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Earth science

The Hot Wind That Crosses the Mountains: The Foehn Effect

Why can one side of a mountain range be cool and damp while the other is hot and dry? This article explains the foehn effect: how air changes temperature as it rises and descends o

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Library & information science

The Words We Use Most Are Always Few: Zipf's Law

Why do a handful of words appear on every page while most words show up only once or twice? This article covers how Zipf's Law became known, the inverse relationship between rank a

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Physics

The Uncertainty Principle: New Possibilities for Innovation

Quantum mechanics is a theoretical framework that plays an important role in understanding the fundamental properties of matter and energy. Among its principles, the uncertainty pr

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Information technology

The Chip That Keeps Doubling: Moore’s Law

Why have computers kept getting smaller, faster, and cheaper for more than half a century? This article explains Moore’s Law: how it began, what it really means, how it changed the

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Economics

Same Product, Different Price: Price Discrimination

Price discrimination is the strategy of selling the same product or service at different prices to different groups of consumers. This article covers the concept, the first-, secon

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Economics

The Numbers Went Up but Life Got Tighter: Money Illusion

Money illusion is the mistake of judging gains and losses by the face value of money rather than its real purchasing power. This article covers nominal versus real value, the famou