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    Curated short documentaries and original Aeon productions exploring big ideas
    Photo of two women hugging at an indoor event, one holding a piece of paper

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    Life stages

    Grief, healing and laughter coexist at a unique retreat for widows and widowers

    15 minutes

    Illustration of three people, one with wide eyes and mouth open, another holding their head, third timing with a pocket watch.

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    Medicine

    Drinking wine from toxic cups was the 17th century’s own dubious ‘detox’ treatment

    11 minutes

    Painting of a vast landscape featuring rocky hills, a woman with a child and distant snow-capped mountains under a cloudy sky.

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    Nature and landscape

    After independence, Mexico was in search of identity. These paintings offered a blueprint

    15 minutes

    Photo of a woman in a red coat gazing out a foggy window with a contemplative expression.

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    Progress and modernity

    Moving from Tibet to Beijing, Drolma reconciles big dreams with harsh realities

    31 minutes

    Illustration of an ancient Greek temple with the golden ratio spiral overlay, featuring bright colours and clear skies.

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    Mathematics

    Spiral into the ‘golden ratio’ – and separate the myths from the maths

    4 minutes

    Vintage photo of people erecting tall structures in a tropical setting with palm trees and a thatched building.

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    Art

    A young Rockefeller collects art on a fateful journey to New Guinea

    7 minutes

    3D rendering of an ancient water clock with zodiac signs and blue water flowing into a container on a wooden surface.

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    Engineering

    How water-based clocks revolutionised the way we measure time

    10 minutes

    Photo of a man lying on a bed with white sheets, looking peaceful against a blue background.

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    Consciousness and altered states

    What do screens depicting serene natural scenes mean to those living in lock-up?

    12 minutes

    Black and white photo of a woman sitting in front of a bookshelf wearing a light blouse and speaking.

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    Anthropology

    Margaret Mead explains why the family was entering a brave new world in this 1959 film

    29 minutes

    Aerial photo of workers harvesting oranges, loading crates onto a tractor in an orchard.

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    Demography and migration

    In California’s farmlands, immigrant workers share their stories of toil and hope

    17 minutes

    Blurry photo of a townscape with unfocused colourful lights strung across buildings in the evening.

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    Ageing and death

    Memories of friends and neighbours light the streets of a seaside village in England

    11 minutes

    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