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Today a bitter dispute about the nature of biology is underway. A simple bag of beans may be what tips the balance - by Zachary B Hancock Read at Aeon

Sometimes wicked but always powerful. Why did witches transform from figures of fear to figures of entertainment and aspiration? - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

A ‘great reshuffle’ of the land is underway. It will force us to reconsider traditional ideas of property and ownership - by Michael Albertus Read at Aeon

Thirty years after the Rwandan genocide, a therapist helps young adults born from rape navigate stigma and family trauma - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Ideas from classical Indian philosophy help illuminate the enigmas of selfhood, consciousness and the nature of reality - by Anand Vaidya & Manjula Menon Read at Aeon

A haunting elegy to the boreal forests of Finland hand-scratched onto 16mm film with fleeting glimpses of local plant life - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

In probing whether there are basic sex differences in humans, a psychologist and a biologist agree to seriously disagree - by Cordelia Fine & Carole Hooven Read at Aeon

What is the highest goal our lives can achieve? Paul Tillich and Mark Van Doren’s insights from the 1950s are illuminating today - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

The heroic days of deciphering hieroglyphics and cuneiform make for great stories, but will we ever see that happen again? - by Francesco Perono Cacciafoco Read at Aeon

Acting is an ancient and intrinsically human way to establish vibrant connections with one another. And it’s available to us all - by John Britton Read at Aeon

With electron microscopes that magnify butterfly wings 50,000 times their original size, a hidden ‘topography’ emerges - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

The World Bank’s poverty line is inaccurate and out of date – an error that obscures the feebleness of market solutions - by Attrishu Bordoloi Read at Aeon

Vova and Roma, two Ukrainian boys, spend their summer in the ever-present shadow of war in this affecting short film - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Long believed to be particularly associated with males, new research is revolutionising our understanding of autism - by Gina Rippon Read at Aeon

Inspired by Japanese master artists, a woodcut printmaker is constantly reimagining the landscapes of his California home - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Physicists today need to jettison the all-too-attractive myth that they are uncovering the hidden reality of our Universe - by Adrien De Sutter Read at Aeon

Here’s a puzzle: how could evolution favour such a costly, frivolous and fun activity as animal play? - by Mathilde Tahar-Malaussena Read at Aeon

A playful collage of audio interviews captures candid and revealing reflections on love, sex and marriage in Sierra Leone - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Fifty years ago it was one of India’s poorest states, now it is now one of the richest. How did Kerala do it? - by Tirthankar Roy & K Ravi Raman Read at Aeon

In the remote Himalayas, ice stupas are an elegant yet desperate response to climate change, and a plea to the world to care - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Oscar Wilde is an icon of gay liberation from secrecy. But his life and his sexuality were not so simple – nor so binary - by Sam Mills Read at Aeon

‘If I’m gonna to be this person, I gotta live by morals and standards’: how one man left his old life behind to start anew - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Humans have a superpower that makes us uniquely capable of controlling the world: our ability to understand cause and effect - by Mariel Goddu Read at Aeon

Join a ‘computer dating’ meetup in 1966 in this short video to see what has – and hasn’t – changed in tech-assisted dating - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon