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Connected-up-brains

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Minmini (Fireflies)

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Good fire

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The incredible life of Maria Sibylla Merian

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The Antarctic paradox

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Phenomena: electricity

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Gödel’s incompleteness theorem

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A new Earth rises

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Quantum Wittgenstein

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The AI historian

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The split-body problem

AI’s first philosopher

The web of life

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Phenomena: magnetism

Pyrocene Park

How does a quantum computer work?

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The many disguises of Australian walking sticks

Slow sex, long life

Sex and sexuality

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Jeff Tollaksen: quantum mechanics experiments

Philosophy of science

Fringe theories stack

Knowledge

How to restore a savanna

Insects take flight

Arctic summer

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Essays and videos exploring physics, evolution, cosmology and other frontiers in science

Science Essays from Aeon. World-leading scientists and science writers explore topics from theories of evolution to theories of consciousness, quantum physics to deep time, chemistry to cosmology. 