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Let this exuberant melding of jazz and animation from 1949 blur your senses as abstract visuals interpret the music- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

Is all the beekeeping, baking and leatherwork just escapist fantasy or the start of a radically human approach to work?- by Joshua Habgood-CooteRead on Aeon

The testimonies of Ukraine’s war widows reveal the mortal risk of love and the possibility of dying while alive: a black pain- by Julie ResheRead on Aeon

‘Society, in fact, is neighbourhoods’ – how Karl Hess transformed from a Republican speechwriter into a radical welder- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

In the shattered aftermath of war, Sartre delivered a formidable lecture on freedom and meaning. Its urgency remains- by Skye C ClearyRead on Aeon

Hand-painted animations bring to life Isamu Noguchi’s ideas for playgrounds that could integrate art with everyday life- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

The costs of transformative innovations are immediately clear: it’s the longterm gains that are hardest to understand- by Carlo CordascoRead on Aeon

When 13 billion years of the cosmos get condensed into 10 epic minutes, when in the timelapse do you think humans appear?- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

Human prosperity depends on nature, but no global metric has captured this with precision. Enter the Nature Relationship Index- by Yadvinder MalhiRead on Aeon

Every society depends on violence workers, but what makes young men take a job that risks their lives and harms others?- by Raúl Zepeda GilRead on Aeon

This portrait of a life reimagined is a meditation on identity, happiness and the balance between freedom and conformity- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

From remote farmhouses to oncology clinics, a secret world of French healers works in parallel with conventional medicine- by Susanna CrossmanRead on Aeon

How a Japanese war photographer became one of the most insightful chroniclers of the Troubles in Northern Ireland- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

Woven from memories of her childhood in Iran, an animator recalls her Granny’s story of loss, love and friendship- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

The idea that success is deserved has great traction in the world. But Zhuangzi argues that it is a deeply flawed notion- by Christine Abigail L TanRead on Aeon

From a broken life to a broken nail, ‘trauma’ has been bleached by overuse. But it names something real – and must be reclaimed- by Lily DunnRead on Aeon

The 16 bones that would rewrite history – on the site in Germany where we began to understand Neanderthals, and ourselves- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

Strong resistance to AI among writers is understandable. But it obscures what we share with the machines: language itself- by Martin PuchnerRead on Aeon

Morality is rooted in love, not institutions: the enduring impact of Héloïse’s 12th-century romance with Abelard- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

Not natural, not quite unnatural, the strange new rocks of the Anthropocene stretch the boundaries of geology- by John MacDonaldRead on Aeon