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Psychology

Remembered by Its Peak and Its End: The Peak-End Rule

The peak-end rule is our tendency to judge a past experience mainly by its most intense moment and its final moment, rather than by its total or average. This article covers the cl

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General knowledge

How to Create a Mind Map - A Method for Generating Ideas

This time, I would like to put together material about mind mapping, a technique frequently used to discover (generate) new ideas. Whereas brainstorming, another method for generat

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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

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Food & nutrition

Killing Germs Without Boiling: Pasteurization

Pasteurization heats food below boiling to cut pathogens and spoilage microbes while keeping flavor and nutrition. This piece covers Pasteur’s wine experiments in 1864, Soxhlet’s m

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Education

A Bridge Laid Before New Knowledge: The Advance Organizer

Proposed by educational psychologist David Ausubel, an advance organizer is a broad, general idea presented before new material so it can connect to what learners already know. Thi

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Social welfare

A Life Outside the Market: Decommodification

Can you still protect your livelihood when illness or job loss keeps you from working? This article explains decommodification as defined by Gøsta Esping-Andersen, the criteria use

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Economics

The Economic Impact and Future Potential of Cryptocurrency

The influence of cryptocurrencies, particularly digital assets centered on Bitcoin and Ethereum, on global financial markets and economic structures is gradually expanding. These c