Emma Wilkins is a Tasmanian journalist whose freelance work has been published by news outlets, print magazines and literary journals in Australia and beyond.

Although it’s often dismissed as superficial, the question of whether one is beautiful is undoubtedly important. Being seen as beautiful can impact a person’s life prospects. Apart from making us ...

A magazine to help you understand your self and live well ...

We must escape the psychological trap where grave warnings about existential threats trigger ever more destructive behaviour ...

Olivia Laing is a British writer of non-fiction about literature, art and landscape. They are the author of The Trip to Echo Spring: Why Writers Drink (2013) and The Lonely City (2016). They live in ...

Robert J. Hartman is a postdoctoral research fellow with the Gothenburg Responsibility Project at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. He is the author of In Defense of Moral Luck: Why Luck Often ...

Lynn Hallarman, MD served as the director of palliative medicine at Stony Brook Medicine in New York. She now works as a consultant for the National Center for Equitable Care for Elders at Harvard ...

The problems of our time are too complex for heroes to swoop in and simply erase. Our movies should reflect that reality ...

My essay for Aeon has paired together a reading of one of the most marine chapters of the Odyssey with a review of the word usage for wave breaking in the ancient Greek canon. The story hinges on the ...

Zoe Michaels spent 15 years in corporate America before turning to freelance writing. She blogs for small companies as well as writing feature articles. When not writing, she loves travelling with her ...

Not being able to recognise faces can be an obstacle – but it has also given Steven the ability to see beyond the obvious ...

Sara Melzer is a professor in the humanities at the University of California, Los Angeles, and also teaches mindfulness there. A tango dancer, she has travelled all across the US and Europe to dance ...