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Spud diplomacy – can a potato salad contest ease tensions over a controversial power station between Czech and Polish neighbours? - by Aeon Video...
A rare insight into the extraordinary work of creating a prosthetic leg through measuring, moulding, fitting and feeling - by Aeon Video Watch at...
The evocative language of myth and the precise language of geology frame a distinctive portrait of a singular place in Canada - by Aeon Video Watch...
Find new appreciation for beetles by watching them fly in ultra-slow motion – while comedian Joe Pera narrates each takeoff - by Aeon Video Watch...
The D-Day landings turned the tide of war, but their success rested on the uncertain calculations of Allied meteorologists - by Aeon Video Watch at...
‘Dark matter is probably passing through you and me right now’: how one team is hunting for one of the great known unknowns - by Aeon Video Watch...
The dawn of photography helped summon Victorian beliefs in an unseen spirit realm that could be made manifest and contactable - by Aeon Video Watch...
Take a look beyond the myths and misconceptions of dog vision to learn how richly dogs perceive the world around them - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
Cut off from her family, Yuge carved ‘circular mantras’ into snow and sand to mark time with a personal ritual of longing - by Aeon Video Watch...
Road signs flash by in a fun exploration of the similarities and subtle variations in messaging from around the world - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
In its final moments, a microbe moves towards equilibrium in this poignant reflection on life, death and the inbetween - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
How Manet’s subtly radical works broke the fourth wall, confronting the viewer with paintings that stared back at them - by Aeon Video Watch at...
Can we save coral reefs from the ravages of climate change? Why engineering heat-tolerant species is our moral imperative - by Aeon Video Watch at...
What if we could see spacetime? Embark on a visual journey through the invisible gravitational waves that shape our universe - by Aeon Video Watch at...
A harrowing and poignant exploration of the First World War from the perspective of three poet-soldiers who died in it - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
Why the author Daniel Alarcón likes to read a curious little Peruvian book of speeches and toasts when he’s feeling homesick - by Aeon Video Watch...
Witness 18 days’ work in just 3.5 minutes as a male weaverbird crafts an elaborate dangling nest in hopes of finding a mate - by Aeon Video Watch...
‘How does a genius cope with the challenges of getting old?’ Explore the lesser-known works of Michelangelo’s last decades - by Aeon Video...
New archaeological discoveries shed light on the story of Boudica – the ancient Celtic queen who rebelled against Rome - by Aeon Video Watch at...
A poignant connection between the erosions of landscape and memory at a former Japanese internment camp in California - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
In the mountains of northern India, one of the last artisans of his kind keeps the tradition of crafting metal teapots alive - by Aeon Video Watch at...
Could inequality be morally justified in a system of equal opportunity? How Rawls’s vision for democracy holds up 50 years on - by Aeon Video Watch...
How the sudden death of Alfred Tennyson’s best friend at a young age moulded him into the ‘great English poet of grief’ - by Aeon Video Watch...
On a remote Icelandic island, teens rescue young puffins who’ve lost their way while pondering their own uncertain futures - by Aeon Video Watch at...
From wise helpers to fire-breathers, each culture gets the dragons it deserves. On the origins of these reptilian beasts - by Aeon Video Watch at...
From gifts of bread to a dowry negotiation – a charming portrait of courtship rituals and marriage in 1950s rural Poland - by Aeon Video Watch at...
After the closure of a mine that once gave the town its name, the residents of Asbestos long for its industrial past - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
The otherwise unremarkable insect from Mexico that’s used to make the most dazzling and coveted crimson colour - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
An animated day-in-the-life of this historic English county travels from market to dale to capture its northern essence - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
This NASA simulation lets viewers into the extraordinary spectacle of entering a blackhole (minus the spaghettification) - by Aeon Video Watch at...
‘So was I once myself a swinger of birches’ – Robert Frost reads his celebrated poem on yearning for the freedoms of youth - by Aeon Video...
The target of a sextortion scam upends the experience by soliciting his friends’ views on masturbation and shame - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
Men and women can’t touch in Iranian cinema, so filmmakers creatively work around the ban by using props as a go-between - by Aeon Video Watch at...
Captioning dialogue is one thing; captioning sound is another. This is how the artist Christine Sun Kim would do it - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
Meet Hypatia of Alexandria, a rare female – and moderate secular – public intellectual, who was murdered by religious zealots - by Aeon Video...
Profile of the pioneering Canadian architect whose modernist designs disintegrated boundaries between structure and place - by Aeon Video Watch at...
A novel study in rural China suggests that witchcraft accusations may have arisen as a means of damaging female competitors - by Aeon Video Watch at...
‘60 per cent community, 40 per cent skateboarding’ – a portrait of London’s growing skate scene on animated sketchbook pages - by Aeon Video...
‘This girl, this woman, this… me?’ Helen shares her horrifying experience of being deepfaked for pornography - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
For an aspiring nurse, staying in the US holds out the precarious promise of a life far from China’s strict gender norms - by Aeon Video Watch at...
There’s a mystery of mirror molecules at the origin of life on Earth – and these scientists may have solved it - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
For an Iñupiat whaling crew north of the Arctic Circle, waiting on the ice for the migration of whales is an act of prayer - by Aeon Video Watch at...
Cosmologists understand what happened after the Big Bang. But what was our Universe before then? Enter the quantum multiverse - by Aeon Video Watch...
For a truly ‘naive melody’, listen as musicians try to mirror a song in realtime, accompanied by a dreamy animation - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
Jumping the fire and shaking the house: a joyful beginner’s guide to the ancient Persian celebration of spring renewal - by Aeon Video Watch at...
Ever since astronomers have looked to the skies, they’ve filled their knowledge gaps with wild theories of alien life - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
‘God gave me enough power to fight for my rights’ – hear the voices of women across Afghanistan over a year of Taliban rule - by Aeon Video...
Capturing the daily routines of a chain-smoking Polish couple, this short finds an unlikely poetry in life’s mundane rhythms - by Aeon Video Watch...
‘There is a world of created things … in the least part of matter’: an introduction to the Universe according to Leibniz - by Aeon Video Watch...
After Ed Dwight lost out on becoming the first Black astronaut, he carved out a celebrated later career as a sculptor - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon