Library & information science
Afraid to Ask: Library Anxiety
Library anxiety is the discomfort, worry, and fear people feel when they need to find and use materials in a library, and the urge to avoid asking for help that comes with it. This
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Design
Texture Design That Maximizes Realism
Texture has become an essential element in contemporary visual design and user experience (UX). Beyond being a visual element, texture brings physical qualities that we can actuall
Physics
When a Small Force Becomes a Big Sway: Resonance
Why does a swing go higher and higher when you push it in rhythm? This article explains what resonance and natural frequency mean, how the swaying grows, its uses in musical instru
Psychology
You Try to Name the Color but Read the Word First: The Stroop Effect
The Stroop Effect is the phenomenon in which naming the ink color of a word slows down and errors increase when the word's meaning and its color do not match. We look at the 1935 e
General knowledge
Reaching an Answer by Rough Estimate: Fermi Estimation
Fermi estimation breaks an unknown quantity into numbers you already know, roughly estimates each piece, and multiplies them to get the order of magnitude. This article covers the
Business administration
Competitiveness You Can See When You Break It Down: The Value Chain
The value chain is a framework that breaks a company's work down into individual activities to see where value is created and where costs leak. This piece covers the basic concept,
Robotics
The First Robot Arm to Enter the Factory: Unimate
Unimate, installed at a General Motors plant in New Jersey in 1961, is regarded as the world’s first industrial robot. Learn how it grew from George Devol’s patent, how its hydraul
General knowledge
When the Number Becomes the Goal: Goodhart's Law
Why does a measure stop being a good measure once it becomes a target? This article explains the origin and logic of Goodhart's law, examples such as the cobra effect, and how to u
Earth science
Lightning and Thunder: Electrical Phenomena in Nature
Lightning is one of the most remarkable electrical phenomena produced by nature. The moment lightning flashes is not only visually beautiful but also conceals complex scientific pr
Education
The Secret of Learning That Lasts: Desirable Difficulty
Why is what we learn easily so easily forgotten? This article explains desirable difficulty, as described by Robert Bjork, covering its meaning and origins, learning methods such a
Education
Pour It All in at Once and It Overflows: Cognitive Load Theory
Why does learning stall when there is too much to hold in mind at once? This article covers the origins of cognitive load theory and the limits of working memory, the three types o
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