Information technology
The Interest on Rushed Code: Technical Debt
Why do the shortcuts we take for speed today come back later at a high price? This article explains technical debt, the term first used by Ward Cunningham, how interest builds up,
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Statistics
The Normal Distribution: Practical Applications for Analysis and Prediction
The normal distribution plays a central role in statistics and data analysis. This article covers its basic concepts and characteristics, its mathematical definition and properties
Journalism & communication
Instantly Delivered Breaking News: The Other Side of Trust and Influence
Breaking news is one of the important functions of the news media, rapidly conveying events as they unfold in modern society. It immediately captures the public's attention and pla
Library & information science
When Having Information Hurts More: Mooers’ Law
Mooers’ Law is the principle that no matter how good an information retrieval system is, it will not be used where having information is more painful and troublesome than not havin
Psychology
Hearing Your Name Through the Noise: The Cocktail Party Effect
The cocktail party effect is our ability to focus on one voice amid many overlapping sounds while still reacting to important information, such as our own name, in the sounds we ar
Tourism studies
Tourism That Swallows Cities: The Structure of Overtourism and Its Solutions
What if, out of nowhere, hundreds of visitors from elsewhere began coming to the alley outside your home every day to take selfies, shouting and singing loudly until late at night,
Earth science
When Compasses Pointed South: Geomagnetic Reversal
A geomagnetic reversal is when Earth’s magnetic north and south poles swap places. This piece covers how Earth’s magnetic field is made, how scientists found traces of past reversa
Library & information science
Books Are for Use: The Five Laws of Library Science
The Five Laws of Library Science are five short principles, published by the Indian mathematician and librarian S. R. Ranganathan in 1931, that sum up whom and what a library exist
Tourism studies
Festivals That Revitalize Regions: Strategies for Revitalization and Cooperation
Festivals take place in various forms around the world and are important activities that reflect local communities and their cultural identities. From the perspective of tourism st
Psychology
The Principles of Forgetting - Why Can't We Remember?
This time, I would like to put together material on the concept and theories of forgetting as a topic in psychology. Everyone can often find themselves forgetting something or stru
Chemistry
Innovative Methods and Broad Applications of Chemical Synthesis
Chemical synthesis is the process of creating new compounds by combining atoms and molecules, and it is an essential technology in modern science and industry. This technology play
Economics
The Looseness Insurance Brings: Moral Hazard
Moral hazard is the tendency to act more carelessly or boldly once risk has shifted to someone else. This article covers its meaning, how it differs from adverse selection, everyda