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While initiatives for inclusive education mean well, schools fail to provide neurodivergent students what they need to flourish - by Chelsea Wallis Read at Aeon

‘Even under occupation, we can skate, live, and learn’: a moving prewar portrait of young Palestinians in the West Bank - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Only a tiny sliver of the Universe’s light can be seen by human eyes. But today we’re catching glimpses of the invisible - by Corey S Powell Read at Aeon

Plunge into doubt with Descartes, as he rids himself of all he cannot know, and finds the one thing he can know for sure - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

It runs deeply through the Western outlook, hailed and condemned in equal measures. For a corrective, look to Confucius - by Tim Connolly Read at Aeon

Quaker, conscientious objector, prison reformer – these are just some of the many lives of the scientist Kathleen Lonsdale - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Gerrard Winstanley led a small band of radicals whose vision of justice encompassed the globe and continues to inspire - by Rowan Wilson Read at Aeon

We are just one branch of a diverse human family tree. Aside from Neanderthals, who were they – and why did we replace them? - by Nick Longrich Read at Aeon

Smallpox went from a feared killer to a fading memory. Its eradication is one of humanity’s greatest collective triumphs - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

It’s a ‘failed painting’ that obscures the profound power of German Romanticism. Why do we love the ‘Wanderer’ so much? - by Gianluca Didino Read at Aeon

An optical poem featuring audio of W H Auden’s ode to trees paired with art from the Met and outdoor footage of New York state - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

You can believe in border control yet protect those fleeing to safety. So what is our ethical obligation to refugees? - by Bradley Hillier-Smith Read at Aeon

A captivating story from Aardman Animations about a ‘little thief’ turned career criminal who just can’t break the habit - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

The brain is much less like a machine than it is like the murmurations of a flock of starlings or an orchestral symphony - by Luiz Pessoa Read at Aeon

It took months for my functional neurological disorder to finally be diagnosed. It’s a condition that must be recognised - by Kevin Aho Read at Aeon

Explore Earth’s oceanic circulatory system via this groundbreaking visualisation of the global flow of ocean currents - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

The explosion of automobiles shaped cities and lives. But an enduring problem remains: where to put them when they’re parked - by Alfie Robinson Read at Aeon

First the rush, then the reality – how a cryptocurrency pyramid scheme spread faster than a virus in a sleepy Georgia town - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

The three-act ‘hero’s journey’ has long been the most prominent kind of story. What other tales are there to tell? - by Eliane Glaser Read at Aeon

The world’s isms – capitalism, socialism, fascism and so on – explored through the analogy of your mum doing the washing - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

By turns benign and malign, powerful and vulnerable, earthbound and aerial, daimons across the world resemble one another - by David Gordon White Read at Aeon

Imagining how aliens might communicate prepares us for first contact and illuminates the nature of our own languages - by Nikhil Mahant Read at Aeon

To understand the architectural genius of the Colosseum and its symbolic meaning for ancient Rome, it helps to take it apart - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

As Stendhal knew, the reason for art is to make you feel. Do not try to grasp the artwork: allow it to grasp you instead - by Robert D Zaretsky Read at Aeon