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Does culture make emotion?
Franz Boas helps us solve the puzzle of where our emotional lives originate: in our selves or in the cultures around us – by Noga Arikha Read on Aeon
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Just thinking about tequila, whiskey or wine shifts your mindset – new research
Most celebrations in the U.S. involve alcohol, in large part due to marketing and advertising. Arturo Peña Romano Medina/E+ via Getty Images Thinking about certain types of alcohol can alter your mood and trigger certain mindsets, especially among young consumers.…
Higher buprenorphine doses help patients stay in opioid use disorder treatment, new study finds
Patients who received 17 to 24 milligrams per day of buprenorphine stayed in treatment significantly longer than those who received 16 milligrams or less, researchers found. AP Photo/Julio Cortez Patients who are prescribed higher daily doses of the medication buprenorphine…
Meta failed to flag AI video during 2025 Israel-Iran war, Oversight Board says
Meta allowed an artificial intelligence-generated video to go unchecked on Facebook during the 12-day war between Israel and Iran in June 2025, according to a new ruling published by the…
I’ve studied MAGA rhetoric for a decade, and this is what I see in Hegseth’s boasts, action-movie one-liners and gloating over dominance
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth responds to questions about the Iran war in a March 2, 2026, press conference. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images When Secretary of Defense James Mattis addressed the intensification of U.S. combat operations against the Islamic…
Iraq war’s aftermath was a disaster for the US – the Iran war is headed in the same direction
U.S. Marines crossing into Iraq from Kuwait on March 21, 2003. AP Photo/Laurent Rebours The United States military achieved every objective it set when it went to war in Iraq in 2003. Decapitation: Saddam Hussein was captured, tried and hanged.…
What does the appendix do? Biologists explain the complicated evolution of this inconvenient organ
Most people get acquainted with their appendix when it’s inflamed and about to rupture. Sebastian Kaulitzki/Science Photo Library via Getty Images Most people know only two things about the appendix: You don’t need it – and if it bursts, you…
Mobile clinics offer a practical way to improve health care access in maternity care deserts
Only three of the 14 counties in north-central Florida provide full access to obstetric care. Six have low access to care – meaning there are fewer than two hospitals offering obstetric care or birth centers per 10,000 births and fewer…
China leads the humanoid robot race — but the U.S. still has a shot
Since the start of the year, China’s humanoid robots have made waves at home and abroad — from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to China’s Lunar New Year…
Ever behind the sunset
This hand-painted stop motion animation recalls the textures of a family home demolished to make way for a widened road – by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon