Food & nutrition
The Science of Sugar Turning Brown: Caramelization
Caramelization is the reaction in which sugar, heated to high temperatures, breaks down and recombines into brown compounds and aroma molecules. We look at how it works, the temper
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Food & nutrition
Room for Dessert Even When You're Full: Sensory-Specific Satiety (SSS)
Why does your appetite come back for dessert even when you feel too full to eat another bite? This article explains sensory-specific satiety: what it is, the brain and evolutionary
Journalism & communication
The More Information, the Wider the Gap: The Knowledge Gap Hypothesis
Why does the gap between those who know and those who don't widen as information floods in? This article covers what the knowledge gap hypothesis means and where it came from, why
Chemistry
The Reaction That Slowly Eats Away at Iron: Corrosion
Corrosion is the process by which a metal reacts chemically with its surroundings, loses its original properties, and breaks down. This piece covers how iron rusts, what happens wh
Film & media
Video Shooting Techniques and How to Edit Using Shots
Why do films and dramas cut from distant shots to close ones? This article explains the main shot types used in video production, namely the long shot, full shot, medium shot, bust
Psychology
Attachment Theory: A Guide to Its Types and Characteristics
How attachment theory developed from Bowlby and Ainsworth, the main attachment types and their traits, and how the theory is applied today in education, therapy, family counseling,
Design
Design Connections: Patterns Linking Form and Meaning
In visual design, patterns are elements that play an important role by bringing form and meaning into harmony. Patterns go beyond merely repeating forms and serve an important func
Library & information science
Following the Scent to Find Information: Information Foraging Theory
Information foraging theory, developed by Peter Pirolli and Stuart Card at Xerox PARC, explains how people search for information the way animals hunt for food. This article covers
Statistics
Understanding Regression Analysis and Its Practical Applications
Regression analysis is an important tool in statistics and data science, widely used for data prediction and analysis across various industries and research fields. By modeling and
Information technology
The Formula That Sets the Limits of Parallelism: Amdahl’s Law
Why doesn’t doubling your cores double your speed? Amdahl’s Law shows that the serial portion you cannot parallelize caps the overall speedup at 1/s. This piece covers the formula,
Journalism & communication
The Concept of Media Literacy and Effective Ways to Improve It
People today live in an age of information overload, with information pouring indiscriminately through the media. This has brought the importance of media literacy to the forefront
Social welfare
Unemployment Benefits: Essential Eligibility Requirements and How to Claim Them
Unemployment benefits are an important social safety net that provides financial stability when workers unexpectedly lose their jobs. Provided as part of the employment insurance s