Tourism studies
Too Much and It Collapses: Tourism Carrying Capacity
Tourism carrying capacity is the maximum number of visitors a place can receive without seriously harming its environment, residents, or the visitor experience. This piece covers i
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Statistics
Counting the Whole from a Few Serial Numbers: The German Tank Problem
The German tank problem asks how to estimate the total number of sequentially numbered items from the serial numbers of just a few. We look at how the Allies used captured tank ser
Information technology
Clever Code Is Hard to Fix: Kernighan's Law
Kernighan's Law says that debugging is twice as hard as writing code, so code written as cleverly as possible can't be debugged by its own author. We look at where the line came fr
Journalism & communication
Making Friends on the Screen: Parasocial Interaction
Parasocial interaction is the one-sided sense of face-to-face closeness we feel with media figures who don’t know us. This piece covers Horton and Wohl’s 1956 concept, the differen
General knowledge
How to Write a Report (Assignment): A Guide for College Life
Writing reports is a big part of college life, but it can be hard for first-year students. This guide covers report structure, research, the cover page and table of contents, and h
Statistics
Torture the Numbers and They Will Confess: P-hacking
P-hacking is the practice of analysing data in different ways until a “statistically significant” result appears. We look at what p-values mean, the common ways p-hacking happens,
Design
Flow Holds When Responses Come Within 0.4 Seconds: The Doherty Threshold
The Doherty Threshold is the principle that when a computer responds within about 0.4 seconds, people and machines stop waiting on each other and productivity rises sharply. This p
Statistics
Nonparametric Statistical Methods: Effective Use and Essential Considerations
Nonparametric statistical methods are among the important methodologies that play a powerful role in data analysis. They can be useful when it is difficult to make assumptions abou
Social welfare
How Vouchers, Neither Cash nor Goods, Are Changing the World
Social welfare used to be simple. It consisted entirely of delivering goods (In-kind), such as rice or instant noodles, to neighbors facing financial hardship, or depositing a set
Information technology
Blockchain Innovation: Technology Transforming Various Industries and the Future
Blockchain technology is one of the innovative technologies that have attracted rapidly growing interest and attention in recent years. As a distributed system capable of replacing
Chemistry
Everything About New Drug Development: From Drug Design to Clinical Applications
Medicinal chemistry is an important foundational field in modern medicine, playing an essential role in understanding the molecular structures and mechanisms of action of drugs use
General knowledge
How Glasses and Vision Correction Work: Correcting Nearsightedness, Farsightedness, and Astigmatism
The main types of vision problems such as myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, and presbyopia, the science of lenses, materials, and coatings, how each problem is corrected, other corre