Required Reading
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Required Reading

Roxane Gay on the Guerrilla Girls, the uncertain future of the dictionary, Trump’s attacks on Venezuela and manufacturing consent, anti-ICE whistles, Snoopy turns 75, and more.

Jan 08, 2026 5 min read
How AI is making us think short-term
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How AI is making us think short-term

In his sweeping 2025 year-in-review, the author Dan Wang makes an unsettling argument: The real danger of AI isn’t psychotic robots taking over the world, but how it’s compressing our sens...

Jan 08, 2026 5 min read
Why are moths drawn to flames?
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Why are moths drawn to flames?

How new camera technology that captures fast-flying insects at night explains the age-old mystery of moths drawn to flames- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

Dec 04, 2025 5 min read
Medieval moons
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Medieval moons

Some saw the Moon as representing creation, yearning for the Divine, some saw the Moon as almost Divine herself- by Ayoush LazikaniRead on Aeon

Dec 05, 2025 5 min read
Maternal paradox
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Maternal paradox

‘Scientific motherhood’ promised to create high standards for child-rearing. But it’s really a system designed to police women- by Sherry ChanRead on Aeon

Dec 08, 2025 5 min read