian-war-memorial-sparks-a-battle-over-what-it-means-to-love-ones-country Mother Canada https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5ac9bc31-e5be-4f73-af9c-73f0c7516f9d/mother-canada.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A Canadian war memorial sparks a battle over what it means to love one’s country 2017-12-07T11:01:39Z Aeon Video 1320 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/K7_QCgEVNDU Society https://aeon.co/videos/why-does-life-have-to-be-so-complicated-a-school-trip-to-the-world-of-work The field trip https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4f846252-b2fe-4e09-8228-698282da2eb8/the-field-trip-landscape-4.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 ‘Why does life have to be so complicated?’ A school trip to the world of work 2021-10-26T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 720 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/618477950 Society https://aeon.co/videos/embark-on-an-interstellar-operatic-adventure-with-the-voyager-spacecrafts Voyagers https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e64dfe19-ea6c-4810-a934-bfeaa47d06b7/VOYAGERS-Main-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Embark on an interstellar, operatic adventure with the Voyager spacecrafts 2016-07-14T10:05:04Z Aeon Video 900 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/171954101 Science https://aeon.co/videos/a-classic-film-on-communication-finds-renewed-meaning-in-the-age-of-memes-and-emojis A communications primer https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7835386e-3334-4378-b018-27535a6d3a93/communications-a-primer-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A classic film on communication finds renewed meaning in the age of memes and emojis 2017-06-26T17:00:00Z Aeon Video 1320 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/kaDQlyXilSw Society https://aeon.co/videos/deep-faith-and-rough-rides-life-at-an-evangelical-rodeo-bible-camp Beast of man https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/a9cb991c-b15d-4981-aecb-222a9b248fdb/beast-of-man-main-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Deep faith and rough rides – life at an evangelical rodeo Bible camp 2017-05-23T10:05:10Z Aeon Video 1380 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/216221628 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/is-rewilding-the-future-of-nature Winter https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/96a3dfc5-0363-49a9-b940-47f216af8fab/WINTER-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Is rewilding the future of nature? 2015-04-21T11:01:27Z Aeon Video 420 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/81372566 Science https://aeon.co/videos/a-teen-works-two-jobs-on-top-of-school-because-great-achievements-require-time Amar https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e147db10-6715-4b64-944d-60bce0441d41/AMAR.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A teen works two jobs on top of school – because great achievements require time 2014-03-21T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 600 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/87710347 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/blame-lets-you-blow-off-steam-but-it-will-rarely-help-you-get-at-the-truth Brené Brown: why we’re so quick to blame https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6191519b-6c1e-456d-bd5d-1268558be648/BRENE-BROWN-on-BLAME-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Blame lets you blow off steam, but it will rarely help you get at the truth 2016-05-24T10:05:07Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/165900835 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/how-to-build-a-no-frills-protected-bed-in-the-wild-from-top-to-bottom Primitive technology: bed shed https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7f8cdcc1-b23d-4940-b13d-682c8283e28e/bed-shed-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How to build a no-frills protected bed in the wild, from top to bottom 2017-09-04T10:01:14Z Aeon Video 420 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/_ZXUCQc2Z78 Society https://aeon.co/videos/internet-pioneer-brewster-kahle-has-a-dream-universal-access-to-all-knowledge Internet Archive https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9ed806aa-73f8-4100-9fb8-6e4ce838c588/Internet-Archive-2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Internet pioneer Brewster Kahle has a dream – universal access to all knowledge 2014-08-28T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 780 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/59207751 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/the-elegance-of-mathematics-meets-the-breathtaking-complexity-of-nature Nature by numbers https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/28a75e5a-dad1-46f9-a2e6-6aae5f19b0fe/Nature-by-Numbers-FINAL.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The elegance of mathematics meets the breathtaking complexity of nature 2014-06-06T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/kkGeOWYOFoA Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/the-true-meaning-of-the-match-is-clearest-on-the-face-of-the-diehard-fan Sivan https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/a80966ef-ca0a-4f1d-ae2e-6eb4d6ba16d7/SIVAN-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The true meaning of the match is clearest on the face of the diehard fan 2016-06-28T10:05:05Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/afM03bVPnTY Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/in-his-poem-london-william-blake-crafted-a-bleak-vision-of-the-city-he-loved William Blake’s dark vision of London https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/29632876-a215-4c64-8172-403223e02e44/william-blake_s-dark-vision-of-london-landscape-3.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 In his poem ‘London’, William Blake crafted a bleak vision of the city he loved 2024-09-16T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 540 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/QwcqKF8nubQ Culture https://aeon.co/videos/have-mental-health-diagnoses-lost-sight-of-the-human-beings-they-seek-to-treat Madness made me https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5820d291-abdf-47b7-9514-78d20029bcf2/MADNESS-MADE-ME.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Have mental health diagnoses lost sight of the human beings they seek to treat? 2015-08-20T11:01:53Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/132294911 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/what-happens-when-you-start-paying-close-attention-to-everyday-sensory-experience Experience composite https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/1fead30d-f588-4875-b6f6-d7ddd952af1d/experience-composite.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 What happens when you start paying close attention to everyday sensory experience? 2018-02-06T11:02:09Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/260765671 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/what-the-night-janitor-knows-about-you-and-what-you-should-know-about-her Lessons from the night https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/8bf4e486-ddf1-4dc3-aa92-c0b72084ef9c/lessons-from-the-night-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 What the night janitor knows about you. And what you should know about her 2017-02-09T11:05:09Z Aeon Video 540 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/Oi67Vfa6N2M Society https://aeon.co/videos/as-real-new-york-seltzer-goes-down-its-crisp-bubbles-stir-up-rich-nostalgia Seltzer works https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/06f311ae-2133-4c43-ba39-70afe7329274/SELTZER-WORKS-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 As real New York seltzer goes down, its crisp bubbles stir up rich nostalgia 2015-03-19T11:01:36Z Aeon Video 420 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/119972002 Science https://aeon.co/videos/coffer-traded-his-condo-for-a-log-cabin-decades-ago-and-he-hasn-t-looked-back Coffer https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/fa127e99-71ce-4fe1-a692-4d674d0028c9/Coffer-crop-flip.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Coffer traded his condo for a log cabin decades ago, and he hasn’t looked back 2013-11-20T06:00:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/75969301 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/stop-deferring-to-the-experts-economics-demands-everyone-s-attention Economics is for everyone! https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f6846466-c0bb-41ee-b370-4106abaf4473/economics-is-for-everyone.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Stop deferring to the experts. 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It’s even harder when it’s against your religion 2020-02-21T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 1440 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/394231796 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/what-its-like-to-spend-a-decade-in-the-darkness-and-yet-retain-an-inner-light How to make a pearl https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/2a688dda-36c7-41a3-88d3-e5a53f3775b7/how-to-make-a-pearl.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 What it’s like to spend a decade in the darkness and yet retain an inner light 2018-04-02T10:02:24Z Aeon Video 1320 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/S7vteR1iY2w Science https://aeon.co/videos/laura-fights-to-protect-the-magnificence-of-wild-horses-running-free The fate of the wild https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9dd842e0-7f84-4453-9ae4-a1d3ebfd9fde/fate-of-the-wild-landscape-1v2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Laura fights to protect the magnificence of wild horses running free 2023-02-27T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/805995681 Society https://aeon.co/videos/how-the-dramatic-arc-can-change-our-brain-chemistry-and-spur-us-to-action Empathy, neurochemistry, and the dramatic arc https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/993c74d1-3fe7-4ff8-81c3-2c0642d22aaf/EMPATHY_MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How the dramatic arc can change our brain chemistry and spur us to action 2015-01-12T11:01:07Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/q1a7tiA1Qzo Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/against-her-fathers-warnings-debra-resolves-to-learn-about-his-time-in-auschwitz The room https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/335f55d2-5a3c-4c26-b174-edbbe6a9fca7/the-room-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Against her father’s warnings, Debra resolves to learn about his time in Auschwitz 2023-10-19T10:00:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/UYyGothlYco Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/on-growing-up-biracial-in-the-us-in-the-wake-of-the-interracial-marriage-bans-end The Loving generation: checking boxes https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/215e57cb-1480-4cd8-9eaf-1fa36fe72d06/v2-the-loving-generation.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 On growing up biracial in the US in the wake of the interracial marriage bans’ end 2018-03-01T11:01:59Z Aeon Video 540 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/PZQSc2CTdJE Society https://aeon.co/videos/what-separates-the-beautiful-from-the-sublime Edmund Burke on the sublime https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e532793a-0c10-481e-8c15-ec6467794afb/BURKE-Sublime-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 What separates the beautiful from the sublime? 2015-02-19T11:01:06Z Aeon Video 120 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/t0fHjIPpR-Q Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/what-are-you-really-seeing-when-you-see-magnificent-images-of-space How Hubble images are made https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/19af05ff-b031-4b43-a0f1-1dea4ce045fb/how-hubble-images-are-made-landscape-4.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 What are you really seeing when you see magnificent images of space? 2023-04-13T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/mqEvCdTnXt4 Science https://aeon.co/videos/struggling-to-learn-how-to-do-a-backflip-nikita-takes-on-an-unusual-training-regimen Backflip https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7288ada5-8082-4ebb-9558-b5e0732e8dc0/backflip-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Struggling to learn how to do a backflip, Nikita takes on an unusual training regimen 2023-11-09T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 720 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/868805980 Science https://aeon.co/videos/models-are-always-imperfect-and-the-ones-we-choose-greatly-shape-our-experience How perspective shapes reality https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/fc1193ea-34bd-4700-99db-9591db23b0f2/how-perspective-shapes-reaity-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Models are always imperfect, and the ones we choose greatly shape our experience 2017-04-21T10:05:12Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/lHaX9asEXIo Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/far-from-frivolous-cuteness-is-a-powerful-and-still-mysterious-force-of-nature The science of cuteness https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/403c7a7e-4796-4156-86da-954a1a60a924/the-science-of-cuteness-landscape-2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Far from frivolous, cuteness is a powerful – and still mysterious – force of nature 2023-06-01T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/yxsoE3jO8HM Science https://aeon.co/videos/im-against-all-forms-of-oppression-simone-de-beauvoir-in-her-own-words-from-1959 An interview with Simone de Beauvoir https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/dd7f707a-1d3a-43cb-b7dc-6f9917043a1e/sized-gettyimages-526962658.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 ‘I’m against all forms of oppression’: Simone de Beauvoir, in her own words from 1959 2018-10-23T10:01:40Z Aeon Video 2400 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/SFRTl_9CbFU Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/when-is-it-worth-sacrificing-your-life-for-the-next-generation Praying mantis love is way weirder than you think https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9c8b2ac8-b446-48e4-bdf8-0918420c8952/praying-mantis-waay-weirder.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 When is it worth sacrificing your life for the next generation? 2017-12-01T11:01:41Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/NHf47gI8w04 Science https://aeon.co/videos/china-s-first-depression-support-group-helps-where-society-and-state-fail Shanghai Tulip: breaking China’s mental health taboo https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5903936e-af1b-4e03-90d4-c11a4f72b634/SHANGHAI-TULIP-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 China’s first depression support group helps where society and state fail 2015-11-09T06:17:11Z Aeon Video 660 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/MafNnwbK7fQ Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/a-tragicomic-account-of-how-the-los-angeles-police-department-blew-up-a-city-block When the LAPD blows up your neighborhood https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c11ca3b8-24c7-4401-bbc2-2e7cb85ec094/when-the-lapd-blows-up-your-neighborhood-landscape-2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 A tragicomic account of how the Los Angeles Police Department blew up a city block 2023-11-16T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 1140 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/875784142 Society https://aeon.co/videos/from-crawling-to-flying-the-agony-and-ecstasy-of-trying-to-learn-something-new First lesson https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/98fc1473-431f-4c16-99c1-d7fdafbc0fa1/First-Lesson-Main-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 From crawling to flying, the agony and ecstasy of trying to learn something new 2016-01-04T11:05:06Z Aeon Video 300 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/163951249 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/can-you-cure-a-phobia-by-medically-rewriting-the-original-fear-memory A cure for fear https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4efa443e-f501-4ad2-afd3-5d18d0f92c4f/a-cure-for-fear-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Can you cure a phobia by medically rewriting the original fear memory? 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As an artist, he left a lasting mark on it 2022-12-06T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 720 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/mQVC0qJGJ_c Culture https://aeon.co/videos/rituals-of-leisure-on-the-grass-one-sunny-day-in-central-park Green play https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/10af5320-ff46-465e-989a-fe83bd1d7ab9/green-play.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Rituals of leisure on the grass one sunny day in Central Park 2018-03-08T11:02:39Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/174496498 Society https://aeon.co/videos/our-existence-is-both-cosmically-trivial-and-linked-to-everything-that-ever-was Are you alone? 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The Nobel Prize went to her supervisor 2021-10-05T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 960 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/593473555 Science https://aeon.co/videos/would-you-choose-to-live-wild-as-a-wolf-or-have-a-job-with-benefits-like-a-sled-dog Vargsamtal https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/09ce6fd2-379b-4624-9cc8-8caa496f7d3d/vargsamtal-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Would you choose to live wild as a wolf, or have a job with benefits, like a sled dog? 2018-11-01T10:01:45Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/296203919 Society https://aeon.co/videos/what-happens-when-the-rapture-fails-to-come-as-scheduled We will forget https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e679e6d3-5520-49c6-9996-802e80556b20/We-Will-Forget-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 What happens when the Rapture fails to come as scheduled? 2015-05-14T11:01:39Z Aeon Video 780 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/uuHpOcF9QN4 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/when-cancer-takes-up-residence-in-her-body-kim-responds-with-creativity Blank canvas https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/acd97141-cce5-4167-8d7e-f804f67c1c0d/BLANK-CANVAS.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 When cancer takes up residence in her body, Kim responds with creativity 2014-06-27T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/98520859 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/in-an-irish-pub-the-switch-from-analogue-to-digital-tv-raises-deep-questions Analogue people in a digital age https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b79e1e3c-4370-4d8c-82f9-e6117aa4f8a3/ANALOGUE_PEOPLE.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 In an Irish pub, the switch from analogue to digital TV raises deep questions 2014-11-11T11:01:45Z Aeon Video 780 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/103475540 Society https://aeon.co/videos/witness-the-majesty-of-moths-taking-flight-at-6000-frames-per-second Moths in slow motion https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/52a8a88f-b0e2-4c05-8dcc-daf9576176d1/moths-in-slow-motion-landscape-5.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Witness the majesty of moths taking flight at 6,000 frames per second 2021-10-07T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/JQL25_hoQ1k Science https://aeon.co/videos/what-does-freedom-look-and-feel-like-after-four-decades-wrongfully-imprisoned Send me home https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/3dc82071-566f-4dc2-b11a-a0694c701418/send-me-home_oip-rickey-jackson-promo.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 What does freedom look and feel like after four decades wrongfully imprisoned? 2018-11-21T11:02:43Z Aeon Video 780 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/295684342 Society https://aeon.co/videos/what-connects-flying-discs-and-good-coffee-a-lively-mind-fascinated-by-physics Inventor portrait: Alan Adler https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/0f0dcc7a-5c40-4940-8daf-18abb7d46458/INVENTOR-PORTRAIT-alan-adler-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 What connects flying discs and good coffee? A lively mind fascinated by physics 2015-09-03T11:01:12Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/137090060 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/how-much-can-love-endure-a-couple-s-therapy-session-tests-the-limits-of-honesty Marcela and Rock https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/510d912b-68c1-4041-875c-ff592b6d2797/MARCELA-AND-ROCK-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How much can love endure? A couple’s therapy session tests the limits of honesty 2015-06-09T11:01:45Z Aeon Video 720 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/GwNGCVpaOfE Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/at-the-movies-with-pauline-kael-in-the-arthouse-cinema-where-she-got-her-start Ed and Pauline https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5628883f-0f86-4119-a2d2-fe0d023117f8/ed-and-pauline-landscape-2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 At the movies with Pauline Kael – in the arthouse cinema where she got her start 2022-08-16T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 1140 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/222112014 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/quarrying-massive-blocks-of-marble-takes-huge-machines-and-precise-gestures Il capo https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/97fa748d-6d83-4e23-beea-514d03e733a1/IL_CAPO.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Quarrying massive blocks of marble takes huge machines – and precise gestures 2014-12-19T11:01:39Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/108898457 Society https://aeon.co/videos/an-11-year-old-girl-on-what-to-do-when-a-boy-likes-you-but-you-like-someone-else Flirting https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/18adca88-4427-44a5-90fa-8a17032abc28/flirting.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 An 11-year-old girl on what to do when a boy likes you, but you like someone else 2017-10-20T10:01:14Z Aeon Video 120 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/184104783 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/a-night-time-drive-through-tokyo-transforms-into-a-dizzying-sensory-experience Eye know https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c765e3a7-fe14-4a21-93b7-02d005288610/Eye-Know-Street-Lights.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A night-time drive through Tokyo transforms into a dizzying sensory experience 2014-10-27T06:01:20Z Aeon Video 120 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/NVh8PqQyiDM Society https://aeon.co/videos/why-mathematical-truths-exist-with-or-without-minds-to-consider-them Scott Aaronson: What is mathematical truth? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5e56c640-15e7-4bb6-a9e6-39b444a3e0d9/scott-aaronson-what-is-truth-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Why mathematical truths exist with or without minds to consider them 2023-11-20T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 480 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/VA0-BQoXpq4 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/is-reboot-culture-out-of-control-or-are-we-kidding-ourselves-that-anything-is-original Allergy to originality https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/8df01cef-cd40-4dca-bba8-d9b9c0a21e72/allergy-originality.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Is reboot culture out of control? 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https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e20db04d-3a94-4b22-8d28-e88a5b1aaafc/THE_VIEW_FROM_MARS.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How scientists at the ALMA telescope in Chile decode the secrets of the cosmos 2015-01-30T11:01:59Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/_VNq0-1S214 Science https://aeon.co/videos/children-at-play-provide-a-rare-glimpse-into-the-imagination-ours-and-theirs Into the middle of nowhere https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c98d8640-767a-45e1-8333-0ccac0359c7a/Into-the-Middle-of-Nowhere_3.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Children at play provide a rare glimpse into the imagination, ours and theirs 2014-01-15T06:00:00Z Aeon Video 900 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/157456838 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/on-the-beholders-share-how-past-experience-influences-our-perception-of-art Consciousness and creation: the neuroscience of perception https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/62181519-839f-4243-adab-6498a32b90d8/neuroscience-of-perception-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 On the ‘beholder’s share’ – how past experience influences our perception of art 2018-10-02T10:01:43Z Aeon Video 300 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/289879647 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/fun-in-zero-gravity-the-real-reason-astronauts-go-to-space The astronaut’s guide to life in space https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/1b03182f-8790-4b57-ad54-e13879cd090d/astronauts-guide-to-life-in-space-v1-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Fun in zero gravity: the real reason astronauts go to space 2016-09-06T10:05:04Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/2dhthjsaul4 Science https://aeon.co/videos/celebrating-the-rough-the-raw-and-the-human-in-hardcore-space-science Black rain https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/198cdd68-a565-4671-8aeb-c9423765be94/black-rain.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Celebrating the rough, the raw and the human in hardcore space science 2019-06-03T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/3921306 Science https://aeon.co/videos/sublime-colours-brought-back-from-oblivion-the-exquisite-effects-of-natural-dyes In search of forgotten colours https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4d0c6e4c-6804-4ed6-a340-3b6c986f062b/in-search-of-forgotten-colours-landscape.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Sublime colours brought back from oblivion – the exquisite effects of natural dyes 2018-07-03T10:01:49Z Aeon Video 1080 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/7OiG-WjbCQA Culture https://aeon.co/videos/odourless-world-what-smell-means-to-those-who-dont-have-it Anosmia https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/60d76b96-1c6b-48f2-ac94-9bc1bad8fe60/anosmia-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Odourless world: what smell means to those who don’t have it 2016-12-12T11:05:09Z Aeon Video 540 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/223323741 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/nearly-stingless-jellyfish-on-a-remote-pacific-island-are-a-wonder-of-evolution Jellyfish lake https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/1cb6006e-26a1-464e-8f15-bfd5ef716e3c/JELLYFISH-FINAL-NEW.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Nearly stingless jellyfish on a remote Pacific island are a wonder of evolution 2014-10-01T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/23079092 Science https://aeon.co/videos/a-harrowing-account-of-a-1970-leadership-seminar-spotlights-self-helps-dark-side You’ve never been completely honest https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/fa1faacc-309e-4bda-9cde-3fdc4325c401/you_ve-never-been-completely-honest-landscape-6.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 A harrowing account of a 1970 ‘leadership seminar’ spotlights self-help’s dark side 2022-04-21T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 660 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/695814554 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/pygmy-seahorses-survive-by-disappearing-into-the-world-around-them Pygmy seahorses: masters of camouflage https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d9906b54-f578-4d0e-906c-5a5f08c3b17d/PYGMY_SEAHORSES.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Pygmy seahorses survive by disappearing into the world around them 2014-12-12T11:01:56Z Aeon Video 120 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q3CtGoqz3ww Science https://aeon.co/videos/a-riveting-collage-portrays-a-century-of-inuit-history-and-envisions-a-vibrant-future Three thousand https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4e6475da-c841-4758-a5de-790dbbd55fde/three-thousand-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 A riveting collage portrays a century of Inuit history, and envisions a vibrant future 2023-08-02T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 840 no https://www.nfb.ca/film/three-thousand/embed/player Society https://aeon.co/videos/from-identity-politics-to-medicine-the-dna-revolution-demands-a-new-bioethics The need for a new bioethics https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c21bc43b-32d9-41ba-9d0a-77f4cd2b3dd9/ALONDRA-NELSON-v2.jpg?top=32&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 From identity politics to medicine, the DNA revolution demands a new bioethics 2016-05-02T10:05:07Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/VRvv_5CxsLc Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/the-joys-and-struggles-of-living-on-the-world-s-most-crowded-island Santa Cruz del Islote https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4f55fe5d-d037-4b4a-850f-344d5935adb8/SANTA-CRUZ-Del-ISOLTE-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The joys and struggles of living on the world’s most crowded island 2016-07-18T10:05:04Z Aeon Video 1140 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/86372657 Society https://aeon.co/videos/since-we-don-t-have-wings-we-fly-kites-aerial-combat-above-rio-s-favelas Kite fight https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/0109a1ec-4de9-4670-8696-95708b275b2e/KITE-FIGHT-Main-FINAL.jpg?top=32&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 ‘Since we don’t have wings we fly kites’ – aerial combat above Rio’s favelas 2016-06-17T10:05:05Z Aeon Video 300 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/118019156 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/a-fuel-cell-developer-has-a-plan-to-allow-anyone-to-convert-organics-into-energy A hydrocarbon heaven https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ac621a01-b0f5-49e8-b0f2-a2625c5b4923/HYDROCARBON-FINAL.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A fuel-cell developer has a plan to allow anyone to convert organics into energy 2014-10-21T06:01:38Z Aeon Video 420 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/84059353 Society https://aeon.co/videos/meet-your-single-celled-neighbours-a-microbial-tour-of-a-metropolis The big city https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7c8a335f-8282-43a1-8c11-e83688b39439/the-big-city.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Meet your single-celled neighbours – a microbial tour of a metropolis 2018-12-13T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/309310040 Science https://aeon.co/videos/the-amazing-man-who-produces-iron-using-only-wood-bark-fibre-and-clay Primitive technology: forge blower https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c47a65f1-0d89-4b1d-a517-fcd10387df66/primitive-technology-forge-blower-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The amazing man who produces iron using only wood, bark, fibre and clay 2016-08-23T10:05:04Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/VVV4xeWBIxE Society https://aeon.co/videos/find-the-building-blocks-of-nature-within-a-single-humble-snowflake The science of snowflakes https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e62a6dd4-78fd-49dc-bf5b-320788e9158e/the-science-of-snowflakes-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Find the building blocks of nature within a single, humble snowflake 2024-01-10T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/tP-pgAqfwKI Science https://aeon.co/videos/even-in-modern-secular-societies-belief-in-an-afterlife-persists-why What science tells us about 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Why? 2023-09-28T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 540 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/zbAjXJkt0Qk Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/last-hominin-standing-charting-our-rise-and-the-fall-of-our-closest-relatives Seven million years of human evolution https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5323aa01-c4c9-4d16-bdee-566531e23840/7-million-years-of-human-evolution.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Last hominin standing – charting our rise and the fall of our closest relatives 2018-12-20T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/DZv8VyIQ7YU Science https://aeon.co/videos/a-century-later-can-poetry-help-us-make-sense-of-the-first-world-wars-horrors Three poems from the First World War https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f861a0f1-c1e2-4218-9658-e78200eb1f2b/three-poems-from-the-first-world-war-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 A century later, can poetry help us make sense of the First World War’s horrors? 2024-06-24T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 540 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/VMkTo9u0Mjs Society https://aeon.co/videos/in-the-jungle-of-suriname-maria-sibylla-merian-discovered-insect-metamorphosis The incredible life of Maria Sibylla Merian https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5896111e-57c4-4b84-b32c-a353a45592a6/the-incredible-life-of-maria-sibylla-merian-landscape-3.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 In the jungle of Suriname, Maria Sibylla Merian discovered insect metamorphosis 2022-05-30T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/3WiwkwW18uY Science https://aeon.co/videos/in-an-ancient-english-rainforest-john-creates-charcoal-and-cultivates-growth Time travel in Britain’s lost rainforests https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/455e399f-67f7-436f-b8a8-3bb499ca134e/time-travel-in-britain_s-lost-rainforests-landscape-5.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 In an ancient English rainforest, John creates charcoal and cultivates growth 2023-04-24T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 720 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/823098722 Science https://aeon.co/videos/how-a-curious-question-about-colouring-maps-changed-mathematics-forever Math’s famous map problem: the four colour theorem https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/377598e4-7e4a-40f3-bdc1-753825234fb2/math_s-famous-map-problem-the-four-color-theorem-landscape-1-v2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 How a curious question about colouring maps changed mathematics forever 2023-09-11T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 540 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/h7kqlYUV1l8 Science https://aeon.co/videos/is-this-the-future-of-space-travel-take-a-luxury-cruise-across-the-solar-system One revolution per minute https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ff2d7d0b-213a-4752-b779-c38650f02887/one-revolution-per-minute-landscape-2-v2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Is this the future of space travel? 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Can they ever truly be returned? 2022-05-31T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 1140 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/709067396 Society https://aeon.co/videos/what-it-means-to-leave-home-and-find-it-somewhere-else-or-never-find-it-again Journey birds https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/27529cd2-0ccd-4703-a549-765c8a2f202a/journey-birds.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 What it means to leave home and find it somewhere else – or never find it again 2018-04-20T10:01:47Z Aeon Video 540 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/254087390 Society https://aeon.co/videos/why-be-dragons-how-massive-reptilian-beasts-entered-our-collective-imagination Dragons: a history https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/36fc9f48-c282-4cf5-af7b-53edf160263b/dragons-a-history-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 Why be dragons? How massive, reptilian beasts entered our collective imagination 2024-05-30T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 3480 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/CU-SZo2dMHk Society https://aeon.co/videos/does-capitalism-make-non-playable-characters-of-us-all-an-uncanny-exploration Hardly working https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ddaecf4b-fed3-4745-8c1c-650789858212/hardly-working-landscape-2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Does capitalism make ‘non-playable characters’ of us all? An uncanny exploration 2024-02-12T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 1260 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/728924613 Society https://aeon.co/videos/tantra-is-and-was-a-subversive-philosophy-of-feminine-power Tantra: enlightenment to revolution https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/39cae710-9a8a-4271-9723-42b38495803e/tantra-enlightenment-to-revolution-landscape-3.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Tantra is, and was, a subversive philosophy of feminine power 2022-08-02T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 1140 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/p5jOGh6j7T0 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/the-work-of-a-sleepwalking-artist-offers-a-glimpse-into-the-fertile-slumbering-brain The sleep artist https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f7e5c505-4b48-4417-93ac-761f53fb52fa/man-who-makes-art-in-his-sleep.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The work of a sleepwalking artist offers a glimpse into the fertile slumbering brain 2019-07-08T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/XabMPxBkUo0 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/for-one-of-natures-great-builders-finding-a-mate-means-weaving-the-perfect-nest How a baya weaver builds a nest https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/cfcf2b0c-92a8-4446-af32-a8795b7d9773/how-a-baya-weaver-builds-a-nest-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 For one of nature’s great builders, finding a mate means weaving the perfect nest 2024-06-19T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/jNmgmToKjps Science https://aeon.co/videos/why-humour-and-a-complex-character-are-as-important-in-architecture-as-in-people In residence: Kulapat Yantrasast https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/48a84649-9a87-4d2f-b356-7c7697241d49/In-residence-KULAPAT-ANTRASAST-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Why humour and a complex character are as important in architecture as in people 2015-12-10T11:05:06Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/LhZ35_4vqXA Culture https://aeon.co/videos/human-to-fish-and-back-again-a-brisk-walk-through-our-evolutionary-history 550 million years of human evolution https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/965602ea-e962-4584-9b7c-0a152fc94b53/550-million-years-evolution.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Human to fish, and back again: a brisk walk through our evolutionary history 2019-02-21T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 60 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/117622844 Science https://aeon.co/videos/an-interstellar-voyage-explores-the-paradox-of-twins-separated-by-light-years Einstein’s twin paradox https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/740b1707-4c54-4a6e-963f-5ec4970c7a9d/einstein_s-twin-paradox-landscape-4.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 An interstellar voyage explores the ‘paradox’ of twins separated by light years 2022-08-30T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/h8GqaAp3cGs Science https://aeon.co/videos/the-revolutionary-artist-who-propelled-the-black-panther-movement-with-imagery Emory Douglas: the art of the Black Panthers https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/baa36637-f50f-4398-a53d-690e3ead5e58/emory-douglas-the-art-of-the-black-panthers-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 The revolutionary artist who propelled the Black Panther movement with imagery 2022-11-10T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 480 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/128523144 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/to-understand-how-an-animal-sees-the-world-start-with-the-shape-of-its-pupils Pupil diversity https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/fc9b70cf-f671-4e80-9958-19460acdaafd/pupil-diversity-landscape.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=1920&cropHeight=1080 To understand how an animal sees the world, start with the shape of its pupils 2023-08-09T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/jdrNjHPYKz4 Science https://aeon.co/videos/why-one-man-spent-15-years-in-self-imposed-island-exile The only resident on Écréhous https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6d3055af-f98c-4784-8a57-8312b0abf6b3/the-only-resident-on-ecrehous-landscape-2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Why one man spent 15 years in ‘self-imposed’ island exile 2023-10-02T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 420 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/5AFNq8G_K3Y Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/what-is-mothers-day-to-a-child-whose-mother-is-in-prison Mother’s Day https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/241887c0-bfc0-481e-81a1-08cb78535972/mothers-day.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 What is Mother’s Day to a child whose mother is in prison? 2017-09-12T10:01:13Z Aeon Video 480 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/199739625 Society https://aeon.co/videos/to-capture-grief-in-poetry-is-to-describe-the-ineffable-heres-why-tennyson-did-it-best How Tennyson grieves in poetry https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/afd863e0-9515-42cc-b800-28b7a3c7bd50/how-tennyson-grieves-in-poetry-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 To capture grief in poetry is to describe the ineffable. 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You make it a liar robot 2015-09-25T11:01:28Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/42703118 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/defying-social-pressure-a-woman-commits-herself-to-lobster-fishing-and-the-sea The long haul https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b9ee6f1e-23a1-40bf-bcaf-44bf085492ab/LONG-HAUL-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Defying social pressure, a woman commits herself to lobster fishing and the sea 2016-02-19T11:05:06Z Aeon Video 660 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/177263868 Society https://aeon.co/videos/conservation-versus-renewable-energy-an-ecological-battle-brewing-in-scotland Arcadia https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/0adf32ba-5be9-4703-8572-91ff1d4c20d3/ARCADIA-turbine.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Conservation versus renewable energy: an ecological battle brewing in Scotland 2014-07-23T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 540 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/101310634 Science https://aeon.co/videos/the-toxic-flamboyant-cuttlefish-is-one-of-the-few-species-to-mate-face-to-face The wild life of a female flamboyant cuttlefish https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e76d5c87-f03e-4f67-b1c8-8f185947ad8a/MATING-FLAMBOYANT-CUTTLEFISH-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The toxic flamboyant cuttlefish is one of the few species to mate face-to-face 2015-08-18T11:01:13Z Aeon Video 420 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/254923920 Science https://aeon.co/videos/never-wear-a-hoodie-and-other-crucial-rules-for-birding-while-black Rules for the black birdwatcher https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/45a727ab-b9cb-4301-9ca4-6c6b50a2f626/RULES-FOR-THE-BLACK-BIRDER-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 ‘Never wear a hoodie’ and other crucial rules for birding while black 2016-04-22T10:05:06Z Aeon Video 120 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/4thb2zGuOnU Society https://aeon.co/videos/transported-by-imagination-kids-turn-chairs-on-a-dusty-patch-into-a-joyful-game Sillas (musical chairs) https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/248e08f2-38f8-41a1-8197-84d57b1a8ede/SILLAS.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Transported by imagination, kids turn chairs on a dusty patch into a joyful game 2014-11-13T11:01:32Z Aeon Video 300 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/101011349 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/after-a-car-crash-an-american-football-player-fights-to-get-back-in-the-game Always a fire https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6ac63026-33c8-42a3-aec6-8c3dcd3d8670/ALWAYS-A-FIRE.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 After a car crash, an American football player fights to get back in the game 2014-09-03T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 420 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/e4xsVaq2zSg Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/chimeras-and-lightning-a-radical-perspective-on-the-evolution-of-complex-life Why life is the way it is https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5aca1db3-c018-43a4-bf20-8c67df0e3f01/NICK-LANE-use-this-one-.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Chimeras and lightning: a radical perspective on the evolution of complex life 2015-11-13T11:05:08Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/iI4xGGE7crM Science https://aeon.co/videos/former-lighthouse-keepers-reminisce-about-solitude-and-the-power-of-the-sea Behind the light https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/a931f5d0-c7b9-4f08-8023-4b4fa1e87278/behiond-the-light-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Former lighthouse keepers reminisce about solitude, and the power of the sea 2013-12-09T06:00:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/78058452 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/the-rich-traditions-of-ethiopian-coffee-culture-and-the-hard-work-behind-it There is only coffee https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/612492fd-2558-4c31-95bc-5c9318be257d/THERE_IS_ONLY_COFFEE.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The rich traditions of Ethiopian coffee culture, and the hard work behind it 2014-11-21T11:01:44Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/vuwLjT-rNS8 Society https://aeon.co/videos/a-young-french-boy-leaves-forever-the-african-village-that-is-his-home Goodbye Mandima https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4e042e16-2dc7-4d92-8073-4a5ed27541ed/Goodbye-Mandima-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A young French boy leaves forever the African village that is his home 2015-05-11T11:01:03Z Aeon Video 600 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/37664008 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/in-her-dreams-the-first-briton-in-space-revisits-staggering-views-of-the-earth The dreams of an astronaut https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/34646173-a0e0-4d8d-9bee-d269b90af5f6/DREAMS-OF-AN-ASTRONAUT--HELEN-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 In her dreams, the first Briton in space revisits staggering views of the Earth 2015-12-21T11:05:06Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/A49oreXOOzI Science https://aeon.co/videos/a-photographer-seeks-dignity-in-his-series-on-self-harm-among-japanese-women Ibasyo: a photographer’s response to self-harm in Japan https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/1ad8868b-3b17-4472-ac78-e23836b9b5b8/IBASYO-FINAL.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A photographer seeks dignity in his series on self-harm among Japanese women 2014-10-16T06:01:43Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/8T_mDOh7ueQ Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/the-father-of-information-theory-claude-shannon-brought-us-our-digital-world The man who turned paper into pixels https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ca0c7708-581d-4c0b-b00d-1f8f78b2eeb0/PAPER-INTO-PIXELS-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The ‘father of information theory’, Claude Shannon brought us our digital world 2015-03-09T11:01:45Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/119975723 Society 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Why Kant believed even a life-saving fib was immoral 2016-04-07T10:05:07Z Aeon Video 120 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/x_uUEaeqFog Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/why-there-s-more-than-just-novelty-to-one-young-inventor-s-air-powered-lego-car Driving on air https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/23847369-5011-470c-95bb-e26fd23eabbd/Driving-on-Air-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Why there’s more than just novelty to one young inventor’s air-powered Lego car 2016-02-25T11:05:07Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/123271598 Society https://aeon.co/videos/juniper-was-born-dangerously-premature-what-was-it-that-made-her-keep-going 23 weeks 6 days https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/8777aa04-4668-4b21-9cc2-8f0af49194a8/23-weeks-6-days-MAIN1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Juniper was born dangerously premature. 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The Soviet ghost town frozen in time high in the Arctic 2016-05-09T10:05:07Z Aeon Video 780 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/185525719 Society https://aeon.co/videos/a-world-between-dream-and-reality-the-science-and-horror-of-sleep-paralysis Devil in the room https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/0e17de45-f009-4742-b525-47d0b66e9092/Devil-in-the-Room-2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A world between dream and reality: the science – and horror – of sleep paralysis 2014-04-04T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 480 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/90049574 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/the-ecstasy-of-jazz-raising-consciousness-towards-a-love-supreme The church of Saint John Coltrane https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ed39944b-83dd-4656-be0e-03a9ca0c342a/COLTRANE-CHURCH.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The ecstasy of jazz, raising consciousness towards a love supreme 2014-06-04T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 1680 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/155985592 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/catalonia-s-human-towers-are-monuments-to-strength-co-operation-and-tradition Casteller https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f748ff4c-8dcf-4df0-a2b8-581c799799b6/CASTELLER.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Catalonia’s human towers are monuments to strength, co-operation and tradition 2014-12-05T11:01:55Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/16392519 Society https://aeon.co/videos/from-relativity-to-quantum-theory-our-physical-world-explored-through-coffee Physics and caffeine https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e46761bd-bcbb-41b5-9000-e3a99572e036/Physics-and-Caffeine.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 From relativity to quantum theory – our physical world explored through coffee 2016-06-23T10:05:05Z Aeon Video 540 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/2L-B3IIe-hA Science https://aeon.co/videos/a-chess-playing-machine-hoax-that-beat-the-best-and-helped-inspire-the-computer Kempelen’s chess-playing automaton https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/86292bbb-2e2f-4189-ac57-12e5e268ebea/kempelen-landscape-2021.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 A chess-playing machine hoax that beat the best and helped inspire the computer 2015-08-03T11:01:58Z Aeon Video 600 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/134136085 Science https://aeon.co/videos/tour-the-explorers-club-basecamp-for-great-expeditions-past-and-future The Explorers Club https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f70ccbae-3a9b-4aef-8094-24949303d08a/EXPLORERS-CLUB-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Tour the Explorers Club, basecamp for great expeditions past and future 2015-02-23T11:01:34Z Aeon Video 300 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/119362539 Science https://aeon.co/videos/is-it-possible-to-see-sound-yes-but-it-takes-some-crafty-photographic-wizardry What does sound look like? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/a7e55045-3457-4565-8638-180363b003f6/WHAT-DOES-SOUND-LOOK-LIKE-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Is it possible to see sound? 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2016-04-26T10:05:07Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/51889048 Society https://aeon.co/videos/the-sensuous-pleasures-and-amusing-rituals-of-soaking-in-hot-springs Soak https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/37ba6cdb-1ca8-409a-a23e-51a5e9b6feba/SOAK-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The sensuous pleasures and amusing rituals of soaking in hot springs 2015-03-26T11:01:17Z Aeon Video 300 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/121923706 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/great-for-killing-and-for-research-the-lethal-fangs-of-saber-toothed-cats The deadliest tooth https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/a11ca484-e410-4dd5-a78a-c6f1f3bb3ad5/Deadliest-tooth-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Great for killing, and for research: the lethal fangs of saber-toothed cats 2016-06-16T10:00:11Z Aeon Video 300 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/132562804 Science https://aeon.co/videos/how-could-a-benevolent-god-allow-evil-is-it-really-just-a-matter-of-free-will The free will defence: a good god vs the problem of evil https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/abdbcd2c-485e-4ed7-b71a-00b020ebb540/Problem-of-Evil-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How could a benevolent god allow evil? 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A pastor explores 2015-04-09T11:01:58Z Aeon Video 1560 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/141671857 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/decades-after-participating-in-secret-nuclear-tests-a-veteran-tells-his-story X-ray man https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/be67a0eb-8890-49b1-a703-eedd9e5bc4d2/XRayMan.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Decades after participating in secret nuclear tests, a veteran tells his story 2014-11-14T11:01:18Z Aeon Video 540 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/163422915 Society https://aeon.co/videos/a-moving-argument-for-one-woman-s-right-to-choose-when-and-how-she-dies Gina https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/0dcf13c8-6c51-41be-9824-9214643f5bba/GINA-MAIN.jpg?top=31&left=0&cropWidth=960&cropHeight=540 A moving argument for one woman’s right to choose when and how she dies 2015-07-20T11:01:53Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/132291523 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/why-plato-believed-that-philosopher-kings-not-democracy-should-run-the-state Plato’s philosopher kings https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7b8f66cd-a5c0-490c-8cb9-091a25aefc4c/Platos-Philosopher-Kings.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Why Plato believed that philosopher kings – not democracy – should run the state 2016-01-22T11:05:07Z Aeon Video 120 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/ALXsaT6bqL0 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/beware-your-shower-why-the-risks-that-matter-most-can-be-those-you-notice-least The risks of the everyday https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d18ab48d-6dfa-44a1-a8ac-ed752b6359b0/RISKS-OF-EVERYDAY-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Beware your shower! Why the risks that matter most can be those you notice least 2015-08-27T11:01:49Z Aeon Video 120 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/-mKptXNhXzw Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/the-only-way-to-survive-for-newborn-barnacle-geese-is-to-dive-off-a-cliff Chicks jump off cliff https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f39762ae-dc24-4a08-9252-b8ea1ba10031/Chicks-jump-off-cliff-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The only way to survive for newborn barnacle geese is to dive off a cliff 2016-01-11T11:05:06Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/rxGuNJ-nEYg Science https://aeon.co/videos/imagery-from-saturn-becomes-a-breathtaking-glimpse-of-a-neighbouring-world Cassini mission https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/2f433daf-b6a3-420e-9f78-e1b205835bda/CASSINI_MISSION.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Imagery from Saturn becomes a breathtaking glimpse of a neighbouring world 2014-12-26T11:01:57Z Aeon Video 120 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/24410924 Science https://aeon.co/videos/nasa-s-apollo-missions-to-the-moon-and-back-flip-to-new-pulsing-life Apollo missions https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/40267ddf-83d7-4430-a133-c64a78c1dfb0/APOLLO-MISSIONS-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 NASA’s Apollo missions to the Moon and back flip to new, pulsing life 2015-10-26T11:01:23Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/143022106 Science https://aeon.co/videos/sage-advice-from-leisure-world-california-s-geriatric-synchronised-swimmers The Aquadettes https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/fd0153de-4e83-42be-a636-17669b4da115/aquadettes35.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Sage advice from Leisure World, California’s geriatric synchronised swimmers 2013-12-27T06:00:00Z Aeon Video 600 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/80986980 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/new-realities-are-imminent-how-vr-reframes-big-questions-in-philosophy The philosophy of virtual reality https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b70da72e-3827-48b9-a4e9-861bfdc33565/DAVID-CHALMERS-Still.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 New realities are imminent: how VR reframes big questions in philosophy 2016-05-23T10:05:07Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/1ur7eIKiwuA Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/the-magical-place-in-france-where-spinning-wood-tops-are-still-made-by-hand In the toy workshop https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/33f07183-529a-4310-b327-2a9261faba00/Musee-du-Jouet-FINAL.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The magical place in France where spinning wood tops are still made by hand 2014-08-19T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/96062687 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/can-the-problem-of-induction-save-anthony-s-dismal-dating-life The problem of induction https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9cced573-c62b-4be4-83b2-547957399af8/HTH_titlecard_type-TEST-4.png?top=1&left=0&cropWidth=2480&cropHeight=1395 Can the problem of induction save Anthony’s dismal dating life? 2015-12-14T11:05:06Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/Fd1U_MC_p3M Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/far-from-the-us-border-a-mexican-town-acts-out-nightly-illegal-border-crossings La caminata https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e026d4b7-bd9e-490b-9c6d-b48969a16098/la-caminate.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Far from the US border, a Mexican town acts out nightly illegal border-crossings 2014-05-07T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 900 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/94032990 Society https://aeon.co/videos/anne-is-11-and-has-tourette-s-syndrome-she-also-has-a-great-love-of-life Flying Anne https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7ef82596-d810-47ee-9430-7ba81111174f/10363526_681335201941559_4236574017742560457_n.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=960&cropHeight=540 Anne is 11 and has Tourette’s syndrome. 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Leafcutter ants are phenomenal fungus farmers 2015-06-25T11:01:19Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/-6oKJ5FGk24 Science https://aeon.co/videos/a-deadpan-treatise-on-the-craft-of-pencil-sharpening-from-a-master-artisan How to sharpen pencils https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/8039aaad-e7e8-4c50-bba1-0aec29f3e500/Sharpen-Pencil-FINAL-2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A deadpan treatise on the craft of pencil-sharpening from a master artisan 2014-10-23T06:01:10Z Aeon Video 540 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/60718161 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/elves-and-wizards-go-to-work-a-day-in-the-life-of-online-role-playing-devotees Avatar Days https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/68777831-4e8f-47ed-8c4d-037da21e0255/Avatar-Days.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Elves and wizards go to work: a day in the life of online role-playing devotees 2014-05-16T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/95011128 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/why-sartre-believed-that-the-person-in-love-could-never-be-free Sartre: love is a hazardous, painful struggle https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b76883b6-f325-4398-a6cb-f8e54a87347a/SARTRE-2-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Why Sartre believed that the person in love could never be free 2015-09-22T11:01:36Z Aeon Video 120 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/ohOcptVc8uo Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/whats-in-your-pocket-right-now-and-what-does-it-say-about-you Pockets https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4364417e-2499-4067-a0e8-d99bc88ec9dc/Pockets_FIlm_Still_1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 What’s in your pocket right now? 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https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/78cd242d-7e31-4345-b1dc-1a59973f279d/LIBET-EXPERIMENT-free-will.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Can we really make conscious decisions, or is agency just a trick of the brain? 2015-03-16T11:01:45Z Aeon Video 120 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/OjCt-L0Ph5o Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/to-the-horsemen-of-almonte-nature-is-a-religion-and-herding-defines-them The horsemen https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/99d2d1a4-db57-4cca-9984-f651feaf8263/HORSEMEN-FINAL.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 To the horsemen of Almonte, nature is a religion, and herding defines them 2014-11-06T06:01:51Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/102644086 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/a-woman-embraces-cryonics-as-she-challenges-the-limitations-of-her-mind-and-body Out of body https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5dcf9fc9-7244-4ee4-b3f0-f365c95bf6a9/out-of-body-21.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A woman embraces cryonics as she challenges the limitations of her mind and body 2014-03-05T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/86361837 Science https://aeon.co/videos/a-jazz-inflected-stylishly-expressive-take-on-the-experience-of-blindness Sound of vision https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9f422360-7ecc-4805-9afc-2fc1cbd9c341/SOUND-OF-VISION-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A jazz-inflected, stylishly expressive take on the experience of blindness 2015-02-02T11:01:52Z Aeon Video 480 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/47215476 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/why-it-s-so-easy-to-cheat-without-feeling-dishonest The truth about dishonesty https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/a441f6ca-c9af-4cbe-894c-34e055bd7587/TRUTH-ABOUT-DISHONESTY-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Why it’s so easy to cheat without feeling dishonest 2015-11-30T11:05:06Z Aeon Video 660 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/XBmJay_qdNc Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/how-two-women-fell-in-love-survived-the-khmer-rouge-and-transformed-a-community Two girls against the rain https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5f9eb773-f525-4514-a8e2-da7d13ce6ec7/2-GIRLS-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How two women fell in love, survived the Khmer Rouge and transformed a community 2014-01-22T06:00:00Z Aeon Video 660 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/155683888 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/a-black-calf-roper-challenges-the-american-west-s-myths-at-the-rodeo The roper https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d11456b0-e5aa-48d3-831d-58dfb58f38f7/ROPER-MAIN-2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A black calf roper challenges the American West’s myths at the rodeo 2015-03-27T11:01:13Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/48922534 Society https://aeon.co/videos/creepy-masks-boozy-baths-and-chicken-chases-the-mayhem-of-courir-de-mardi-gras Rougarouing https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/dbc0a814-3e94-4b0a-b25b-18c1bb2e4fef/Rougarouing-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Creepy masks, boozy baths and chicken chases: the mayhem of Courir de Mardi Gras 2016-02-09T11:05:07Z Aeon Video 660 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/61866298 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/a-man-struggles-to-carry-on-a-dying-trade-harvesting-ice-from-a-glacier The last ice merchant https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6f05ecb6-b676-460e-bcd5-6c0506d5c91c/THE-LAST-ICE-MERCHANT.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A man struggles to carry on a dying trade – harvesting ice from a glacier 2014-02-12T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 840 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/85460908 Society https://aeon.co/videos/how-would-the-world-look-if-we-could-see-the-magnetic-fields-around-us Magnetic movie https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/37408700-3f1b-446b-829b-31a549ee9582/MAGNETIC-MOVIE-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How would the world look if we could see the magnetic fields around us? 2015-05-28T11:01:33Z Aeon Video 300 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/1166968 Science https://aeon.co/videos/the-world-s-most-illegal-game-of-volleyball-was-played-over-the-us-mexico-border Walleyball https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/656d6ea3-db91-4dcd-807b-acae039b18b5/WALLEYBALL-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The world’s most illegal game of volleyball was played over the US-Mexico border 2015-03-06T11:01:02Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/120164457 Society https://aeon.co/videos/how-growth-is-an-insufficient-measure-of-economic-success-in-an-unequal-world Growth is not enough https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/98044baf-eb0e-4140-86cb-2ea474d60b12/Growth-is-not-Enough-MAIN.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How growth is an insufficient measure of economic success in an unequal world 2015-06-16T11:01:44Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/129133285 Society https://aeon.co/videos/a-neurologist-finds-peace-and-happiness-in-the-feeling-of-constant-acceleration Slomo https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5f24bde2-c863-4a6a-8764-74943ee90987/SLOMO-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A neurologist finds peace and happiness in the feeling of constant acceleration 2016-04-21T10:05:07Z Aeon Video 960 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/59749737 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/the-dull-men-s-club-where-being-extraordinarily-ordinary-is-celebrated Born to be mild https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ac8a1652-e3f2-4b97-a55f-6aa65d3daf32/BORN-TO-BE-MILD-3-Main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The Dull Men’s Club: where being extraordinarily ordinary is celebrated 2016-05-12T10:05:07Z Aeon Video 900 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/183524061 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/the-stunningly-beautiful-home-in-which-the-mental-space-is-what-matters In residence: Xavier Corberó https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b643906f-4f89-4260-ad85-a14d79a39c0e/XAVIER-CORBERO-main-2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The stunningly beautiful home ‘in which the mental space is what matters’ 2015-05-19T11:01:15Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/vF8pY8Om840 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/maybe-i-m-not-even-here-and-other-crazy-beautiful-stuff-physics-told-me Why do I study physics? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/54b57f72-2232-4387-a5e8-8059fce93cbb/PHYSICS-FINAL.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Maybe I’m not even here, and other crazy, beautiful stuff physics told me 2014-05-02T06:01:00Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/92753062 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/the-inventive-absurdity-of-chuck-jones-creator-of-looney-tunes Chuck Jones: the evolution of an artist https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f194558f-ea46-44f6-8e55-5c175dd11683/CHUCK-JONES-ARTIST-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The inventive absurdity of Chuck Jones, creator of ‘Looney Tunes’ 2015-07-21T11:01:33Z Aeon Video 540 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/kHpXle4NqWI Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/meet-eccentric-diy-tech-innovator-and-world-record-holder-collin-furze Colin Furze: inside the mind of an inventor https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/a6cfe7fa-ef76-4f34-9edd-c2da8fe52fc9/COLIN_FURZE.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Meet eccentric DIY tech innovator and world record holder Collin Furze 2014-11-17T11:01:43Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/y8Ln-h0AOdc Culture https://aeon.co/videos/how-collotype-printing-an-outmoded-technology-helps-preserve-japan-s-heritage A story of ink and steel https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ac3fc811-37f1-4f87-9b8b-16a113879b87/INK-AND-STEEL-main2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How collotype printing, an outmoded technology, helps preserve Japan’s heritage 2015-05-29T11:01:07Z Aeon Video 600 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/128152913 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/is-the-introspection-of-self-help-and-therapy-hurting-our-ability-to-empathise The power of outrospection https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/506694f6-505b-4eba-8d28-7a9e1dda72c8/POWER-OF-OUTROSPECTION-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Is the introspection of self-help and therapy hurting our ability to empathise? 2015-06-08T11:01:04Z Aeon Video 600 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/129133286 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/the-voyages-of-ancient-pacific-mariners-echo-in-modern-space-exploration Slingshots of the oceanic https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/adb76d93-50ac-40ee-9d1f-db9fb5b64405/slingshots-of-the-oceanic-landscape-2020.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 The voyages of Ancient Pacific mariners echo in modern space exploration 2016-09-12T10:05:04Z Aeon Video 120 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/182438612 Society https://aeon.co/videos/life-as-a-young-referee-you-get-berated-on-the-pitch-at-home-mother-does-it-too The whistle https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/57c9b725-1311-4f22-8b84-3c59e2db4c73/the-whistle-v3.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Life as a young referee: you get berated on the pitch; at home, mother does it too 2016-09-22T10:05:05Z Aeon Video 1020 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/fUKMR6yQtHs Culture https://aeon.co/videos/imagine-alien-signals-are-detected-heres-what-happens-next Further: Seth Shostak https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b4d8520c-7488-4816-b251-5da5b1467531/v2-further-seth-shostak-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Imagine alien signals are detected. Here’s what happens next 2016-09-23T10:05:04Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/177466730 Science https://aeon.co/videos/can-the-market-save-an-endangered-species-south-africa-s-rhino-horn-conundrum The last rhinos https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/936016c9-56e1-4def-be9e-a9cd5a5c65c4/the-last-rhinos-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Can the market save an endangered species? South Africa’s rhino horn conundrum 2016-10-04T10:05:05Z Aeon Video 540 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/182267614 Society https://aeon.co/videos/finding-alien-life-demands-real-imagination-not-recycled-sci-fi-tropes Stranger aliens https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/772fad16-6684-4d5c-93e7-4183a69df882/stranger-aliens-landscape-2020.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Finding alien life demands real imagination – not recycled sci-fi tropes 2016-10-18T10:05:05Z Aeon Video 300 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/187832241 Science https://aeon.co/videos/athletes-endure-a-bizarre-nearly-impossible-100-mile-race-for-its-sheer-thrill Barkley 100 https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f2ca8bad-1191-4387-a437-e1b7bdc6bb4c/barkley-100-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Athletes endure a bizarre, nearly impossible 100-mile race for its sheer thrill 2016-10-13T10:05:05Z Aeon Video 1380 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/97270099 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/what-happens-when-a-country-has-its-first-true-democratic-election The vote https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/497f5ba5-1f98-4dbc-bb51-71481ac1fb47/the-vote-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 What happens when a country has its first true democratic election? 2016-10-25T10:05:06Z Aeon Video 720 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/KGNL1YjGnZA Society https://aeon.co/videos/dazzling-macro-photography-reveals-the-marvels-of-chemicals-meeting Beautiful chemical reactions https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/564abac7-9cc0-492b-9a94-c6e8f993e7cf/beautiful-chemical-reaction-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Dazzling macro photography reveals the marvels of chemicals meeting 2016-10-24T10:05:05Z Aeon Video 420 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/dQGreQyoXxI Science https://aeon.co/videos/making-tiny-things-go-extremely-fast-is-a-monument-to-human-enquiry-and-creativity How to design a particle accelerator https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/2622fdcc-9278-44bc-ab39-1c115280f195/how-to-design-a-particle-accelerator-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Making tiny things go extremely fast is a monument to human enquiry and creativity 2016-10-28T10:05:06Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/V_hirIK9eFs Science https://aeon.co/videos/coded-vibrations-and-signal-jamming-the-secret-language-of-the-treehoppers Code of the treehopper https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4e0e66e5-787a-4410-86e5-e957c4033f84/code-of-the-treehopper.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Coded vibrations and signal jamming – the secret language of the treehoppers 2016-11-10T11:05:06Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/3iV0LrmwqQo Science https://aeon.co/videos/how-a-focus-on-the-present-moment-has-given-david-hockney-many-lives David Hockney in the now https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9954c877-8c9b-420a-a299-20fe4c6a5c90/david-hockney-in-the-now.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How a focus on the present moment has given David Hockney many lives 2016-11-11T11:05:05Z Aeon Video 420 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/6MzyVOQ2jPQ Culture https://aeon.co/videos/what-would-2-000-miles-of-a-us-mexico-border-fence-actually-look-like Best of luck with the wall https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/365d20bf-6ba7-4e6b-b471-d71e3074a8f6/best-of-luck-with-the-wall-landscape.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 What would 2,000 miles of a US-Mexico border fence actually look like? 2016-11-07T11:05:06Z Aeon Video 420 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/189015526 Society https://aeon.co/videos/how-e-e-cummingss-most-famous-love-poem-reaches-towards-transcendence-of-self How E E Cummings writes a poem https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/8a40bd23-9605-425b-b7fc-0cbc32653ccd/how-ee-cummings-writes-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How E E Cummings’s most famous love poem reaches towards transcendence of self 2016-12-08T11:05:10Z Aeon Video 540 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/kffo3pxNO7c Culture https://aeon.co/videos/can-writing-an-11000-page-autobiographical-thesis-cure-addiction Internado https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/36d8641f-b0e0-4629-adfb-c1f1f418a566/internado-main-v2-cropped-.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Can writing an 11,000-page autobiographical thesis cure addiction? 2017-01-02T11:05:10Z Aeon Video 960 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/198701429 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/falsification-ruled-20th-century-science-does-it-need-revision-in-the-21st Karl Popper’s falsification https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/63f30e26-5924-450e-9e6b-a7f79aeaa79d/karl-popper-falsification-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 ‘Falsification’ ruled 20th-century science. Does it need revision in the 21st? 2016-12-22T11:05:09Z Aeon Video 120 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/wf-sGqBsWv4 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/how-did-the-20th-centurys-most-glamorous-intellectual-friendship-go-wrong Sartre vs Camus https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/da2a6989-237e-4816-9e02-c84efcf22ac9/srtre-camus-new-v1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How did the 20th century’s most glamorous intellectual friendship go wrong? 2017-01-27T11:01:13Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/201881771 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/not-all-paper-is-created-equal-an-800-year-old-tradition-of-making-it-by-hand Japanese handmade paper of Kyoto Kurotani https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d3cee196-9582-447d-af47-5fcaf8d3ee2e/japanese-handmade-paper-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Not all paper is created equal: an 800-year-old tradition of making it by hand 2017-01-26T11:05:10Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/swiu0YGU38Q Culture https://aeon.co/videos/nomadic-life-is-a-warm-poignant-memory-for-many-irish-travellers Ni N’akul nid’as (Free people) https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/56f200bd-f1f5-4c49-82cc-0866db5c240c/free-people-landscape-1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 Nomadic life is a warm, poignant memory for many Irish Travellers 2025-11-26T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 600 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/1138945027 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/why-falconers-believe-a-bird-of-prey-in-action-is-still-a-wonder-worth-beholding The art of falconry https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e41a462e-2c56-42c0-b6b9-230317a19384/art-of-falconry.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Why falconers believe a bird of prey in action is still a wonder worth beholding 2017-02-06T11:05:09Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/sFqf-_IS8j0 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/the-school-where-children-make-the-rules-and-learn-what-they-want-to-learn Summerhill https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/dce7f30f-4d58-4aa3-8b2e-0e41fed5757b/summerhill.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The school where children make the rules and learn what they want to learn 2020-02-18T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 1680 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/D8ko7DGsf5s Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/the-plodding-photon-or-how-the-speed-of-light-looks-sluggish-on-a-galactic-scale Riding light https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/2b83ba23-c56f-41ce-879d-8d6fee33d3d0/riding-light-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The plodding photon, or how the speed of light looks sluggish on a galactic scale 2017-02-13T11:05:09Z Aeon Video 2700 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/117815404 Science https://aeon.co/videos/this-is-post-traumatic-growth-how-one-artist-painted-over-her-rape Rotatio https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4ea8dd10-6615-405e-b576-cbd7c72ca721/rotatio-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 ‘This is post-traumatic growth’: how one artist painted over her rape 2017-02-24T11:05:09Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/125685715 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/brand-consultant-pr-researcher-why-the-bullshit-jobs-era-needs-to-end David Graeber on the value of work https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/76c745f8-5402-40ee-be8d-31b46f2f0b61/david-graeber-on-work-main-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 ‘Brand consultant’? ‘PR researcher’? Why the ‘bullshit jobs’ era needs to end 2017-03-17T10:05:09Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/tpoJIkqEXYo Society https://aeon.co/videos/bring-back-the-mammoth-to-fight-global-warming-its-not-as-crazy-as-it-sounds Mammoth https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/afd23be3-556d-4ab7-8349-b561ba22a2ba/mammoth-v3-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Bring back the mammoth to fight global warming? It’s not as crazy as it sounds 2017-03-27T10:05:09Z Aeon Video 1560 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/207624364 Science https://aeon.co/videos/meeting-your-boyfriends-family-is-hard-agata-must-travel-3000-miles-and-shes-blind Touch life https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/3ca082e8-ad34-4f4c-8051-9638f793504c/touch-life-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Meeting your boyfriend’s family is hard. Agata must travel 3,000 miles. And she’s blind 2017-04-06T10:05:09Z Aeon Video 780 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/249821333 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/ageing-to-the-beat-of-their-own-drums-from-one-to-100-years-old People in order: age https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/219497b0-4ed2-4ccd-8b79-0fc08a345c1a/people-in-order-age-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Ageing to the beat of their own drums – from one to 100 years old 2017-04-28T10:05:09Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/3908612 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/how-an-earth-science-outsider-finally-put-the-pangea-puzzle-together Animated life: Pangea, Wegener and the continental drift https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9f4aa31a-cff9-4d12-a578-29d51f29b0df/animated-life-pangea-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How an Earth science outsider finally put the Pangea puzzle together 2017-04-24T10:05:09Z Aeon Video 480 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/RgJZ0ySEKYg Science https://aeon.co/videos/after-a-landslide-destroys-her-village-a-woman-rebuilds-her-life-in-a-changed-landscape Gyalmu’s house https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7748dc2e-14e7-473e-b246-d1e9e2c5e72e/poster2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 After a landslide destroys her village, a woman rebuilds her life in a changed landscape 2017-04-25T10:05:09Z Aeon Video 840 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/231573284 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/how-a-tiny-group-of-insects-escaped-extinction-by-hiding-in-a-bush-for-80-years Sticky https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ba4c38a5-b19d-4d05-b554-4e32f829672a/sticky-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How a tiny group of insects escaped extinction by hiding in a bush for 80 years 2017-05-05T10:05:11Z Aeon Video 1200 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/76647062 Science https://aeon.co/videos/why-do-we-crave-the-awful-futures-of-apocalyptic-fiction Dispatches from the ruins https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/cf392f6d-b42b-4ece-8886-46b1a0c7d37a/dispatches-from-the-ruins-new.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Why do we crave the awful futures of apocalyptic fiction? 2017-05-16T10:05:10Z Aeon Video 300 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/217679720 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/how-quantum-superposition-could-unravel-the-grandfather-paradox Solution to the grandfather paradox https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7bd13716-31e0-4109-8cf4-67ef1e1e1eb3/grandfather-paradox-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How quantum superposition could unravel the ‘grandfather paradox’ 2017-05-19T10:05:10Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/XayNKY944lY Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/albania-built-750000-bunkers-for-a-war-that-never-came-now-what Mushrooms of concrete https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/aaddc272-57f7-478b-a006-cbb642918bff/mushrooms-of-concrete-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Albania built 750,000 bunkers for a war that never came. Now what? 2017-05-25T10:05:09Z Aeon Video 1440 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/233693771 Society https://aeon.co/videos/how-the-deaf-experience-of-music-can-enrich-music-for-everyone Labyrinth https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/1b411f80-b358-489a-a7bc-84d2c37f13ba/labyrinth-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How the deaf experience of music can enrich music for everyone 2017-06-02T10:05:13Z Aeon Video 720 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/109374565 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/machine-learning-is-important-but-some-ais-just-want-to-have-fun An algorithm imagines a train ride https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ca706fda-1ff7-4e05-96b7-5d123e1fe976/v2-an-algorithim-imagines-a-train-ride-main.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Machine learning is important, but some AIs just want to have fun 2017-06-06T10:05:13Z Aeon Video 3420 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/lr59AhOPgWQ Science https://aeon.co/videos/laughing-at-others-misfortune-is-fine-for-fail-videos-its-poison-for-politics Check your schadenfreude https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/3675b4af-ac0b-43c8-b8e2-a0fedb074f45/check-your-schadenfreude-.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Laughing at others’ misfortune is fine for ‘fail’ videos. It’s poison for politics 2017-07-05T10:01:13Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/Tva0xq-eDvI Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/how-the-identity-agnostic-neutrino-exists-in-three-states-all-at-once Quantum shape-shifting: neutrino oscillations https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b2f73a6f-d7a4-43dc-88fc-2332e9c78b2c/quantum-oscillating-neutrinos.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How the ‘identity agnostic’ neutrino exists in three states all at once 2017-07-20T10:01:14Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/7fgKBJDMO54 Science https://aeon.co/videos/pain-leads-to-empathy-and-self-preservation-should-we-make-robots-feel-it Pain in the machine https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5eb08319-1c80-4373-8aed-01a56182a297/pain-in-the-machine.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Pain leads to empathy and self-preservation: should we make robots ‘feel’ it? 2017-07-17T10:01:13Z Aeon Video 720 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/ODw5Eu6VbGc Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/why-the-apparent-flatness-of-space-is-an-enduring-cosmological-mystery What is the shape of space? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/43ab8648-fd39-4625-8c64-00625c2eec62/what-is-the-shape-of-space.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Why the apparent flatness of space is an enduring cosmological mystery 2017-09-07T10:01:13Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/oCK5oGmRtxQ Science https://aeon.co/videos/the-swiss-warehouse-where-the-rich-hide-assets-and-wealth-leaves-no-trace National disintegrations https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f5d19275-0b39-48d6-8578-b165fb4690fb/national-disintegrations.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The Swiss warehouse where the rich hide assets and wealth leaves no trace 2017-09-05T10:01:12Z Aeon Video 660 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/CwuMY-_V4dc Society https://aeon.co/videos/from-the-red-sea-to-hong-kong-in-10-minutes-a-stunning-cargo-ship-timelapse Thirty days of a cargo ship’s voyage https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5dcf6104-728e-4f91-be4a-b9416415cabd/30-days-at-sea-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 From the Red Sea to Hong Kong in 10 minutes – a stunning cargo-ship timelapse 2017-10-05T10:01:12Z Aeon Video 600 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/AHrCI9eSJGQ Society https://aeon.co/videos/why-confucius-believed-that-honouring-your-ancestors-is-central-to-social-harmony Confucian ancestor worship https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b1ab39f6-2620-4bcd-96d7-c7763b075492/confucian-ancestor-worship.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Why Confucius believed that honouring your ancestors is central to social harmony 2017-10-12T10:01:14Z Aeon Video 120 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/2dZfaU5tsDY Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/from-carving-the-wood-to-the-final-varnish-crafting-a-violin-has-a-musicality-all-its-own The workshop https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/94123a6e-9e79-4680-94af-3ce9651b3bdd/the-workshop.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 From carving the wood to the final varnish, crafting a violin has a musicality all its own 2017-11-10T11:01:22Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/242773404 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/why-theyre-dancing-at-the-worlds-northernmost-medieval-cathedral Persistence of vision III https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/feda7aef-ff44-41cd-b589-d6d5f5e477c6/v2-persistance-of-vision-ii.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Why they’re dancing at the world’s northernmost medieval cathedral 2017-11-14T11:01:33Z Aeon Video 120 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/239282032 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/the-archetypal-tough-guy-from-londons-east-end-or-one-man-grappling-with-his-emotions Oil & water https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/1350f060-9a81-4b72-b458-3ca07ad1d90b/oil-and-water-.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The archetypal tough guy from London’s East End, or one man grappling with his emotions? 2017-11-16T11:03:47Z Aeon Video 600 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/19926797 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/in-floridas-industrial-sugarcane-fields-rabbit-hunting-is-both-a-ritual-and-a-way-to-survive The rabbit hunt https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/453b777d-a70b-480a-8987-bfb33f9ed552/the-rabbit-hunt-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 In Florida’s industrial sugarcane fields, rabbit-hunting is both a ritual and a way to survive 2017-11-20T11:01:53Z Aeon Video 720 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/240915171 Society https://aeon.co/videos/sometimes-inspiration-for-big-ideas-comes-from-really-unexpected-places How a children’s toy led to an essential medical device https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/baa323ce-ea07-4e30-929d-162f7ff9e401/invention-stories-childs-toy-medical.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 ‘Sometimes inspiration for big ideas comes from really unexpected places’ 2017-12-05T11:01:41Z Aeon Video 120 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/sf_o8QKx0vA Society https://aeon.co/videos/how-a-statistical-paradox-helps-to-get-to-the-root-of-bias-in-college-admissions Are university admissions biased? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/77bd87b5-4cfc-4593-87cd-68c3dd155763/are-university-admissions-biased.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How a statistical paradox helps to get to the root of bias in college admissions 2017-12-08T11:01:45Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/E_ME4P9fQbo Science https://aeon.co/videos/why-the-turkey-should-make-room-for-the-eel-on-the-thanksgiving-table A Thanksgiving eel https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/14f468fa-67bd-4d33-8599-703ba6e107f3/a-thanksgiving-eel.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Why the turkey should make room for the eel on the Thanksgiving table 2017-11-22T11:01:43Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/56726619 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/life-is-to-plow-a-reflection-on-struggle-success-and-the-impermanence-of-both Field song https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6c1cf4c3-0a86-4da4-956e-556438a01136/cancion-del-campo-v3.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 ‘Life is to plow.’ A reflection on struggle, success and the impermanence of both 2017-12-04T11:01:38Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/250495979 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/what-are-intimacy-and-companionship-when-your-loved-one-is-made-of-silicone Dream girl https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/49ce19be-2a02-4bca-86e1-242984af6a6a/dream-girl.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 What are intimacy and companionship when your loved one is made of silicone? 2018-07-20T10:01:48Z Aeon Video 1200 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/230730574 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/a-routine-police-stop-quickly-turns-perilous-for-a-black-man-in-this-emmy-winning-short Traffic stop https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/087e765b-5734-4cd6-8e41-7fb4e4d720a5/traffic-stop.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A routine police stop quickly turns perilous for a black man in this Emmy®-winning short 2018-01-16T11:02:10Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/134353899 Society https://aeon.co/videos/after-nursing-a-bird-back-to-health-a-nine-year-old-learns-the-delicate-art-of-letting-go Blackbird https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/76fa2951-29bb-4e70-a901-a4d2ae48baec/blackbird.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 After nursing a bird back to health, a nine-year-old learns the delicate art of letting go 2018-01-22T11:02:04Z Aeon Video 120 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/153070521 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/a-brisk-tactile-jaunt-across-an-urban-landscapes-many-surfaces NYC textures https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/56856dec-e268-475e-81a8-39ccb428c067/nyc-textures.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A brisk, tactile jaunt across an urban landscape’s many surfaces 2018-01-11T11:01:41Z Aeon Video 60 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/249315648 Society https://aeon.co/videos/floating-from-room-to-room-a-soap-bubble-mysteriously-avoids-its-fate-at-every-turn The tenant https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4628507b-f86a-43ac-b1e6-18e3d00c9248/the-tenant.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Floating from room to room, a soap bubble mysteriously avoids its fate at every turn 2018-01-30T11:02:09Z Aeon Video 600 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/HW5zb2nLs8w Culture https://aeon.co/videos/every-winter-ladybirds-break-their-solitude-and-assemble-for-a-once-in-a-lifetime-love-fest The ladybug love-in https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d6bfb208-fb65-4428-a414-0a21eb13f281/ladybug-love-in.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Every winter, ladybirds break their solitude and assemble for a once-in-a-lifetime love-fest 2018-02-13T11:02:09Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/c-Z6xRexbIU Science https://aeon.co/videos/timelapse-transforms-stained-glass-light-into-a-stunning-kaleidoscopic-display Light moves at Washington National Cathedral https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/87aded86-8f22-4f8a-987f-15b99f027949/stained-glass-time-lapse.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Timelapse transforms stained-glass light into a stunning kaleidoscopic display 2018-02-16T11:02:08Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/122445352 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/born-with-deformed-limbs-chau-pursues-his-dreams-by-learning-to-paint-with-his-mouth Chau, beyond the lines https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/99372877-9226-449e-bf93-c5ac15f458b5/sized-chau-beyond-the-lines.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Born with deformed limbs, Chau pursues his dreams by learning to paint with his mouth 2018-02-15T11:02:14Z Aeon Video 2040 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/802115951 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/why-do-domesticated-animals-tend-to-have-floppy-ears-short-snouts-and-lighter-skin Why dogs have floppy ears https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e5e29fa1-48e9-4029-baf2-8847fecb8a1a/sized-why-dogs-have-floppy-ears.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Why do domesticated animals tend to have floppy ears, short snouts and lighter skin? 2018-02-23T11:02:38Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/R7flhfV31-0 Science https://aeon.co/videos/the-tiny-robot-that-could-wriggle-its-way-across-the-perilous-terrain-of-the-human-body All-terrain robot https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7343d24a-6676-4b07-b293-e3925ce7c50b/all-terrain-robot-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The tiny robot that could wriggle its way across the perilous terrain of the human body 2018-03-09T11:02:32Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/OXRmxuB60DQ Society https://aeon.co/videos/art-that-makes-meaning-from-whats-been-discarded-and-music-from-the-sounds-of-loneliness The man is the music https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/39b3db0f-b1c4-443b-a568-dae4543e4058/the-man-is-the-music.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Art that makes meaning from what’s been discarded and music from the sounds of loneliness 2018-03-19T10:02:25Z Aeon Video 1140 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/251914988 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/female-black-widows-have-a-murderous-reputation-but-do-the-males-have-it-coming Why the male black widow is a real home wrecker https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d8d42de5-fc2c-49ef-854c-37911e8bd7ef/black-widow.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Female black widows have a murderous reputation, but do the males have it coming? 2018-03-13T10:02:24Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/NpJNeGqExrc Science https://aeon.co/videos/gripped-by-a-suicide-epidemic-a-rural-cuban-community-struggles-to-find-answers A paradise https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/26a0f7d9-9215-46dd-9aca-bcc750665979/a-paradise.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Gripped by a suicide epidemic, a rural Cuban community struggles to find answers 2018-03-29T10:02:19Z Aeon Video 840 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/255894124 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/socrates-believed-self-knowledge-was-essential-today-we-wonder-if-theres-even-a-self-to-know Know thyself https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d9880b2d-5ebc-4c0e-af4f-8a2bbc00e846/know-thyself.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Socrates believed self-knowledge was essential. Today, we wonder if there’s even a self to know 2018-04-13T10:01:49Z Aeon Video 120 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/zccoaL0stbM Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/the-rare-celestial-events-that-briefly-made-the-british-capital-a-city-of-otherworldly-wonders Sun Moon London https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7a54e89b-623d-4ab5-8e58-ae9b6e41e663/sun-moon-london-v3.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The rare celestial events that briefly made the British capital a city of otherworldly wonders 2018-04-06T10:02:09Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/253598948 Society https://aeon.co/videos/how-the-quakers-became-unlikely-economic-innovators-by-inventing-the-price-tag The price tag hasn’t always existed https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4086447a-6b62-425c-b7b3-ba6e57745e1a/price-tags.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How the Quakers became unlikely economic innovators by inventing the price tag 2018-04-03T10:02:28Z Aeon Video 180 no 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https://aeon.co/videos/the-seismic-communication-of-elephants-treads-a-fine-line-between-hearing-and-feeling How elephants listen… with their feet https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/fcf531ef-7f23-4cae-a846-637ec58eeb1e/how-elephants-listen.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The ‘seismic communication’ of elephants treads a fine line between hearing and feeling 2018-08-07T10:01:46Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/iYM9oXftLIQ Science https://aeon.co/videos/abundance-has-made-fat-an-enemy-but-its-been-a-friend-to-humans-for-millennia What fat is for https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e6bb8dcf-7801-4a78-a1bc-dc1592e80478/what-fat-is-for_belize_still-v3.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Abundance has made fat an enemy, but it’s been a friend to humans for millennia 2018-12-14T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/307299228 Society https://aeon.co/videos/what-does-school-look-and-sound-like-when-you-and-your-classmates-are-deaf A 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It might have been the view 2018-09-28T10:01:41Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/I19usgWHJLc Science https://aeon.co/videos/from-eruption-to-obliteration-the-sights-and-sounds-of-48-fateful-hours-in-pompeii A day in Pompeii https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/33f243bb-99ff-4ae7-8ff5-9882cbf67778/aday-in-pompeii-v3.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 From eruption to obliteration – the sights and sounds of 48 fateful hours in Pompeii 2018-09-20T10:01:42Z Aeon Video 540 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/dY_3ggKg0Bc Society https://aeon.co/videos/splitting-the-truth-the-philosopher-that-physics-forgot The forgotten (female) quantum pioneer, Grete Hermann https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/072b357c-0b2f-4a05-b60d-b0d0a6719d3b/grete-still4.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=1264&cropHeight=711 Splitting the truth: the philosopher that physics forgot 2018-10-19T10:01:40Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/296889562 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/how-rembrandt-used-light-and-motion-to-make-a-mundane-commission-a-masterpiece The Night Watch https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/8a93542b-39dc-4031-85da-61c6d36fe3c7/the_nightwatch_by_rembrandt.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How Rembrandt used light and motion to make a mundane commission a masterpiece 2018-10-09T10:01:42Z Aeon Video 480 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/5E8f64yj1Jk Culture https://aeon.co/videos/dances-and-giggles-and-stars-two-men-with-down-syndrome-fall-in-love John and Michael https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7f920e94-3f5d-4e5f-b623-d61a5d0e9193/joihn-and-michael.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Dances and giggles and stars: two men with Down syndrome fall in love 2018-11-02T10:01:41Z Aeon Video 660 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/QBxdLOu5oI8 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/they-came-in-the-night-the-all-female-bomber-regiment-of-the-soviet-air-force The night witch https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/2444c57a-b631-491a-9309-f6f502b08fd0/sized-the-night-witch.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 They came in the night – the all-female bomber regiment of the Soviet Air Force 2018-10-26T10:01:46Z Aeon Video 240 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/81483502 Society https://aeon.co/videos/dance-seems-to-be-the-ultimate-frivolity-how-did-it-become-a-human-necessity Dance, dance evolution https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/2eb6730b-2603-4ba0-ac07-ff93ef4a442a/dance-dance-dance-final.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Dance seems to be the ultimate frivolity. 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Now we can hear how it actually sounded 2019-03-12T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 960 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/UAmuQBnNty8 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/freeing-the-ghost-within-cartesian-mind-body-dualism-in-art-powered-by-disability The ghost in the machine https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/a665ae0d-076b-421a-8c63-e30daa264e8f/ghost-in-the-machine-v1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Freeing the ghost within: Cartesian mind-body dualism in art powered by disability 2019-03-11T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/325451835 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/mumbais-fishing-industry-is-hungry-for-ice-plunge-into-the-fray-with-those-who-feed-it Baraf: ice men of Mumbai https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/41c0366b-ec04-42b9-a2d0-e470aa20baa5/baraf-icemen.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Mumbai’s fishing industry is hungry for ice. 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2019-07-01T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 840 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/338617817 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/a-magical-mystery-trip-through-the-complex-connections-in-womens-bodies Las del diente https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/fb94a22a-8353-407b-aa2a-bbc88bbf9974/diente-v3.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A magical mystery trip through the complex connections in women’s bodies 2019-07-15T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/332374240 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/to-all-intensive-purposes-you-might-have-another-think-coming-about-how-idioms-work Malaphors: the art of mixing up your idioms https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e0f6f836-6024-4876-b1df-773c09870ac6/malaphors-v3.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 To all intensive purposes, you might have another think coming about how idioms work 2019-07-02T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/7BYW6zEGaME Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/a-detroit-minister-uses-community-policing-to-bust-the-drug-house-next-to-his-church Community patrol https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/bcdced96-1a57-4a1c-8698-6ea6051c8246/community-patrol.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 A Detroit minister uses community policing to bust the drug house next to his church 2019-07-05T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 780 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/348409781 Society https://aeon.co/videos/i-live-with-a-girl-papa-two-years-in-the-life-of-alaizah-and-her-trans-mother-jade How to make a rainbow https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/abf3ee78-eaa1-4fcb-9c9b-03a4fdc13332/how-to-make-a-rainbow.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 ‘I live with a girl papa!’ Two years in the life of Alaizah and her trans mother Jade 2019-08-15T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 960 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/343099753 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/why-newtons-law-of-universal-gravitation-is-not-so-universal-after-all Our ignorance about gravity https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/883cc27a-4ad1-4e62-a3c0-405fb77f8239/newton-gravitation-law-final.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Why Newton’s ‘law of universal gravitation’ is not so universal after all 2019-09-27T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/OTMELHUAzSM Science https://aeon.co/videos/watch-charles-and-ray-eames-put-their-1969-spin-on-one-of-the-worlds-oldest-toys Tops https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/60996f25-d22d-4166-b917-37c4ab20598a/v1-tops.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Watch Charles and Ray Eames put their 1969 spin on one of the world’s oldest toys 2019-09-17T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 480 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/UJ-VFMymEiE Culture https://aeon.co/videos/watching-the-hidden-world-of-dissolving-meds-is-its-own-chill-pill Pills dissolve https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/811de72a-7aa1-4671-8433-0aea20826fc6/pills-dissolve.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Watching the hidden world of dissolving meds is its own chill pill 2019-07-30T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 120 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/297041640 Science https://aeon.co/videos/how-an-american-country-music-pioneer-entered-african-mythology Drawn & recorded: Chemirocha https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f725e0d4-e471-4770-9cb9-08888c35ee56/v1-chimirocha-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 How an American country music pioneer entered African mythology 2019-09-10T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/351950604 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/is-tech-addiction-really-akin-to-drug-addiction-heres-what-the-research-says Are you really addicted to your phone? 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Here’s what the research says 2019-10-08T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 180 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/pSNpO8tNMz0 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/turns-out-that-even-when-einstein-was-wrong-he-was-kind-of-right Einstein’s biggest blunder https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e17156a6-c6f3-4242-9657-2b7b98356f43/einsteins-bigest-blunder.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Turns out that, even when Einstein was wrong, he was kind of right 2019-10-22T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/0RApKeMGDnE Science https://aeon.co/videos/minds-have-always-been-outside-themselves-raymond-tallis-on-extended-cognition Raymond Tallis: what is extended mind? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/dfe8680d-d1d1-4d19-9680-8e7cc474cfee/raymond-tallis-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 ‘Minds have always been outside themselves’: Raymond Tallis on extended cognition 2019-10-25T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 540 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/tjw1e3J3E3M Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/a-pioneering-biologist-explains-the-co-evolution-of-the-vagina-and-penis XX files: animalia genitalia https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/8061d3f6-cd1d-4ea2-9bb4-17111b6640ec/xx-files-animalia-genitalia-landscape.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 A pioneering biologist explains the co-evolution of the vagina and penis 2019-11-01T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/lNJ5tibNKyg Science https://aeon.co/videos/our-biological-past-and-our-technological-future-play-out-on-a-single-human-face Santiago https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e1d2cf17-7073-4fbd-8b1b-15fd77ba6b62/santiago.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Our biological past and our technological future play out on a single human face 2019-11-18T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 60 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/183333052 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/my-cell-is-smaller-than-my-size-how-writing-poetry-saved-a-political-prisoner I came from the unknown to sing https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/1848dbcb-dced-4730-85e9-3e99f268bbf0/i-came-from-the-unknown-v1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 ‘My cell is smaller than my size’ – how writing poetry saved a political prisoner 2019-11-11T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 660 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/374190233 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/before-chomsky-there-was-lippmann-the-first-world-war-and-manufactured-consent Walter Lippmann, public opinion and propaganda https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/251ccea0-872d-44b8-aa76-4e6986388b40/lippman-v3.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Before Chomsky, there was Lippmann: the First World War and ‘manufactured consent’ 2019-11-14T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 1080 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/e-t77-Zr8po Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/maybe-its-a-memory-that-ive-made-up-when-grief-washes-over-childhood-memories Guaxuma 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Why has it vexed philosophers for centuries? 2022-06-30T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/pq9ECmry8bc Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/is-mass-media-still-manufacturing-consent-in-the-internet-age Noam Chomsky: the five filters of the mass media machine https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/0585daca-8d11-4115-bc3a-a6403abc68d1/noam-chomsky-the-5-filters-of-the-mass-media-machine-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Is mass media still ‘manufacturing consent’ in the internet age? 2022-07-05T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/334385713 Society https://aeon.co/videos/long-live-degenerate-art-how-a-surrealist-group-in-cairo-defied-repression-in-1938 A brief guide to Egyptian Surrealism https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/440db990-9cf0-4da3-b875-aace4af13baf/a-brief-guide-to-egyptian-surrealism-landscape-3.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 ‘Long Live Degenerate Art’ – how a Surrealist group in Cairo defied repression in 1938 2022-07-18T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 240 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/yabE7Lj8Bbs Culture https://aeon.co/videos/journey-deep-into-the-philippine-forest-in-search-of-the-worlds-largest-rarest-eagle Bird of prey https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/13370f5a-556c-4c20-8d04-8d25d3e3ee8c/bird-of-prey-landscape-5.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Journey deep into the Philippine forest in search of the world’s largest, rarest eagle 2022-08-11T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 5700 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/onvsjQUjTIc Science https://aeon.co/videos/metaphysics-and-beyond-martha-nussbaum-on-aristotles-indelible-ideas Martha Nussbaum and Bryan Magee on Aristotle https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/db521098-3ed8-4a51-9863-6bade270aa5c/martha-nussbaum-and-bryan-magee-on-aristotle-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Metaphysics and beyond – Martha Nussbaum on Aristotle’s indelible ideas 2022-07-12T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 2580 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/DbTUAqlLlHg Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/producing-food-while-restoring-the-planet-a-glimpse-of-farming-in-the-future Can we create the perfect farm? https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c8e29d4c-dfd8-403b-a10a-a2b14338ddd7/can-we-create-the-perfect-farm-landscape-3.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Producing food while restoring the planet – a glimpse of farming in the future 2022-07-28T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 420 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/xFqecEtdGZ0 Science https://aeon.co/videos/ancient-greek-sculptures-were-colourful-why-does-the-white-marble-ideal-persist The modern invention of white antique marble https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d7c3ebb4-573c-49e8-bc7e-44a40381074a/the-modern-invention-of-white-antique-marble-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Ancient Greek sculptures were colourful. Why does the white marble ideal persist? 2022-07-26T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/TrYXBzH2ZUI Society https://aeon.co/videos/what-does-an-ai-make-of-what-it-sees-in-a-contemporary-art-museum Recoding art https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4e275443-3cdd-4a35-958a-feae89988150/recoding-art-landscape-5.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 What does an AI make of what it sees in a contemporary art museum? 2022-08-09T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 900 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/740406139 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/a-peace-activists-harrowing-account-of-nuclear-war-is-a-visceral-case-for-disarmament If you love this planet https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f99e07fe-1e23-46f3-8421-fb6e88a304e7/if-you-love-this-planet-landscape-3.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 A peace activist’s harrowing account of nuclear war is a visceral case for disarmament 2022-09-01T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 1560 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/7FjgBBQFmGs Society https://aeon.co/videos/peter-singer-charts-the-path-from-hegelian-philosophy-to-marxist-revolution Peter Singer on Hegel and Marx https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/51512f6e-0bf4-464b-bb88-f9fea8e0e417/peter-singer-on-hegel-and-marx-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Peter Singer charts the path from Hegelian philosophy to Marxist revolution 2022-09-05T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 2580 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/WB5senLR9f0 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/with-human-help-ais-are-generating-a-new-aesthetics-the-results-are-trippy Ghosts https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ffb59e8e-b466-44f7-83ba-789beb64b6a5/ghosts-landscape-5.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 With human help, AIs are generating a new aesthetics. The results are trippy 2022-09-22T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 540 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/633172534 Culture https://aeon.co/videos/can-art-in-a-swanky-restaurant-ever-be-transcendent-on-rothkos-seagram-murals Great art explained: Rothko’s Seagram Murals https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/672b1706-0d67-4ba2-9109-8eefaad68ff8/great-art-explained-rothkos-seagram-murals-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Can art in a swanky restaurant ever be transcendent? On Rothko’s Seagram Murals 2022-09-13T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 900 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/fsz6bkkIHzQ Culture https://aeon.co/videos/bodies-bikes-and-groovy-music-propel-this-stylish-classic-film-from-1965 60 cycles https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/947ce212-11f3-4190-ad57-28d5eeb5e434/60-cycles-landscape-4-v2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Bodies, bikes and groovy music propel this stylish classic film from 1965 2022-09-15T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 1020 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/8KotsGmYl8A Culture https://aeon.co/videos/timothee-built-his-identity-around-his-absent-father-what-happens-when-they-meet Five years after the war https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/bb355147-6613-4e66-9c50-b8e3c5b3ef73/5-years-after-the-war-landscape-2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Timothée built his identity around his absent father. What happens when they meet? 2022-10-18T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 1020 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/2VdF3ZKxvHg Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/raw-solar-storm-footage-is-the-punk-rock-antidote-to-sleek-james-webb-imagery Brilliant noise https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/924f1f89-42a4-4c72-b4e6-134d1d20c49f/brilliant-noise-landscape-3.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Raw solar-storm footage is the punk-rock antidote to sleek James Webb imagery 2022-10-03T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/1284717 Science https://aeon.co/videos/to-understand-the-limits-of-human-senses-look-to-the-wild-world-of-animal-cognition Ed Yong: the hidden world of animal senses https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/bf06e351-e9c9-48be-9287-2f817a42b342/ed-yong-the-hidden-world-of-animal-senses-landscape-5.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 To understand the limits of human senses, look to the wild world of animal cognition 2022-11-15T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 2700 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/dVPN165wz1Y Science https://aeon.co/videos/when-his-elderly-parents-make-a-suicide-pact-doron-struggles-to-accept-their-choice The love and death of Yosef and Zilli https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d116452d-3495-4c32-a57e-7ec4ba162360/the-love-and-death-of-yosef-and-zilli-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 When his elderly parents make a suicide pact, Doron struggles to accept their choice 2022-11-21T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 1140 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/760963350 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/what-did-the-rosetta-stones-inscription-actually-communicate The Rosetta Stone and what it actually says https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/311a726d-4c06-4eda-bda6-d75714066b3e/the-rosetta-stone-and-what-it-actually-says-landscape-3.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 What did the Rosetta Stone’s inscription actually communicate? 2022-11-29T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 1020 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/klJBwnBHET8 Society https://aeon.co/videos/yes-the-inuit-have-dozens-of-words-for-snow-but-what-does-each-one-mean-exactly Names for snow https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f580fc4e-fd73-4fbf-b25e-2b18f272b7ea/names-for-snow-landscape.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Yes, the Inuit have dozens of words for snow – but what does each one mean exactly? 2022-11-08T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/260125822 Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/refined-towards-imperfection-a-ceramic-artist-recreates-a-rare-korean-treasure Making a moon jar https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f1fc5ca5-76ed-4fa4-af97-e515f3fd6b0e/making-a-moon-jar-landscape-4.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Refined towards imperfection – a ceramic artist recreates a rare Korean treasure 2023-03-23T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 900 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/xgQV9JK7EeQ Culture https://aeon.co/videos/an-unvarnished-poetic-account-of-a-new-mothers-struggle-to-breastfeed Cluster feeding https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/8c15734e-c025-4a73-b5ad-9ecec6314f7b/cluster-feeding-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 An unvarnished, poetic account of a new mother’s struggle to breastfeed 2022-12-01T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 180 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/761786492 Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/bernard-williams-on-descartess-audacious-endeavour-to-prove-knowledge-is-possible Bernard Williams and Bryan Magee on Descartes https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/3d16e9e4-b10c-4f47-a6cd-a4be7610e770/bernard-williams-and-bryan-magee-on-decartes-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Bernard Williams on Descartes’s audacious endeavour to prove knowledge is possible 2022-11-24T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 2580 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/UEnyJrUBJmg Philosophy https://aeon.co/videos/how-the-worlds-harshest-lockdown-hit-indias-millions-of-migrant-workers The great abandonment https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/de702d43-63bd-4716-bf9f-14f6deff7d82/the-great-abandonment-landscape-2.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 How the world’s harshest lockdown hit India’s millions of migrant workers 2022-12-08T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 1620 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/774225692 Society https://aeon.co/videos/the-tangled-tale-of-how-physicists-built-a-groundbreaking-wormhole-in-a-lab Creating a wormhole in a quantum computer https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/8c5cde6d-bd81-4c6c-90fe-3b0da8b2cde4/creating-a-wormhole-in-a-quantum-computer-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 The tangled tale of how physicists built a groundbreaking wormhole in a lab 2022-12-19T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 1020 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/uOJCS1W1uzg Science https://aeon.co/videos/social-contagions-can-cause-genuine-illness-and-tiktok-may-be-a-superspreader Believing is seeing https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c74f988d-0302-4f25-954d-e70b51c4bbef/believing-is-seeing-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Social contagions can cause genuine illness, and TikTok may be a superspreader 2022-12-13T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 600 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/eAQYLyQIcQY Psychology https://aeon.co/videos/fifty-years-ago-a-train-collided-with-jack-and-bettys-car-heres-how-they-remember-it Deerwoods deathtrap https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/1bda776f-c184-4f09-a5c4-39db2328da8c/deerwoods-deathtrap-landscape-1.jpg?top=21&left=0&cropWidth=2000&cropHeight=1125 Fifty years ago, a train collided with Jack and Betty’s car. 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soldier’s moving account of the fabled ‘Christmas truce’ of 1914 2024-12-12T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 720 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZQgR1h2Rogg Society https://aeon.co/videos/to-my-old-master-a-freed-slave-answers-the-request-to-return-to-his-old-plantation A former slave’s letter to his old master https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/72ac4e28-cf26-4923-804e-b27ae6bd635d/a-former-slaves-letter-to-his-old-master-landscape-2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 ‘To my old master’ – a freed slave answers the request to return to his old plantation 2025-02-12T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 420 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/evi_i7R0SFQ Society https://aeon.co/videos/one-familys-harrowing-escape-from-postwar-vietnam-told-in-a-poignant-metaphor Boat people https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/dcf3632f-e5e3-48d6-960e-1865e523ced6/boat-people-landscape.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=2560&cropHeight=1440 One family’s harrowing escape from postwar Vietnam, told in a poignant metaphor 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https://aeon.co/videos/unearthed-photos-reveal-what-happened-to-those-who-dared-to-flee-through-the-berlin-wall The escape agents https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c070d47a-e1ea-4c7d-b0ee-0114b92a206e/escape-agents-v1.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 Unearthed photos reveal what happened to those who dared to flee through the Berlin Wall 2019-11-07T11:01:00Z Aeon Video 480 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/372932501 Society https://aeon.co/videos/from-stockings-to-wig-this-is-how-to-dress-like-a-proper-18th-century-gentleman How the 18th-century gent got dressed https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/0762ec5c-82d4-4414-b858-e17b33491424/getting-dressed-v2.jpg?top=0&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 From stockings to wig, this is how to dress like a proper (18th-century) gentleman 2019-09-06T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 300 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/fpS4B5oMhgo Society https://aeon.co/videos/dadaism-ridiculed-the-meaninglessness-of-modern-life-with-captivating-results 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The violinist staging a concert of unity at the border between North and South Korea 2020-04-01T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 1080 no https://www.youtube.com/embed/mr-IOdxxGRA Culture https://aeon.co/videos/quite-a-height-ah-a-tour-of-the-chrysler-building-by-those-building-it Constructing the Chrysler Building (1929-30) https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/a1bcd84c-5ff6-4201-b546-e554ea80deb1/constructing-the-chrystler-building-aeon-video.png?top=10&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 ‘Quite a height, ah?’ A tour of the Chrysler Building by those building it 2020-04-24T10:01:00Z Aeon Video 360 no https://player.vimeo.com/video/404776327 Society https://aeon.co/videos/the-best-home-is-a-joyfully-inhabited-one-doubly-so-if-its-residents-are-design-legends House: after five years of living https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b2ed567f-d078-4a58-bff5-4cfd0b8ddafa/house-sill.jpg?top=10&left=0&cropWidth=992&cropHeight=558 The best home is a joyfully inhabited one – doubly so if its residents are design 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