Physics
The Secret of Walking on Water: Surface Tension
Why can a full glass of water bulge above the rim without spilling, and how do water striders walk on ponds? This article explains how surface tension arises, why water's is unusua
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Design
Uniting Art and Technology: The Bauhaus (Staatliches Bauhaus)
The Bauhaus was an art school in Germany from 1919 to 1933 that united crafts and fine arts and laid the foundations of modern design through an education focused on mass productio
Business administration
Business Combinations (M&A): Strategies and Integration Management for Successful Mergers
Business combinations and mergers are important phenomena that frequently occur in today's business environment. They are strategic choices in which two or more companies are integ
Psychology
The Science of Focus: Exploring Ways to Improve Concentration Through Psychology
In everyday life, we face countless tasks and challenges that require concentration. Concentration plays a very important role in learning, work, and achieving personal goals. In m
Journalism & communication
Why We Choose the Media We Do: Uses and Gratifications Theory (U&G)
Why do we pick the media we do? Uses and Gratifications Theory, systematized in the 1970s by Elihu Katz, Jay Blumler, and others, sees people not as passive receivers of messages b
General knowledge
The More You Hide It, the Further It Spreads: The Streisand Effect
Why does trying to hide information make it spread even further? This article covers the 2003 lawsuit that gave the Streisand effect its name, four reasons suppression backfires, w
General knowledge
Practical Strategies for Improving Business Performance with Proposals
In a business environment, a successful proposal serves as an important tool that determines a company's performance. Proposals play a central role in securing new contracts or inv
General knowledge
Precautions and Points to Keep in Mind for Company Interviews (Interview Tips)
This article will cover the basic things you should know when attending a job interview at a company, organization, or similar workplace. Since knowledge about writing personal sta
Business administration
Why Delegated Work Goes Astray: The Principal-Agent Problem
The principal-agent problem is the conflict that arises when the interests of the person who hands over a job and the person who takes it on diverge. We look at why it happens, how
Library & information science
The Real Question Behind the Question Asked: The Reference Interview
A reference interview is the conversation in which a librarian refines a user’s first question and finds the information the person really needs. This article covers why it is need
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,
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