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Food & nutrition

The Temperature at Which Oil Starts to Smoke: Smoke Point

The smoke point is the temperature at which an oil or fat, when heated, begins to give off a continuous, visible bluish smoke. This article covers why oil smokes, what determines t

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Film & media

Video Shooting Techniques and How to Edit Using Shots

Why do films and dramas cut from distant shots to close ones? This article explains the main shot types used in video production, namely the long shot, full shot, medium shot, bust

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Design

We Remember Only About Seven Things: Miller's Law

Miller's Law, drawn from psychologist George A. Miller's 1956 paper “The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two,” describes the limited amount of information people can hold at on

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Tourism studies

Travel That Lingers: Slow Travel

Slow travel is a way of traveling in which you stay in one place for a long time and experience it at a pace close to everyday life, rather than brushing past many places in a shor

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Food & nutrition

The Importance of Food Additives: Diversity and Functions

In modern society, food plays an indispensable role in our daily lives. Various food additives that help maintain the taste and quality of food and allow it to be stored longer hav

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Journalism & communication

How We Say It Changes the World: The Medium Is the Message

"The medium is the message" is Marshall McLuhan's 1964 claim that we should look at the medium itself before the content it carries. This article explains what the phrase means, Mc

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Education

Learning Without Being Taught: The Hidden Curriculum

The hidden curriculum is what students learn at school without anyone planning or teaching it. This guide explains what it means and where it came from, how it takes shape in the c

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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

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Information technology

Wearable Devices: Smart Technology Revolutionizing the Future

Modern society is experiencing rapid technological advances, and wearable devices stand out as an innovative technology bringing significant changes to various aspects of our lives