How do you write a press release or news article that busy readers will actually take in? This article covers the basics of article writing, the inverted pyramid, pyramid, and diam
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Day for night is a filmmaking technique that makes scenes shot in daylight look like night. This article covers why filmmakers shoot night in the daytime, the four main ways to fak
The McGurk effect is an illusion in which a mismatch between the sound you hear and the lip movements you see makes you hear a sound that was never actually spoken. This article co
Why do we feel that we are fine and only other people are swayed by the media? This article explains the third-person effect and Davison's classic hypothesis, self-enhancement and
South Korea operates the National Basic Livelihood Security System to ensure that all citizens can live with dignity. The National Basic Livelihood Security System is a social safe
Systematically analyzing a company's external environment is very important when developing a business strategy. One widely used tool for analyzing this external environment is PES
Why doesn’t doubling your cores double your speed? Amdahl’s Law shows that the serial portion you cannot parallelize caps the overall speedup at 1/s. This piece covers the formula,
Lightning is one of the most remarkable electrical phenomena produced by nature. The moment lightning flashes is not only visually beautiful but also conceals complex scientific pr
Chroma key is a video compositing technique that makes one color on screen transparent and layers another background in its place. This piece covers how it works, its history from
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
Flexicurity pairs a labour market in which firms can hire and dismiss with generous social protection for those who lose a job. This article covers Denmark's “golden triangle,” its