Information technology
The Interest on Rushed Code: Technical Debt
Why do the shortcuts we take for speed today come back later at a high price? This article explains technical debt, the term first used by Ward Cunningham, how interest builds up,
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Economics
Too Invested to Quit: The Sunk Cost Fallacy
Why do we sit through a dull movie just because we paid for the ticket? This guide explains sunk costs, the bygones principle, why people fall into the sunk cost fallacy, classic e
Library & information science
Splitting a Subject into Many Sides: Faceted Classification
Faceted classification divides a subject into non-overlapping aspects and combines their symbols into one class number. This piece covers enumerative versus analytico-synthetic cla
Tourism studies
Where Does Tourists’ Money Go? Tourism Leakage
Why does so little of what tourists spend reach local fishermen and neighborhood restaurants? This piece explains tourism leakage: how tourism revenue reaches the local economy, im
Statistics
Inferential Statistics: Concepts and Essential Analytical Techniques
Inferential statistics is a methodology that plays a very important role in analyzing and interpreting data. It is a statistical technique that uses sample data to draw conclusions
Physics
Light That Knocks Out Electrons: The Photoelectric Effect
The photoelectric effect is the phenomenon in which electrons at the surface of a material such as a metal or semiconductor absorb energy from incident light and escape. This artic
Information technology
Strict When Sending, Lenient When Receiving: Postel's Law
How did the early internet keep working despite small differences between implementations? This article covers where Postel's Law (the Robustness Principle) came from, why it matte
Earth science
Understanding Typhoons Made Easy: Causes and Characteristics
Typhoons are among the most powerful weather phenomena created by nature, with an impact felt across the globe. Every year, countless people directly experience their force and the
Earth science
An Invisible Lid Over the Sky: Temperature Inversion
Why does a layer of air form that gets warmer, not colder, with height? This article explains how temperature inversions form and their types, their effects on fine dust, fog, and
Physics
Electric Whirlpools Inside Metal: Eddy Current
An eddy current is a swirling electric current induced inside a conductor such as metal by a changing magnetic field. This article covers how eddy currents arise, Lenz's law, why t
Social welfare
Single-Parent Family Support Benefits: Eligibility and How to Apply
Single-parent families are becoming an increasingly important social issue in modern society. Various social welfare programs are available for single-parent families that need fin
Business administration
A Painful Decision for Corporate Survival: Restructuring Fully Explained
In the rough seas of corporate management, not every ship can always sail smoothly. Sometimes fierce storms threaten to sink a ship, and sometimes old cargo must be discarded to ch