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Psychology
The Asch conformity experiments, begun by social psychologist Solomon Asch in 1951, showed that people often go along with a group’s clearly wrong answer on a simple line-length ta
Tourism studies
Last chance tourism is travel to see vanishing landscapes, wildlife, or cultures before they are gone. This piece covers the concept and its origins, why people are drawn to it, we
Chemistry
An in-depth look at chromatography, an essential tool in chemical analysis: its basic principles and history, major techniques such as HPLC, GC, IC, SEC, and paper and thin-layer c
Economics
Game theory is an important analytical tool used in many fields, helping us understand how individuals or groups make strategic decisions in situations involving interaction. In ec
Statistics
Probability distributions are a core concept in statistics and data science. This article covers their basic concepts and history, the main types and their characteristics, their m
Logistics
Why is the short trip from a local depot to your front door the costliest and hardest part of logistics? This article covers what last-mile delivery is, why it is so expensive, the
Film & media
Bullet time is a visual effect in which time seems to slow down or stop while the camera keeps moving around the scene at normal speed. This article explains how it differs from sl
Business administration
The decoy effect is when a deliberately less attractive option makes another product look better. This piece explains asymmetric dominance from Huber, Payne and Puto’s 1982 study,
Chemistry
Liposomes are artificial vesicles with a bilayer structure similar to biological membranes and have potential for a wide range of biological applications. These vesicles are attrac
Film & media
Why does a slightly tilted frame make us uneasy? This article covers what the Dutch angle is, its roots in German Expressionism and the origin of its name, how film and TV have use
Education
Why is what we learn easily so easily forgotten? This article explains desirable difficulty, as described by Robert Bjork, covering its meaning and origins, learning methods such a
Earth science
Lightning is one of the most remarkable electrical phenomena produced by nature. The moment lightning flashes is not only visually beautiful but also conceals complex scientific pr
