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How French modernists from Proust to Mallarmé were alarmed and inspired by the voracious dynamism of the newspaper world - by Max McGuinness Read at Aeon

‘We share and feel the same pain’: the mothers looking for their children who disappeared in Mexico en route to the US - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Despite decades of inaction we can avert the climate Hellocene and restore the atmosphere to keep our world habitable - by Rob Jackson Read at Aeon

Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith agreed that vanity was all too human. But one saw it as a vice; the other, as a necessity - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Nurses experience deep suffering when they can’t act according to their moral compass. Our research shows a way forward - by Cynda Hylton Rushton Read at Aeon

All of our religions, stories, languages and norms were muddled and mixed through mobility and exchange throughout history - by Inanna Hamati-Ataya Read at Aeon

Returning to the cold case of the disappearing frogs of Costa Rica, a biologist reveals a hard truth about life on Earth - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Praying is a cognitive practice full of problem-solving resources. You can learn from it even if you don’t want to do it - by Eleanor Schille-Hudson Read at Aeon

The history, development and force of the sublime in Western art shows how what we fear and wonder at changes over time - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

We surveyed thousands of scientists in four countries and learned just how important beauty is to them - by Bridget Ritz & Brandon Vaidyanathan Read at Aeon

The stories of two Muslim immigrants who fought for the Union show that the American Civil War was an international fight - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Knitting and embroidery are laden with stereotypes of domestic femininity – and the subversive potential for protest - by Gemma McKenzie Read at Aeon