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General knowledge
Hofstadter’s Law says that it always takes longer than you expect, even when you take the law into account. This piece covers its origin in Gödel, Escher, Bach, its recursive struc
Film & media
Bullet time is a visual effect in which time seems to slow down or stop while the camera keeps moving around the scene at normal speed. This article explains how it differs from sl
Chemistry
Why don’t books on a shelf catch fire by themselves? Reactions must first climb an energy hill called activation energy. This piece covers the Arrhenius equation, why heat speeds r
Logistics
How did the milk run, in which one truck visits several suppliers in turn, come about? This article explains where the name comes from, how it works, how it is used in production a
General knowledge
Sturgeon's Law is the rule of thumb that 90% of anything is crud. We look at how it came about, what it really means, similar ideas that came before it, and how to use it wisely in
Earth science
El Niño and La Niña are climate phenomena that arise from complex interactions between the atmosphere and the ocean, significantly influencing climate and weather patterns worldwid
Food & nutrition
The Atwater general factor system estimates a food’s energy by multiplying each nutrient by a fixed value, such as 4kcal per gram for carbohydrate and protein and 9kcal per gram fo
Logistics
Ordering products from online stores and receiving them as early as the same day or the following morning has now become an entirely ordinary part of daily life. Behind this everyd
Film & media
What effects does a long take, filming one scene at length without editing, create? This article covers what a long take is, Bazin's ideas, realism and tension, examples such as Ro
Psychology
Love is one of the most powerful and complex emotions in human life. While this complexity of love is fascinating in itself, understanding and assessing our types of love plays an
Business administration
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
Social welfare
Housing welfare policy plays an important role in ensuring the stability and comfort of housing, the basic living environment of citizens, and improving housing standards across th
