Aeon4h
From simple motors to levitating trains – how design shapes innovation
An inventor traces the evolution of a single engineering idea, from Michael Faraday’s first motors to levitating trains ...
Aeon4h
How Pentecostalism’s prosperity gospel replaced Catholic liberation theology in Latin American life
More concerned with the action itself than with the theory behind it,’ Torres was relieved of his orders in 1965, after which ...
Aeon2d
After decades of practising psychotherapy, I believe it has little foundation in science and often causes harm
After decades of practising psychotherapy, I believe it has little foundation in science and often causes harm ...
Aeon1d
How an artist transformed a dilapidated hunting lodge into a house made of dreams
Take a trip to Luna Parc, New Jersey, a former hunting lodge, now part living museum, part work of art, and wholly individual ...
Aeon6d
Diving into the ring of darkness beyond things easily answerable, asking ‘Why?’ questions is what make humans awesome
Diving into the ring of darkness beyond things easily answerable, asking ‘Why?’ questions is what make humans awesome ...
Aeon3d
Are zoos and natural history museums born of a desire to understand, or to control?
What drives us to create zoos and natural history museums – is it a curiosity about the world, or a need to dominate it?
Aeon3d
What distinguishes fiction from nonfiction? The answer to this perennial question relies on how we understand reality itself
What distinguishes fiction from nonfiction? The answer to this perennial question relies on how we understand reality itself ...