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Aeon is a magazine of ideas and culture. We publish in-depth essays from the world's most incisive and ambitious thinkers, and a mix of original and curated videos — free to all.
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In praise of zealotry
https://aeon.co/essays/polite-debate-has-privilege-the-marginalised-need-zealotry
Published: August 18, 2026 10:00
Early feminists like Mary Astell and Catharine Macaulay refused their male peers’ advice to remain polite in debate. Why?- by Geertje BolRead on Aeon
The World Famous Gopher Hole Museum
https://aeon.co/videos/torrington-has-some-240-residents-and-one-unusual-tourist-attraction
Published: August 17, 2026 10:01
In this bittersweet portrait of a farm town in Canada, taxidermied gophers preserve a place that no longer exists- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
Worm munch matters
https://aeon.co/essays/worm-munch-matters-the-new-acoustic-ecology-of-the-soil
Published: August 17, 2026 10:00
The lives that slither and scurry beneath the soil’s surface are vital for ecological health: now we can listen in to them- by Ella BrowningRead on Aeon
The neverending house
https://aeon.co/essays/the-art-of-dwelling-in-santiagos-self-built-homes
Published: August 14, 2026 10:00
The self-built homes of Santiago are precarious and ever changing. They are, always and at once, being and becoming- by Consuelo AraosRead on Aeon
Where the earth meets the sky
https://aeon.co/videos/in-the-remote-desert-an-awe-inspiring-artwork-collapses-time-and-space
Published: August 13, 2026 10:01
After half a century in the making, an observatory in New Mexico lets viewers peer 13,000 years into the future and the past- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
Mecca and the mall
https://aeon.co/essays/my-pilgrimage-to-mecca-in-the-age-of-the-golf-cart-and-mall
Published: August 13, 2026 10:00
In a bid for spiritual renewal, I made a pilgrimage to Islam’s holy city. Almost everything I expected to see was gone- by Azania Imtiaz PatelRead on Aeon
Bouncy brothers
https://aeon.co/videos/a-tale-of-brotherhood-bouncy-castles-and-the-american-dream
Published: August 12, 2026 10:01
Two brothers struggle to keep a bouncy house business afloat in this nuanced portrait of family and the pursuit of success- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
A second sexual revolution
https://aeon.co/essays/how-shere-hite-listened-to-womens-sexual-desires-and-dislikes
Published: August 11, 2026 10:00
Until Shere Hite’s Report, even the most daring sexologists refused to listen to what women desired and hated in sex- by Rosa CampbellRead on Aeon
Khosheutovsky khurul
https://aeon.co/videos/the-strange-circuitous-history-of-europes-oldest-buddhist-temple
Published: August 10, 2026 10:01
The oldest Buddhist temple in Europe is an architectural anomaly, built in memory of the Kalmyk regiment that fought Napoleon- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
How we meet the future
https://aeon.co/essays/when-is-stereotyping-a-handy-tool-and-when-is-it-a-sin
Published: August 10, 2026 10:00
If we couldn’t make generalisations, we would be paralysed by the world’s complexity. Does that ever excuse stereotyping?- by Tom RalstonRead on Aeon
Sasquatch science
https://aeon.co/essays/the-surprisingly-scientific-methods-of-bigfooters
Published: August 7, 2026 10:00
The hunt for Bigfoot sounds like the opposite of good science, but those pursuing the creature are often serious empiricists- by Andrew Bartlett & Jamie LewisRead on Aeon
The great arc
https://aeon.co/videos/pariss-business-district-boasts-imposing-art-but-who-is-it-for
Published: August 6, 2026 10:01
A striking meditation on inequality via the bold sculptures that sit amongst skyscrapers in Paris’s business district- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
Culture clash
https://aeon.co/essays/at-the-heart-of-the-snow-leavis-two-cultures-clash
Published: August 6, 2026 10:00
C P Snow’s ‘Two Cultures’ lecture provoked a savage response from fellow critic F R Leavis. What was at the heart of it all?- by Sam DresserRead on Aeon
The last ice age
https://aeon.co/videos/as-glaciers-melt-a-writer-considers-what-stories-can-do-that-data-cannot
Published: August 5, 2026 10:01
Retracing his grandparents’ journey to Iceland’s Vatnajökull glacier, a writer draws on storytelling to grasp climate change- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon