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Dunbar's number is a popular estimate for the maximum size of social groups. But new research suggests that it's a fictitious number based on flimsy data and bad theory.
As a physician, John Pringle helped reinvent hygiene; as a husband, he destroyed a woman’s life with his abuse.
Most male mammals have little or nothing to do with their kids. Why is our own species different?
If your partner is not helping build a better you, is it time for a better partner?
Probability, lacking solid theoretical foundations and burdened with paradoxes, was jokingly called the “theory of misfortune.”
Bernini created art for 8 different popes. In the process, he helped reinforce and redefine Christianity’s visual culture.
The renowned magician recently joined Big Think CEO and cofounder Victoria Brown for a wide-ranging discussion.
The "Foundation" series, recently adapted into a show by Apple TV, was inspired by a fascinating, real-life academic discipline.
Many key inventions were unique: one-offs.
Like it or not, we are the descendants of busybodies.
Real-time online learning is where our dated education system is heading.
When the mutual relatives of two royal families died, the countries were likelier to go to war.
For a long time, important events could only be visualized retroactively through paintings. Photography allowed us to capture history as — or sometimes even before — it happened.
Society treats teenagers as if they’re a problem to be solved, but the truth is that we have to prepare them to solve our problems. It’s time that we change the narrative.
Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York is the kind of film that makes you laugh and cry at the same time.
One man studied apes for 50 years. He says nature isn't as cruel as you think.
One of the best-known allegorical depictions of love has a rather pessimistic male twin.
These pink feathered folk form complex social networks and are choosy about who they spend their time with, according to a new study.
A curated list of must-watch films from Big Think readers.
Nagomi helps us find balance in discord by unifying the elements of life while staying true to ourselves.
Despite being raised in a screen-lit world, today's children make and maintain friendships as well as past generations.
To overcome burnout, we need to change how we think about the relationship between dignity and work, argues Jonathan Malesic.
Historian Rutger Bregman argues that the persistent theory that most people are monsters is just wrong.
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Sometimes, moral lessons can be learned from blowing away zombies.
How to deal with "epistemic exhaustion."
Experts plead with Americans to keep gatherings limited this Thanksgiving, while families devise new ways to celebrate the holidays.
Scientists ripped up kids' drawings. This is what they learned about relationships.
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'Little kids, little problems; big kids, big problems.'
Someday, presumably, we'll go back to our lives. Our furry buddies will wonder where we went.