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Curated short documentaries and original Aeon productions exploring big ideas

Microscope photo of a flea’s head showing detailed orange and black features against a black background.

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Biology

‘Save the parasites’ may not be a popular rallying cry – but it could be a vital one

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A man speaking on stage with a headset microphone wearing glasses and a black sweater gesturing expressively with his hands.

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Metaphysics

What do past, present and future mean to a philosopher of time?

54 minutes

A young woman and an older woman in a living room face the camera, one of them pointing towards it. The image has a webcam recording interface.

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Gender

A filmmaker responds to Lars von Trier’s call for a new muse with a unique application

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Abstract digital art of geometric patterns made with spheres, creating a sense of depth on a black background.

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Computing and artificial intelligence

Why large language models are mysterious – even to their creators

8 minutes

Photo of three boys riding wooden carts down a street in an urban setting, with onlookers in the background.

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Sports and games

Havana’s streets become racetracks in this exhilarating portrait of children at play

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Photo of a person sitting in a dimly lit church with stained glass windows and sun rays filtering through.

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Spirituality

Through rituals of prayer, a monk cultivates a quietly radical concept of freedom

4 minutes

Black and white close-up photo of a lizard with its tongue extended, about to catch a worm. The background is dark and blurred.

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Evolution

The many ways a lizard tongue sticks, grasps, pinches and plops – in slo-mo

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Photo of a man speaking at a podium marked ‘Letters Live’, gesturing with one hand against a dark background.

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Fairness and equality

‘To my old master’ – a freed slave answers the request to return to his old plantation

7 minutes

Ceramic vase with yellow snake handles blue clouds and text detail in a workshop setting.

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Design and fashion

A ceramicist puts her own bawdy spin on the folk language of pottery

14 minutes

Photo of a gibbon mother holding her baby in a lush green forest setting.

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Animals and humans

Villagers struggle to keep their beloved, endangered ape population afloat

19 minutes

Surreal abstract painting with eyes, lips and leaf shapes in soft colours on paper.

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Art

Radical doodles – how ‘exquisite corpse’ games embodied the Surrealist movement

15 minutes

Illustration of two people with closed eyes softly singing into a microphone, featuring simple brushstroke style.

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Language and linguistics

Why Susan listens to recordings of herself speaking a language she no longer remembers

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