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[58:09] Dr. Nancy Segal, the world’s leading expert on twins, has a new book that sheds light on over 70 commonly held i…

[20:30] Conjugal families are often assumed to be building blocks of human societies and the primary site of child rear…

[9:18] Ever seen someone and immediately thought that they look “shady”? Well, it could be based on cultu…

[3:26] Look at an old photo. Then look in the mirror. Those two images are of the same person, right? How so? They don̵…

[2:36] opia – n. the ambiguous intensity of looking someone in the eye, which can feel simultaneously invasive a…

[4:08] Nostalgia was once considered an illness confined to specific groups of people. Today, people all over the worl…

[5:23] The real reason we may destroy ourselves isn’t really to do with politics or economics or even warfare. It has t…

[6:09] The philosophy of Kurzgesagt. [Video and text source: Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell YouTube channel]…

[6:34] How do you get out of a mental feedback loop? The smartest people—call them geniuses or what you will—tend to …

[5:35] In this short talk, psychologist Dan Ariely tells two personal stories that explore scientific conflict of int…