The inflammation age
Published: November 18, 2025 11:00
Acute inflammation helps the body heal. But chronic inflammation is different and could provoke a medical paradigm shift- by Amy K McLennanRead on Aeon
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The quest for exomoons
https://aeon.co/videos/why-exomoons-could-be-astronomys-next-big-breakthrough?utm_source=rss-feed
Published: November 17, 2025 11:01
Exoplanet discoveries have reshaped astronomy. Are exomoons next? Brian Greene in conversation with David Kipping- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
‘I awoke at ½ past 7’
Published: November 17, 2025 11:00
Our cursed age of self-monitoring and optimisation didn’t start with big tech: as so often, the Victorians are to blame- by Elena MaryRead on Aeon
Mask on/mask off
Published: November 14, 2025 11:00
People with ADHD and autism have to mask their instincts if they want to be included. But the strain exacts a very high price- by Gilly KahnRead on Aeon
The art of rebellion: Justine Kurland’s utopian photography
Published: November 13, 2025 11:01
How the photographer Justine Kurland reframes utopia in the radical freedom of teenage girls, women and outsider communities- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
The deepest South
https://aeon.co/essays/way-down-south-slavery-far-beyond-the-united-states?utm_source=rss-feed
Published: November 13, 2025 11:00
Slavery in Latin America, on a huge scale, was different from that in the United States. Why don’t we know this history?- by Ana Lucia AraujoRead on Aeon
The other side of the mountain
Published: November 12, 2025 11:01
In Southwestern China, a filmmaker follows her father on a search for his childhood home, reshaped by history and time- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
The model of catastrophe
https://aeon.co/essays/todays-complex-climate-models-arent-equivalent-to-reality?utm_source=rss-feed
Published: November 11, 2025 11:00
The immense complexity of the climate makes it impossible to model accurately. Instead we must use uncertainty to our advantage- by David StainforthRead on Aeon
Is it ethical to choose a baby’s traits?
https://aeon.co/videos/when-if-ever-is-selecting-a-designer-baby-ethical?utm_source=rss-feed
Published: November 10, 2025 11:01
Should deaf parents be able to select for a deaf child? On the ethics of parental choice and ‘designer babies’- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
The ant you can save
Published: November 10, 2025 11:00
Should we simply assume that all animals can feel pain and are of moral concern? Or is that taking things too far?- by Jeff Sebo & Andreas L MogensenRead on Aeon
Mapping Bob Dylan’s mind
https://aeon.co/essays/can-ai-tell-us-anything-meaningful-about-bob-dylans-songs?utm_source=rss-feed
Published: November 7, 2025 11:00
Generative AI sheds new light on the underlying engines of metaphor, mood and reinvention in six decades of songs- by Prashant GargRead on Aeon
Voices of Myanmar
Published: November 6, 2025 11:01
Citizens of Myanmar describe what daily life is like in their isolated, war-torn nation- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
Are you Confusedocene?
Published: November 6, 2025 11:00
As a scientific concept the Anthropocene is dead. But it’s such a helpful idea to think with, should we use it anyway?- by Ville LähdeRead on Aeon