Aeon4d
All of our religions, stories, languages and norms were muddled and mixed through mobility and exchange throughout history
All of our religions, stories, languages and norms were muddled and mixed through mobility and exchange throughout history ...
Aeon5d
The tree frog die-off that sparked a global mystery – and revealed a dark truth
In the animated documentary The Waiting, Karen Lips, professor of biology at University of Maryland, College Park, chronicles a mysterious mass disappearance she encountered across two field studies ...
Aeon5d
The power of prayer
is a postdoctoral research scientist in the Department of Anthropology at Stanford University in California, US. Here is an easy challenge: imagine you are faced with a tough problem. Life is strewn ...
Aeon6d
In art, the sublime is a feedback loop, evolving with whatever’s next to threaten us
The sublime describes the distinctive mix of awe, fear and serenity one might feel when confronted with imposing immensity. (Think: standing at the foot of a massive mountain.) But, as Sacha Golob, ...