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
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Education
The Need for Special Education and the Role of Educators
Special education is an educational program designed for students who have special educational needs related to their individual learning abilities, physical abilities, sensory abi
Economics
Better Off Sharing Even When You Excel at Everything: Comparative Advantage
Comparative advantage is the principle that each party gains by specializing in what it can produce at a lower opportunity cost than others. This article covers the basic concept,
Journalism & communication
Put the Conclusion First: The Inverted Pyramid
The inverted pyramid is a way of writing news that puts the conclusion and key facts first and places less important information further back. This piece covers how it is structure
Earth science
The Formation and Roles of Dew and the Principles of Change in Nature
Dew consists of tiny water droplets commonly seen in nature, but its formation and roles are highly complex and have important significance. Dew forms when water vapor in the atmos
Social welfare
Why Do We Need Community Welfare, and What Are Some Examples in Korea?
What community welfare is, why it matters, its three types (preventive, supportive, and developmental), and five examples of community welfare services from regions across Korea.
General knowledge
Anything That Can Go Wrong Will Go Wrong: Murphy's Law
Murphy's Law is the rule of thumb that anything that can go wrong eventually will. This piece covers its origins in the U.S. Air Force's MX981 rocket sled tests and Edward Murphy's
Statistics
Resampling to Measure Error: The Bootstrap (Bootstrapping)
Bootstrapping treats the sample you already have as if it were the population and resamples from it over and over to estimate error and confidence intervals. This article covers ho
Information technology
Slowing Down Faster Than Hardware Speeds Up: Wirth’s Law
Wirth’s Law is the rule of thumb that software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster. This piece covers where it came from, why software keeps getting heavier, examples arou
Earth science
When the Ground Flows Like Water: Soil Liquefaction
Why does solid ground turn soft and flow like water during an earthquake? This article explains soil liquefaction, in which water-saturated sandy ground behaves like a liquid, cove
Social welfare
Drawing Relationships on a Single Page: The Ecological Map (Eco-map)
An ecological map, or eco-map, is an assessment tool that places a family or person in a central circle and draws their ties to surrounding systems such as work, school, hospitals,
Tourism studies
A Journey That Peeks Behind the Stage: Staged Authenticity
Staged authenticity is the idea that tourist destinations present a version of local life arranged to look genuine to visitors. This article covers the basic concept, the six stage