Aeon is a Online magazine of , philosophy and culture. Publishing new articles every weekday, Aeon describes itself as a publication that "asks the biggest questions and finds the freshest, most original answers, provided by world-leading authorities on science, philosophy and society."
History
Aeon was founded in
London, England, in September 2012 by Paul and Brigid Hains, an Australian couple.
It now has offices in London,
Melbourne and New York.
On 1 July 2016,
Aeon became a registered charity with the Australian Charities and Not-For-Profits Commission, in the categories of advancing culture and advancing education.
Aeon also registered its affiliate, Aeon America, as a 501(c)(3) charity
in the US, in the education category. In April 2020, Aeon launched a sister site,
Psyche magazine, named for the psyche concept in
psychology,
which publishes ideas, guides and videos on psychology,
philosophy and
the arts. In 2022, they launched SophiaClub, a "program of cultural events".
Format
Aeons content consists of long-form, in-depth essays and short
documentaries under the banner of Aeon Video.
Aeon also used to publish Aeon Ideas, which consisted of short-form articles. These are now published on the new publication,
Psyche.
Aeon Video
Aeon Video's program is composed of curated selections, short documentaries that are exclusive to
Aeon, and original series produced by
Aeon. The most notable of these is the
In Sight series, which features interviews and discussions with leading philosophers, scientists, thinkers and writers.
Several of Aeons exclusives have been chosen as Vimeo Staff Picks, including Dramatic and Mild, American Renaissance, Grandpa and Me and a Helicopter to Heaven, Cutting Loose, Glas, and World Fair.
Contributors
Contributors have been a wide array of academics, journalists, and
Popular science, including:
Critical reception
Editorial director Brigid Hains won the Australasian Association of Philosophy's Media Professionals' Award in 2018.
Margaret Wertheim's essay "How to play mathematics" is featured in the anthology Best Writing on Mathematics 2018, published by Princeton University Press.
Rebecca Boyle's essay "The end of night" was featured in the anthology The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2015, under the title "The Health Effects of a World without Darkness".
Jessa Gamble's essay "The end of sleep?" was named the best feature of 2013 by the Association of British Science Writers.
In 2013, Hamish McKenzie of PandoDaily named Aeon the "best example of a magazine built for the age of mobile".
Many Aeon essays have been featured in the National Geographic Top Science Longreads: Ross Andersen's essay "The vanishing groves" was featured in 2012, and his essay "Omens" was featured in 2013;
Partnerships
Aeon has had partnerships with several organisations and publications, including the University of Cambridge: Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, Princeton University Press,
MIT Press and HowTheLightGetsIn Festival. It has an audio partnership with the audio app, Curio.
Creative Commons republication
The now-discontinued Ideas articles are available for republication under a
Creative Commons license.
These pieces have been syndicated by online media outlets such as
The Atlantic and the
BBC.
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