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Curated short documentaries and original Aeon productions exploring big ideas

Illustration of two turquoise beams pointing from the Milky Way galaxy toward another galaxy on a black background.

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History of science

How we came to know the size of the Universe – and what mysteries remain

26 minutes

Satellite image of South Dakota with glowing yellow lines representing data or energy pathways overlaid.

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Ecology and environmental sciences

Join endangered whooping cranes on their perilous migratory path over North America

6 minutes

Photo of a man with glasses and grey hair in a suit speaking animatedly against a dark background.

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Knowledge

Why David Deutsch believes good explanations are the antidote to bad philosophy

10 minutes

Photo of a modern house built over a waterfall, surrounded by dense green forest and a rocky stream.

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Architecture

A lush tour of Fallingwater – the Frank Lloyd Wright design that changed architecture

14 minutes

Photo of a woman in a floral headscarf with a man in the background against a rural autumn landscape under a clear sky.

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Home

Life moves slowly in a Romanian mountain village, shaped by care and the seasons

13 minutes

A white playroom with a boy in a tent and his mother reading to him holding stuffed animals, toys scattered around.

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Family life

A mother and child bond in an unusual prison visitation space in this poignant portrait

11 minutes

Weathered hands holding a small, carved stone tool with intricate details, set against a blurred background.

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Archaeology

At a prehistoric pigment mine, researchers glimpse our earliest moments in the Americas

25 minutes

Photo of an older man with white hair and beard in a cityscape with tall modern buildings in the background.

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Economics

A tour of New York’s gaudiest neighbourhood with the Marxist geographer David Harvey

13 minutes

Abstract painting of textured forms resembling fibres and foliage overlaid on an antique map background.

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Art

Defying classification, fantastical artworks reframe the racism of Carl Linnaeus

8 minutes

Futuristic digital artwork of Earth with two large transparent rings arching over it in space.

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Engineering

Building a prosperous future demands bold ideas. These are some of the boldest

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Film and visual culture

Space and time expand, contract and combust in this propulsive animation

5 minutes

Aerial photo of a large circular crater with a dark centre in a brown landscape, resembling an impact site.

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Environmental history

In Kazakhstan, ‘atomic lakes’ still scar the landscape decades after Soviet nuclear tests

13 minutes