Statistics
Same Numbers, Different Pictures: Anscombe’s Quartet
Anscombe’s Quartet is a set of four datasets whose summary statistics are nearly identical but whose graphs look completely different. This piece covers how it came about, the trap
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Social welfare
Turning Surplus Food into Meals for Those in Need: Food Bank
A food bank is an organization and system that collects donated food that is still edible but hard to sell and distributes it to people struggling to get enough to eat and to welfa
Library & information science
The Family Tree of Research Papers: Citation Indexes
How do you find the studies that have cited a paper you are reading? This article explains how Eugene Garfield's citation index came about and what it is, how to search backward an
Chemistry
Chemistry’s Bundle for Counting Atoms: Avogadro’s Number
Avogadro’s number is the number of particles in one mole of a substance, about 6.02 × 10²³. This piece explains what it means, ways to grasp its size, how Avogadro, Cannizzaro, Los
General knowledge
Work Expands to Fill the Time: Parkinson's Law
Does work grow when the deadline is generous? This article explains Parkinson's Law, the idea that ‘work expands to fill the time available,’ covering how it came about, why bureau
Chemistry
Separating by Differences in Boiling Point: Distillation
Distillation heats a liquid mixture, sends the more volatile components off as vapor first, then cools that vapor back into liquid to separate what was mixed. We look at its histor
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
Social welfare
What Are the Welfare Benefits and Employment Policies for People with Disabilities?
Providing fair opportunities and benefits to everyone is a very important task in modern society. In particular, people with disabilities face various difficulties in daily life an
Food & nutrition
The Wisdom of Cooking Corn in Ash Water: Nixtamalization
Nixtamalization is a traditional Mesoamerican method of cooking and steeping dried corn in an alkaline solution such as limewater, then washing and hulling it. Learn its history, h
Information technology
When Clocks Jump Back to 1901: The Year 2038 Problem
What is the Year 2038 problem? It is the glitch in which computers that store Unix time in 32 bits mistake moments after January 19, 2038, for 1901. This article covers how it work
Food & nutrition
The Sugar Trap: Smart Dietary Strategies to Protect Your Health
Sugars play an important role in the diet, but excessive intake can cause a variety of health problems. To prevent these problems and maintain optimal health, it is essential to ha
Food & nutrition
The Science of Delicious Browning: The Maillard Reaction
Why do bread crusts and grilled meat turn brown and taste so savory? This article explains what the Maillard reaction is and how it works, conditions such as temperature, moisture,