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Curated short documentaries and original Aeon productions exploring big ideas

A wooden cabin on a grassy hill with a mountainous backdrop and cloudy sky in the distance.

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Knowledge

Why it takes more than a lifetime to truly understand a single meadow

11 minutes

Abstract digital art of glowing, multicoloured clusters against a dark background, resembling molecules in space.

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Physics

Groundbreaking visualisations show how the world of the nucleus gives rise to our own

10 minutes

Photo of an elderly man with a bald head and moustache wearing a suit and tie, smiling against a light-coloured, blurred background.

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War and peace

‘She is living on in many hearts’ – Otto Frank on the legacy of his daughter’s diary

12 minutes

A painting depicting a group of people in a room, with a man painting and a young girl in the centre, dressed in ornate clothes.

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Art

Why Diego Velázquez needed a lifetime to paint his enigmatic masterpiece

31 minutes

Photo of a person in a winter coat and beanie looking at a snow-covered town, with mountains in the background.

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Earth science and climate

There’s a ‘climate bomb’ ticking beneath the Arctic ice. How can we prepare?

8 minutes

Black-and-white photo of a man speaking into microphones held by the press outside a building, with a woman smiling at him in the background.

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Political philosophy

The radical activist couple who fought for social change in the courtroom

21 minutes

Drawing of Earth and the Moon in orbit with straight lines trailing off each on a white background with grey specks.

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Physics

To change the way you see the Moon, view it from the Sun’s perspective

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A woman with glasses and a colourful African headscarf is holding a child. They are outdoors in a rocky, hilly landscape. The path ahead appears scattered with small white stones.

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Human rights and justice

When a burial for slave trade victims is unearthed, a small island faces a reckoning

29 minutes

A man views a holographic projection of a child in shorts running in a forest setting; office equipment surrounds him.

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Technology and the self

A haunting scene from ‘Minority Report’ inspires a voyage into time and memory

7 minutes

Illustration of a saucepan on a stove with raw meat and ginger, a pot lid is nearby on the right.

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Family life

The stream-of-consciousness thoughts and memories that emerge while cooking a meal

5 minutes

Aerial view of a coastal area at dusk with multiple streaks of red light travelling over water and land, illuminating the landscape.

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Ecology and environmental sciences

GPS tracking reveals stunning insights into the patterns of migratory birds

6 minutes

Photo of a desert scene with tall cacti and a person standing, set against a sunlit rocky hill.

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Human rights and justice

Can providing humanitarian aid be illegal? A troubling case from the US-Mexico border

17 minutes