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A very modern conception of womanhood: in the Jazz Age paintings of Tamara de Lempicka, women were bold, free and stylish- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

From Colombia to Syria, I’ve seen that capitalist logic can’t help to rebuild postwar countries but cooperatives can- by Azize AslanRead on Aeon

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

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

Just as seeing a tree gives you reason to believe it’s there, sensing that a stranger is creepy gives you reason to walk away- by Marc A MoffettRead on Aeon

For the philosopher Bruno Latour, seeing anything ‘natural’ as good and the ‘artificial’ as bad is perversely human-centric- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

Renaissance Italians saw the gun as the Devil’s work. But soon they embraced this unchivalrous – and necessary – weapon- by Catherine FletcherRead on Aeon

Cicero’s ideal of manly virtue stressed the performance of self-control and bravery, not boastful egotism and domination- by Catharine EdwardsRead on Aeon