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Tourism studies
In modern society, tourism has a tremendous impact on national economies and has established itself as an important means of promoting international cultural exchange. Tourist dest
Chemistry
Distillation heats a liquid mixture, sends the more volatile components off as vapor first, then cools that vapor back into liquid to separate what was mixed. We look at its histor
Social welfare
Housing First gives people experiencing homelessness a permanent home first, without requiring sobriety or treatment, and then adds the support they choose. This piece covers how i
Information technology
Linus’s Law says that given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow. This piece covers its origin in Eric Raymond’s The Cathedral and the Bazaar, why many eyes help find bugs, the li
General knowledge
Hanlon’s Razor is a rule of thumb that says not to blame malice for what mistakes or foolishness can adequately explain. This piece covers where it came from, why we tend to read o
Journalism & communication
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
Information technology
A Heisenbug is a software bug that disappears or changes its behavior when you try to investigate it. This article covers where the name came from, why such bugs hide, related bug
Business administration
The decoy effect is when a deliberately less attractive option makes another product look better. This piece explains asymmetric dominance from Huber, Payne and Puto’s 1982 study,
Logistics
How did the milk run, in which one truck visits several suppliers in turn, come about? This article explains where the name comes from, how it works, how it is used in production a
Chemistry
Le Chatelier's principle states that when a system at chemical equilibrium is disturbed by a change in concentration, pressure, or temperature, the equilibrium shifts in the direct
Education
Why do we learn better ourselves when we try to teach others? This article explains the origins of the protégé effect, the Betty's Brain experiment, why preparing to teach deepens
Information technology
Hyrum’s Law says that with enough users of an interface, every observable behavior will be depended on, regardless of what the documentation promises. This piece covers Hyrum Wrigh
