The Mozart effect

The so-called ‘Mozart effect’ is a case study in how research can get distorted and overstated in the public imaginationBy Aeon VideoWatch at Aeon

19h

Africa writes back

European ideas of African illiteracy are persistent, prejudiced and, as the story of Libyc script shows, entirely wrongBy D Vance SmithRead at Aeon

19h

Thai country living

Friends, family, food, music: a recipe for a good life from a Thai country craftsman living far from the bustle of BangkokBy Aeon VideoWatch at Aeon

2d

Contact

An alien-made artefact or just interstellar debris? What ʻOumuamua says about how science works when data is scarceBy Matthew BothwellRead at Aeon

2d

It’s rocket science

Meet the high-school dropout turned rocket engineer who wouldn’t let dyslexia stop him from aiming for the skyBy Aeon VideoWatch at Aeon

3d

Radical acceptance

The painful feelings you avoid grow twisted in the dark. By facing your sorrows and struggles you can take back your lifeBy Joshua ColemanRead at Aeon

3d

Philosophy’s lack of progress

For centuries, all philosophers seem to have done is question and debate. Why do philosophical problems resist solution?By Chris DalyRead at Aeon

6d

A brief history of the devil

The devil in all his guises: how a minor character from the Old Testament evolved into a versatile stand-in for human evilBy Aeon VideoWatch at Aeon

1w

How equality slipped away

For 97 per cent of human history, all people had about the same power and access to goods. How did inequality ratchet up?By Kim SterelnyRead at Aeon

1w

HAGS (have a good summer)

A comic and nostalgic exploration of adolescence, and so-called adulthood, cast from a filmmaker’s middle-school yearbookBy Aeon VideoWatch at Aeon

2w