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In praise of zealotry

2026-08-18 18:00:00

Illustration of a chaotic procession with figures in historical costume, each with exaggerated expressions and dialogues.

Early feminists like Mary Astell and Catharine Macaulay refused their male peers’ advice to remain polite in debate. Why?

- by Geertje Bol

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The World Famous Gopher Hole Museum

2026-08-17 18:01:00

Photo of two dressed-up rodents in a salon, one holding a comb with a speech bubble that reads, “I’m a beautician not a magician,” behind the other holding a mirror.

In this bittersweet portrait of a farm town in Canada, taxidermied gophers preserve a place that no longer exists

- by Aeon Video

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Worm munch matters

2026-08-17 18:00:00

Illustration of a worm underground beneath grass and wildflowers showing roots in a cross-section view.

The lives that slither and scurry beneath the soil’s surface are vital for ecological health: now we can listen in to them

- by Ella Browning

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The neverending house

2026-08-14 18:00:00

Watercolour painting of a rustic house with clothes drying on a balcony clothesline against a textured wall.

The self-built homes of Santiago are precarious and ever changing. They are, always and at once, being and becoming

- by Consuelo Araos

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Where the earth meets the sky

2026-08-13 18:01:00

Silhouette of a pyramid at night with a starry sky in the background.

After half a century in the making, an observatory in New Mexico lets viewers peer 13,000 years into the future and the past

- by Aeon Video

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Mecca and the mall

2026-08-13 18:00:00

Aerial photo of Mecca’s Great Mosque at night, filled with pilgrims.

In a bid for spiritual renewal, I made a pilgrimage to Islam’s holy city. Almost everything I expected to see was gone

- by Azania Imtiaz Patel

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