Aeon4h
What’s an ancient Greek brick doing in a Sumerian city? An archeological investigation
A British Museum curator explains why making sense of archeological ruins is like finding a single brick in a huge soil heap ...
Aeon1d
The migrants missing in Mexico, and the mothers who won’t stop searching for them
We share and feel the same pain’: the mothers looking for their children who disappeared in Mexico en route to the US ...
Aeon6d
All of our religions, stories, languages and norms were muddled and mixed through mobility and exchange throughout history
All of our religions, stories, languages and norms were muddled and mixed through mobility and exchange throughout history ...
Aeon10d
Knitting and embroidery are laden with stereotypes of domestic femininity – and the subversive potential for protest
Knitting and embroidery are laden with stereotypes of domestic femininity – and the subversive potential for protest ...
Aeon9d
We surveyed thousands of scientists in four countries and learned just how important beauty is to them
There is some other type of beauty that is not visual,’ he explained to us in an interview. ‘I’m not sure what it is. Perhaps ...
Aeon7d
The power of prayer
Praying is a cognitive practice full of problem-solving resources. You can learn from it even if you don’t want to do it ...
Aeon7d
The tree frog die-off that sparked a global mystery – and revealed a dark truth
In the animated documentary The Waiting, Karen Lips, professor of biology at University of Maryland, College Park, chronicles a mysterious mass disappearance she encountered across two field studies ...
Aeon10d
From Afghanistan to Virginia – the Muslims who fought in the American Civil War
The short documentary series ‘American Muslims: A History Revealed’ features six films that explore the often overlooked ways in which of Muslims and Islam have helped to shape the United States. In ...