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In this award-winning short, inmates and college students explore the history of incarceration from inside a US prison – by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon

What if the tools for sustainable space exploration could be found in cellular life on Earth? A NASA astrobiologist explains – by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon

In rural Iran, Sahar faces a stark choice: stay at home to look after her father, or go to the city to pursue her education – by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon

Ancient Athenians chose leaders by lottery rather than elections. Could this solve the problems facing democracy today? – by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon

The good-vs-evil paradigm of most pop-culture storytelling is a relatively recent effort to promote social cohesion – by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon

From weapon to icon – a riveting history lesson in the many meanings of the samurai sword that’s also just plain cool to see – by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon

Deep inside a luscious grove in Nigeria, a community of artists preserves otherworldly monuments to Yorùbá spirituality – by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon

In the Atacama Desert, scientists race to find novel cures for antibiotic-resistant infections, as mining interests encroach – by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon

Crafting each frame by hand, an animator paints the story of an Olympic swimmer’s return after surviving the Holocaust – by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon

How humans built beautiful, lasting structures without science or mathematics, using only engineering rules of thumb – by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon