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Social welfare

A Home Before Treatment: Housing First

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

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Earth science

The Ocean's Giant Conveyor Belt: Thermohaline Circulation

How does the ocean carry heat around the planet? This article covers how temperature and salt drive deep-ocean currents, the route of the global conveyor belt, its effects on clima

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Tourism studies

A Shop That Sells Without Taxes: The Duty-Free Shop

A duty-free shop sells goods to travelers leaving the country without customs duties or value-added tax. This article covers how duty-free shops began, why they can drop taxes, the

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Education

Adults Learn Differently: Andragogy

Andragogy is the art and science of helping adults learn. This article covers how the idea emerged, Malcolm Knowles’s six assumptions about adult learners, examples from everyday l

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Business administration

Does Going First Win? First-Mover Advantage

First-mover advantage is the edge a company gains by entering a market before anyone else. We look at where that edge comes from, the costs pioneers pay, what historical research r

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Physics

New Interpretations of Dark Energy and Cosmic Expansion

The universe is so vast that its limits are impossible to fathom, and countless mysteries lie hidden within it. Humanity has pursued research tirelessly over a long period to uncov

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Robotics

Reaching Out a Hand from Afar: Teleoperation

Teleoperation lets a person control a distant machine directly, sending their hands and eyes where people cannot safely go. This article covers its origins in 1940s–50s nuclear lab