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Extraterrestrial tongues

2025-05-09 18:00:00

A man looking up from the driver’s seat of a yellow vehicle with an open window and side mirror visible.

Imagining how aliens might communicate prepares us for first contact and illuminates the nature of our own languages

- by Nikhil Mahant

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Deconstructing the Colosseum

2025-05-08 18:01:00

3D digital rendering of a cross-section of a Roman amphitheatre, showing architectural details and a large crowd inside.

To understand the architectural genius of the Colosseum and its symbolic meaning for ancient Rome, it helps to take it apart

- by Aeon Video

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The ecstatic swoon

2025-05-08 18:00:00

Painting of a girl with a pearl earring in an ornate frame, viewed by three people in a gallery setting.

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

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Meteor

2025-05-07 18:01:00

Abstract image of a woman’s face with vivid swirls of blue, green, red and yellow on a black background.

Through stunning animation, an Iranian expat pays tribute to the grief and defiance of women and the queer community back home

- by Aeon Video

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The vanishing of youth

2025-05-06 18:00:00

An elderly couple sit beside a child standing next to a canal with bare trees behind them. The man talks to the child and has a walking stick beside him.

The precipitous decline of birthrates throughout the world poses a serious threat to humanity. What is to be done?

- by Victor Kumar

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How to study ‘talking’ dogs

2025-05-05 18:01:00

Photo of a black dog lying on a blue background with a purple button on its left and a yellow button on its right.

Inspired by a TikTok trend, a cognitive scientist developed the largest citizen science study in animal communication

- by Aeon Video

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