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Saturday 20 September 2025
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Essay / Philosophy of science
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The role of the conscious observer has posed a stubborn problem for quantum measurement. Phenomenology offers a solution
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Steven French
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Also on Aeon this week
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Essay / Art
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Charlotte Mullins
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Essay / Earth science and climate
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Mike Cassidy
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Video / Astronomy
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Video by the American Museum of National History
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If policy is the hardware of governance, culture is the software. Both need to align for a system to run smoothly
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Zhangxin (Frank) Liu, associate professor of finance at the University of Western Australia Business School
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Read the Essay
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