Riffing and serious study of the idea continue. The trivia game “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” plotted celebrity connections. Last year, scientists at Facebook and the University of Milan determined ...

During a bonus episode of the podcast Six Degrees with Kevin Bacon, released Thursday, the 65-year-old actor and podcast host explained how a pair of miniature goats ended up being the perfect ...

LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon-sometimes called Bacon's Law, or the Oracle of Bacon-is an ancient parlor game in which mortal players engage ...

You may have heard of the concept six degrees of separation, the idea that everyone can be connected through six people. When Kevin Bacon heard of his involvement in the party game ‘six ...

Bacon will pop up in blockbusters, indie films, TV series, and even the occasional commercial. The breadth of his filmography spawned the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon theory, positing that anyone ...

Twenty years ago, long before John Q. Public could connect directly with celebrities through Twitter, “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon’’ was born. On a snowy day in 1994, three guys in a dorm ...

Riffing and serious study of the idea continue. The trivia game “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” plotted celebrity connections. Last year, scientists at Facebook and the University of Milan determined ...