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Those with this little-known trait think more deeply and feel more empathy. But they also deal with significant challenges - by Elaine Aron Read at Aeon

‘Designed to be ignored’ – uncover the surprisingly fascinating origins of background music in this video essay on Erik Satie - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Glimpse into the daily life of a female shaman who hosts ayahuasca ceremonies for tourists in the Peruvian Amazon - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

For years, I practised medicine with cool certainty, comfortable with life-and-death decisions. Then, one day, I couldn’t - by Ronald W Dworkin Read at Aeon

Byung-Chul Han’s relentless critiques of digital capitalism reveal how this suffocating system creates hollowed-out lives - by Josh Cohen Read at Aeon

One in three parasitic species is in danger. Here’s why humans may need to power through the ‘ick’ to save them - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Early childhood development interventions in the Global South is a huge industry built on highly questionable assumptions - by Francesca Mezzenzana & Gabriel Scheidecker Read at Aeon

What is the meaning of ‘now’? An Italian physicist takes us on a journey to the edges of our understanding of time - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

The consulting office reflects the personality of the therapist, while also subtly shaping the experience of their patients - by Anna Parker Read at Aeon

When Lars von Trier seeks applications for a ‘female girlfriend/muse’, a filmmaker puts forward her 72-year-old lesbian neighbour - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Since states are founded on violence and expulsion, their existence is always bound up in thorny questions about justice - by Andrew F March Read at Aeon

We can now create compelling experiences of talking with our dead. Is this ghoulish, therapeutic or something else again? - by Amy Kurzweil & Daniel Story Read at Aeon

River bank or bank account? How chatbots learned to make the quantum leap to context by training on billions of prompts - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Though natural selection favours self-interest, humans are extraordinarily good at cooperating with one another. Why? - by Saira Khan Read at Aeon

In this immersive portrait of play, children transform the streets of Havana into a racetrack with handmade ‘chivichanas’ - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

When I moved to India for work, I found that rape was a cultural feature of the country, as deeply embedded as caste - by Evelyn Fok Read at Aeon

‘I think that freedom everywhere, anywhere is love.’ Father Giles, a monk for 47 years, shares his radical view of freedom - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Nothing lasts forever: not humanity, not Earth, not the Universe. But finitude confers an indelible meaning to our lives - by Thomas Moynihan Read at Aeon

In order to bridge the yawning gulf between the humanities and the sciences we must turn to an unexpected field: mathematics - by Gordon Gillespie Read at Aeon

Striking slow-motion footage captures the awesome evolutionary diversity – and handy usefulness – of a lizard’s tongue - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

For most of history, the Moon was regarded as a mysterious and powerful object. Then scientists made it into a destination - by Danny Robb Read at Aeon

‘Will you send us our wages for the time that we served you?’ A freed slave answers his old master’s request to come back - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

For Mary Midgley, the Western philosophical tradition is shaped by the fact that its greatest practitioners were bachelors - by Ellie Robson Read at Aeon

A ceramicist puts a playful twist on Italian Renaissance pottery with dirty jokes, emojis and colourful commentary on menopause - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon