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Library & information science
Information foraging theory, developed by Peter Pirolli and Stuart Card at Xerox PARC, explains how people search for information the way animals hunt for food. This article covers
Education
Transfer of learning is the way earlier knowledge or skills affect learning and problem solving in new situations. This piece covers the concept and its origins, the main types of
Information technology
Kerckhoffs's Principle holds that a cryptographic system should stay secure even if everything except the key is known. This piece covers Auguste Kerckhoffs's 1883 “La Cryptographi
Journalism & communication
A filter bubble forms when the personalization algorithms of search engines and social media show us only the information we are likely to like, trapping us in a bubble of content
Economics
The winner’s curse is when the person who most overestimates an item’s uncertain value wins the auction and overpays. This piece covers its origin in Capen, Clapp and Campbell’s 19
Chemistry
Why does salted cabbage release its water overnight? This article covers what osmosis is, the three factors that drive it, everyday examples, and reverse osmosis, the technology th
Earth science
Snowball Earth is the hypothesis that Earth’s surface was once almost entirely covered in ice during the Cryogenian Period. This article explains how the idea arose, the ice-albedo
Statistics
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
Psychology
Our thinking is influenced by various factors. Among them, confirmation bias is one of the important factors that significantly shape how we process information and make decisions.
Earth science
How does the ocean carry heat around the planet? This article covers how temperature and salt drive deep-ocean currents, the route of the global conveyor belt, its effects on clima
Food & nutrition
Nova sorts food into four groups by how much and why it has been industrially processed, rather than by nutrients like fat or sugar. This article covers how it arose, what the four
Logistics
In modern society, logistics is like the vast bloodstream that keeps cities and nations moving. Millions of parcel boxes move every day, container ships come and go around the worl
