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Journalism & communication

The Thoughts That Come After the News: Media Priming

Media priming is the phenomenon in which issues the media highlights become the standards we use to judge people and policies later. From Iyengar and Kinder’s 1987 experiments and

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Business administration

Promoted to the Level of Incompetence: The Peter Principle

The Peter Principle is the claim that in a hierarchy, people tend to be promoted until they reach a position where their incompetence shows. This article covers its basic definitio

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Chemistry

Particles That Neither Dissolve Nor Sink: Colloids

A colloid is a mixture in which particles too small to see are evenly dispersed and suspended in another substance. This article explains how colloids differ from solutions, the co

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Information technology

Many Eyes Make Bugs Visible: Linus’s Law

Linus’s Law says that given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow. This piece covers its origin in Eric Raymond’s The Cathedral and the Bazaar, why many eyes help find bugs, the li

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Information technology

The Chip That Keeps Doubling: Moore’s Law

Why have computers kept getting smaller, faster, and cheaper for more than half a century? This article explains Moore’s Law: how it began, what it really means, how it changed the

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Food & nutrition

Food Labels and Nutrition Facts: The Key to Healthy Choices

Food labels are tools that provide very important information when we choose foods. In modern society, healthy food choices can greatly influence our quality of life, and reading f