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Journalism & communication

News Inflated to Sell More Copies: Yellow Journalism

Yellow journalism is sensational reporting that uses eye-catching headlines and exaggerated content to boost newspaper sales. This article covers how the name arose from a fierce 1

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Education

A Garden Where Children Grow: The Kindergarten

The kindergarten, a school where young children learn through play, was created by the German educator Friedrich Fröbel in 1840. This article covers the first kindergarten, his tea

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Design

We Remember Only About Seven Things: Miller's Law

Miller's Law, drawn from psychologist George A. Miller's 1956 paper “The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two,” describes the limited amount of information people can hold at on

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Food & nutrition

When Nuttiness Turns Stale: Rancidity

Rancidity is the process in which the fats in food break down by reacting with oxygen, water, or enzymes, producing unpleasant smells and flavors and lowering quality. We look at i

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Statistics

When Chance Adds Up to Order: The Law of Large Numbers

Why does the share of heads get closer to half the more times you toss a coin? This article explains the meaning and principle of the law of large numbers, its history beginning wi

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Chemistry

Oil That Washes Away Oil: Saponification

Saponification is the chemical reaction in which fats and oils react with an alkali to become soap and glycerol. This article covers how the reaction works, why soap removes grease

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Library & information science

The Web Address That Vanished One Day: Link Rot

Link rot is the phenomenon in which web addresses, over time, no longer lead to the material they once pointed to. We look at what link rot is and why it happens, how large the pro

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Library & information science

The History of Books: A Journey of Wisdom and Knowledge

Books are considered one of the most important tools for spreading and advancing human knowledge. The history of books also provides vivid evidence of how humanity's wisdom and exp

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Statistics

An Easy Guide to Probability Sampling Methods

Probability sampling randomly selects cases so that every member of a population has a known probability greater than zero of being chosen for the sample; these probabilities need