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Our favorite shows in the city all year, and the events we’ll be attending this week.
But the ripple effects of the abrupt fund withdrawals are still being felt, organizations say.
Our series on painters and their practices is back, this time for an interview with the New York-based artist who creates “paintings in felt” to explore her Irish and Indian family history.
It was a year of surprising pairings and standout exhibitions by artists including Kerry James Marshall, Jenny Saville, and Leigh Bowery
She is the first artist with a learning disability to earn the coveted distinction.
What do trees and businesses have in common? For one, they’re systems. A tree dies when you starve it of water and sunlight, just as a business collapses when its resources are drained. In fact, all l...
The Universe is filled with “stuff,” no matter where or when we dare to look. Even though the majority of the Universe is dark in the sense that we haven’t figured out how to directl...
Much of the ongoing discourse surrounding AI can largely be divided along two lines of thought. One concerns practical matters: How will large language models (LLMs) affect the job market? How do we s...
No matter what it is that humans do — what we think, feel, accomplish, believe, or vote for — our shared scientific reality is the one thing that unites us all. The same laws and rules govern everythi...
One day in 1995, Toshiyuki Nakagaki had an idea. Nakagaki, a soft-spoken Japanese biologist, studies primordial mold and other amoeboid organisms. These creatures, which have been on Earth for nearly ...
You’d be forgiven for thinking AI represents a classic Faustian bargain, as every reported blessing seems tied to a sinister curse. AI will help us navigate the immense amounts of information and data...
This life-giving element, stored in rock and organic material, moves around Earth in an ancient cycle we have just broken- by Jack LohmannRead on Aeon
Who belongs to our moral community? The Greek philosopher Empedocles had an answer: all life, from humans to the laurel bush- by Tristan MoyleRead on Aeon
In this mesmerising short from 1991, thousands of Japanese newspaper clippings form a prescient vision of our digital world- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
From Peruvian healers battling sorcerers to Chinese executives seeking financial success, ayahuasca’s power shifts across worlds- by Alex K GearinRead on Aeon
An ode to life on the road. Irish Travellers at a gathering in County Galway share memories, songs and crafts by the fire- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
Contemplating the world requires a body, and a body requires an immune system: the rungs of life create the stuff of thought- by Anna CiaunicaRead on Aeon
When CoRy developed chronic illnesses as an adult, he moved in with his dad. Through mutual care, their bond has ‘blossomed’- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
In the hands of a great musician, the gloriously simple guitar can create the most complex works of art. Here’s how- by Craig OgdenRead on Aeon
We know that black holes are strange, but they could be hiding something even weirder beyond their horizons- by Gideon KoekoekRead on Aeon