To Fatu, wearing makeup in public for the first time is like a trek into outer space. Animated in glittering clay, this short builds an endearing and idiosyncratic world around this metaphor for Fatu’s glammed-up journey to a supermarket Side Stories psyche.co/films/fatu-tre…

In Jack London’s novel, Martin Eden personifies debates still raging over the role of education in American life. Through this lens, today’s Essay explores why education should be widely accessible to all, rather than reserved for a privileged few aeon.co/essays/jack-lo…

A novel study in rural China suggests that witchcraft accusations may have arisen as a means of damaging female competitors aeon.co/videos/why-are…

‘Indigeneity may be useful for others, but we can pull the plug on it in India.’

Why the UN definition of ‘indigenous’ does little more than fuel ethnic violence in India aeon.co/essays/we-need…

Beliefs in and the policing of witchcraft have been common throughout human history. But why? @nature aeon.co/videos/why-are…

We need to pull the plug on the idea of indigeneity in India. In a country of such extraordinary diversity, the UN definition of ‘indigenous’ does little more than fuel ethnic violence aeon.co/essays/we-need…

Why do psychedelic insights come with such an intense feeling of knowing? Join us at Sophia Club New York on May 29 as we discuss the science of altered states with Manoj Doss not exist sophiaclub.co/event/insight-…

In this video, a complex portrait of the skating landscape in London emerges from animated sketchbook pages aeon.co/videos/drop-in…

A jaunty ride through London’s skateboarding scene, ‘The Skatebook’ pulls from a wide range of perspectives to explore a culture that, per one interviewee, is ‘60 per cent community, 40 per cent skateboarding’.
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For #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth we’re sharing a few pieces from our vast archive which explore #mentalhealth from diverse perspectives to help readers better understand themselves, feel less alone, and take steps toward living well ⁠aeon.co/essays/what-th…

This Guide teaches you how to use cooking to nourish your sense of self and get meaningful satisfaction from the food you eat Charlotte Hastings psyche.co/guides/how-to-…

How to use kitchen therapy to nourish your sense of self Charlotte Hastings psyche.co/guides/how-to-…

Living with the enduring pain of postcolonial trauma – aeon.co/essays/living-… via Aeon+Psyche

My Aeon+Psyche essay on Astrobiology & #UFO culture. Its everything-equals-evidence historical swirly-swirl almost killed SETI more than once.

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Important for seeing where we are now as astrobiology defines the cutting edge or astronomy.

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On the space between waking and dreaming in Kafka’s diaries via ⁦Aeon+Psyche⁩ aeon.co/essays/on-the-…

‘People perform better when they are able to adhere to the scheduling style that works for them.’ Is it better to live in ‘clock time’ or ‘event time’? psyche.co/ideas/is-it-be…

Not long ago the search for extraterrestrials was considered laughable nonsense. Today, it’s serious and scientific aeon.co/essays/how-ufo…

Are you a clock-timer or an event-timer? Discover what your time navigation style reveals about you psyche.co/ideas/is-it-be…

Explore the origins and trustworthiness of profound psychedelic insights with neuropsychopharmacologist Manoj Doss at our upcoming Sophia Club event in NY. Gain expert insight into the cognitive, emotional, and neural mechanisms of psychedelic drugs sophiaclub.co/event/insight-…

For decades, scientists wanting to think seriously about life in the Universe faced what’s been called the ‘giggle factor’, related to the culture surrounding UFOs aeon.co/essays/how-ufo…