Cognition and intelligence

Psychology

On the origin of minds

Evolution

History of ideas

Physics

Science

Why simplicity works

Philosophy of science

What animals think of death

Animals and humans

Philosophy of mind

Genetics

An idea with bite

Biology

Aerial sheep herding in Yokneam

Rotifers: charmingly bizarre and often ignored

History of science

Charting animal cognition

The undying hydra

Oceans and water

The penis: a life

Sex and sexuality

They are prisoners

Kidnapper ants

Ecology and environmental sciences

Evolution’s engineers

Eyes in the dark

Information and communication

Is the Earth an organism?

Illness and disease

Beautiful monsters

Medicine

Philosophy

Cognition all the way down

Being eaten

The physarum experiments

Sex is real

Origin story

Deep time

Cape sundews trap bugs in a sticky situation

Catastrophes and calms

Complexity

These giant leaf insects will sway your heart

Cooperation and evolution

Chemistry

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. 