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Chemistry

The Reaction That Slowly Eats Away at Iron: Corrosion

Corrosion is the process by which a metal reacts chemically with its surroundings, loses its original properties, and breaks down. This piece covers how iron rusts, what happens wh

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Chemistry

Why Bubbles Fizz When You Open the Lid: Henry's Law

Henry's law says that the amount of gas dissolved in a liquid is proportional to the pressure of the gas above it. This article covers why a soda fizzes when opened, what happens i

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Journalism & communication

A Persuasion Vaccine You Get in Advance: Inoculation Theory

Inoculation theory holds that people who meet weak counterarguments in advance and practice refuting them resist stronger persuasion later. This piece covers William J. McGuire’s 1

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Physics

Why Cold Coffee Never Warms Back Up: Entropy

Entropy is a quantity that captures why nature flows in only one direction. This article covers its origin with Clausius, the Second Law of Thermodynamics, Boltzmann's probabilisti

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Economics

Efficient Decision-Making Strategies Through Game Theory

Game theory is an important analytical tool used in many fields, helping us understand how individuals or groups make strategic decisions in situations involving interaction. In ec

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Library & information science

Principles and Criteria for Public Library Budget Preparation

This time, I would like to put together material on budgets in public libraries. Public library budget preparation is the process of developing, analyzing, and finalizing plans for

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Food & nutrition

The Secret of Foods That Don't Spoil: Water Activity

Why doesn't honey spoil easily even though it contains water? This article explains water activity, a measure of the free water in food, and how it is measured, the limits below wh