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Time blocking is a simple practice: You determine exactly when you will work on your daily tasks, usually at the start of the day, in blocks of time that you then “chunk” your day into. I like to sche...
Different social animals have different approaches to reconciling disrupted relationships. The anxiety created from damaging an important relationship leads chimpanzees to groom, bonobos to engage in ...
Augustine of Hippo lived a life of indulgence. As a young man, he took undue pride in his accomplishments, was a slave to his lustful desires, and even stole pears for the sinful thrill of it. But by ...
The field of leadership development has a long history of following the latest fad. During a recent collaboration with a major automaker, focusing on the employee development pathway for the upcoming ...
The fastest human in the world, according to the Ancient Greek legend, was the heroine Atalanta. Although she was a famous huntress who joined Jason and the Argonauts in the search for the golden...
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...
Hysteria was long attributed to a wandering uterus. The earliest text blaming women’s reproduction for illness was the Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus, an Egyptian medical scroll from 1900 BC. Women’s wo...
What if the problem for young boys isn’t radical influencers, but the absence that made them persuasive? Influence doesn’t emerge because someone is loud or offensive; it takes root when there’s no on...
Stoicism has been flattened into slogans about toughness, detachment, and emotional silence, a version that’s easy to sell, but mostly wrong. Massimo Pigliucci returns Stoicism to its original p...
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
Some saw the Moon as representing creation, yearning for the Divine, some saw the Moon as almost Divine herself- by Ayoush LazikaniRead on Aeon
‘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
Liberalism hasn’t delivered on its promises in Africa. The alternative will be found in ideas rooted in Africa’s own soil- by Gabriel AsuquoRead on Aeon
Travel the roads of the Roman Empire – a bold project mapping 300,000 km of a vast, ancient network is brought to life- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
We once denied the suffering of animals in pain. As AIs grow more complex, we run the danger of making the same mistake- by Conor PurcellRead on Aeon
What does it mean to ‘be’? This excerpt provides a brief intro to Heidegger’s philosophy, via jazz, cooking and carpentry- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
Despite centuries of trying, the term ‘religion’ has proven impossible to define. Then why does it remain so necessary?- by Kwame Anthony AppiahRead on Aeon
Coursing through Catholicism is a radical tradition of environmental justice that will help combat the climate crisis- by Mike MarianiRead on Aeon
What is a German museum doing with a Kikuyu artefact it doesn’t know anything about? A journey to Kenya for some answers- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
I am banned from working now, but as I look back on my long, challenging career in Afghanistan I feel hope for the future- by Najla & Asad NarimanRead on Aeon