Essays and long reads worth your evening.
Very few night skies seen from the south of France during the summer of 1889 would match the scene on van Gogh's canvas. A new study argues that it could have been July 22
The standard model of particle physics works really well, but it can't explain why the universe exists. Something is missing, and this trapped particle might hold a clue to the answer
Completed in 1958, the domed building is located on the campus of Florida Southern College, home to 13 Wright-designed buildings, the world's largest single-site collection of the architect's work
The universe formed 13.8 billion years ago, so this far-traveled burst of radio waves can help scientists learn more about the early cosmos. However, researchers still aren't sure what produces these strange flashes
Tribologists study friction: what happens when things rub together. It’s indispensable, from the wheel to the paths of stars- by Jennifer R VailRead on Aeon
Most of what we knew about early modern humans has been turned upside down in the past two decades – and many more questions remain.
At the height of America’s ‘red scare’ witch-hunts, Miller, whose play makes a martyr hero of the husband, was having an affair with Marilyn Monroe.
A victory for Flávio Bolsonaro could keep Brazil trapped in a model of extractivism that has been part of the country’s history since the arrival of the Portuguese settlers in the 16th century.
Africa constantly appears as a ‘country’ full of savage danger or childish rebellion, in need of a saviour.
What happened when people in Bhutan, the last country on Earth without television, were allowed to watch it in 1999?- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
Disconnection is at the heart of today’s crises. So my husband and I chose a radical and revealing remedy: living communally- by Elizabeth OldfieldRead on Aeon
Horrific violence, enduring terror and ceaseless solidarity: four years of war through the eyes of Ukrainian civilians- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
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