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General knowledge

It Always Takes Longer Than Expected: Hofstadter’s Law

Hofstadter’s Law says that it always takes longer than you expect, even when you take the law into account. This piece covers its origin in Gödel, Escher, Bach, its recursive struc

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Earth science

Reading Age from an Atomic Clock: Radiometric Dating

Radiometric dating calculates how old a rock or artifact is by comparing a radioactive isotope with the material it decays into. This article covers how half-life works, how differ

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Tourism studies

A Trip with Everything Arranged: The Package Tour

A package tour bundles transportation, accommodation, meals, and an itinerary into one product sold at a single price. This article traces its origins in Thomas Cook's 1841 train e

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Earth science

The Whole Sea Comes Rushing In: Tsunami

A tsunami is a series of giant, very long waves created when a huge volume of seawater is displaced at once by an undersea earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption. This piece c

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Psychology

Same Words, Different Sound: The Framing Effect

The framing effect is a cognitive bias in which logically identical options lead to different choices depending on whether they are described as gains or losses. This article cover