Social welfare
The Power to Take Charge of Your Life: Empowerment
Empowerment is the process by which individuals and groups build the power to take part in and control the decisions that affect their lives. This guide explains its origins and co
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Economics
Analysis of Unemployment Rate Indicators and Strategies for Policy Use
The unemployment rate is an important indicator for assessing the overall health of an economy and plays a central role in reflecting labor market conditions. A rising unemployment
Earth science
El Niño and La Niña - The Impacts and Scientific Understanding of Climate Phenomena
El Niño and La Niña are climate phenomena that arise from complex interactions between the atmosphere and the ocean, significantly influencing climate and weather patterns worldwid
Tourism studies
Going Before It Disappears: Last Chance Tourism
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
Tourism studies
Too Much and It Collapses: Tourism Carrying Capacity
Tourism carrying capacity is the maximum number of visitors a place can receive without seriously harming its environment, residents, or the visitor experience. This piece covers i
Logistics
Pallets, the Hidden Giants of Logistics: Dimensions, Materials, and the Future
When you step into a logistics warehouse, the first thing that catches your eye is not the countless stacks of boxes. It is the rectangular platform firmly supporting those boxes,
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
Robotics
Working Side by Side with People: Collaborative Robots (Cobots)
A collaborative robot, or cobot, is a robot designed to share a workspace with people and to reduce its own force and speed when it comes close or makes contact, so no one gets hur
Social welfare
Prescribing Neighbors Instead of Medicine: Social Prescribing
What if a doctor recommended a choir or a community garden group instead of medicine? This article explains what social prescribing means and how it emerged, how link workers carry
Physics
Plasma Technology: Boundless Innovation and Possibilities
Plasma is the 4th state of matter, following solids, liquids, and gases, and is a unique state with electrical and high-temperature characteristics. These characteristics give plas
Logistics
Logistics That Skips the Warehouse: Cross-Docking
Cross-docking is a logistics operation in which incoming freight is not stored long-term but is sorted, transshipped, and shipped out right away. This article covers its definition
Economics
The Numbers Went Up but Life Got Tighter: Money Illusion
Money illusion is the mistake of judging gains and losses by the face value of money rather than its real purchasing power. This article covers nominal versus real value, the famou