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Food & nutrition

The Science of Sugar Turning Brown: Caramelization

Caramelization is the reaction in which sugar, heated to high temperatures, breaks down and recombines into brown compounds and aroma molecules. We look at how it works, the temper

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Earth science

When the Whole Planet Froze Over: Snowball Earth

Snowball Earth is the hypothesis that Earth’s surface was once almost entirely covered in ice during the Cryogenian Period. This article explains how the idea arose, the ice-albedo

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General knowledge

When Arguments Drag On, Hitler Shows Up: Godwin’s Law

Godwin’s Law is the internet adage that the longer an online discussion grows, the closer the probability of someone comparing others to Nazis or Hitler gets to 1. This article cov

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Business administration

Watching Changes Things: The Hawthorne Effect

Why does performance often jump right after a new management practice is introduced, only to slip back later? This article explains the Hawthorne effect: its definition and the ori

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Robotics

The Number of Joints Shapes Movement: Degrees of Freedom

What determines how a robot can move? This article explains degrees of freedom, covering what the term means, how six-axis industrial robot arms work, the degrees of freedom of the