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Chemistry

Water Moving Across a Single Membrane: Osmosis

Why does salted cabbage release its water overnight? This article covers what osmosis is, the three factors that drive it, everyday examples, and reverse osmosis, the technology th

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Journalism & communication

A Custom World Only You See: The Filter Bubble

A filter bubble forms when the personalization algorithms of search engines and social media show us only the information we are likely to like, trapping us in a bubble of content

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Tourism studies

Even Seeing Is Learned: The Tourist Gaze

When we travel, are we really free to see as we like? This article explains the tourist gaze described by John Urry, covering its meaning and origins, how media and photography sha

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Chemistry

Holding Steady When Shaken: Buffer Solutions

A few drops of lemon juice make water sour, so why does the pH of blood stay the same? This article explains buffer solutions, whose pH barely changes even when acid or base is add

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Chemistry

The Principles of Thermodynamics and Energy Flow

Thermodynamics is an important discipline that explains the interaction between energy and matter. This article explores its key concepts, from basic theory to state and path funct

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Social welfare

How Vouchers, Neither Cash nor Goods, Are Changing the World

Social welfare used to be simple. It consisted entirely of delivering goods (In-kind), such as rice or instant noodles, to neighbors facing financial hardship, or depositing a set

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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