Aeon11h
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 ...
Aeon11h
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Aeon13d
All of our religions, stories, languages and norms were muddled and mixed through mobility and exchange throughout history
All of our religions, stories, languages and norms were muddled and mixed through mobility and exchange throughout history ...
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?
Aeon7d
What’s an ancient Greek brick doing in a Sumerian city? An archeological investigation
A British Museum curator explains why making sense of archeological ruins is like finding a single brick in a huge soil heap ...
Aeon8d
The migrants missing in Mexico, and the mothers who won’t stop searching for them
We share and feel the same pain’: the mothers looking for their children who disappeared in Mexico en route to the US ...
Aeon6d
Diving into the ring of darkness beyond things easily answerable, asking ‘Why?’ questions is what make humans awesome
Imagine a planet on the far side of the galaxy. We will never interact with it. We will never see it. What happens there is irrelevant to us, now and for the conceivable future. What would you hope ...