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This short, informative video guides viewers through the evolution and the many identities of the katana, or Japanese samurai sword, tracing a diverse range of designs and aesthetics in close detail
A millennium of Japanese history, as told through the samurai sword | Aeon Videos
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Out of our minds — Roulette Intermedium, May 20 | Sophia Club
How the boundary between madness and sanity reveals who gets to belong
At 94, the renowned Indian historian Romila Thapar has witnessed a turbulent slice of history – but she has rarely spoken publicly about how this has shaped her personal life. In this Psyche Portrait, the journalist Raghu Karnad invites readers to sit with Thapar as she reflects on her life
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In this short film, engineer and professor Bill Hammack traces a line from ancient builders to icons like the Pantheon and Sainte-Chapelle, revealing a different kind of knowledge at work: ‘the engineering method’
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How understanding bioenergetics can help our brain health | Aeon Essays
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Why ‘little red dots’ pose a big mystery about the Universe | Aeon Essays
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A propulsive ode to ‘the forgotten parents of film’ | Aeon Videos
Take a kaleidoscopic journey through the...
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Art lessons from the 1970s for...
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