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Acute inflammation helps the body heal. But chronic inflammation is different and could provoke a medical paradigm shift- by Amy K McLennanRead on Aeon 
Exoplanet discoveries have reshaped astronomy. Are exomoons next? Brian Greene in conversation with David Kipping- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon 
Our cursed age of self-monitoring and optimisation didn’t start with big tech: as so often, the Victorians are to blame- by Elena MaryRead on Aeon 
People with ADHD and autism have to mask their instincts if they want to be included. But the strain exacts a very high price- by Gilly KahnRead on Aeon 
How the photographer Justine Kurland reframes utopia in the radical freedom of teenage girls, women and outsider communities- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon 
Slavery in Latin America, on a huge scale, was different from that in the United States. Why don’t we know this history?- by Ana Lucia AraujoRead on Aeon 
In Southwestern China, a filmmaker follows her father on a search for his childhood home, reshaped by history and time- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon 
The immense complexity of the climate makes it impossible to model accurately. Instead we must use uncertainty to our advantage- by David StainforthRead on Aeon 
Should deaf parents be able to select for a deaf child? On the ethics of parental choice and ‘designer babies’- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon 
Should we simply assume that all animals can feel pain and are of moral concern? Or is that taking things too far?- by Jeff Sebo & Andreas L MogensenRead on Aeon 
Generative AI sheds new light on the underlying engines of metaphor, mood and reinvention in six decades of songs- by Prashant GargRead on Aeon 
Citizens of Myanmar describe what daily life is like in their isolated, war-torn nation- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon 
As a scientific concept the Anthropocene is dead. But it’s such a helpful idea to think with, should we use it anyway?- by Ville LähdeRead on Aeon 
How a dedicated team of volunteers in Rhode Island hack nature to find new ways to protect vulnerable sparrow hatchlings- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon 
Images of vast ‘canals’ rippling across the red planet inspired fears of alien ‘engineers’ and changed science forever- by Dagomar DegrootRead on Aeon