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Journalism & communication
Why does the world feel more dangerous after hours of news and crime dramas? This article explains cultivation theory, which holds that long-term, heavy media exposure gradually sh
Chemistry
Why don’t books on a shelf catch fire by themselves? Reactions must first climb an energy hill called activation energy. This piece covers the Arrhenius equation, why heat speeds r
Earth science
The rainy season, which invariably arrives each summer in Korea, affects many people in various ways. It causes inconvenience in daily life and sometimes leads to major disasters.
Chemistry
How can pencil lead and a diamond ring be made of exactly the same carbon? This article explains allotropes: what they are and how they arise, the many faces of carbon, examples fr
Journalism & communication
The Magic Bullet Theory is the view that media messages hit audiences directly, like bullets, and produce the same effect in everyone. We look at the age of propaganda that produce
Library & information science
The smartphones we use contain thousands, even tens of thousands, of files and apps. What would happen if photos, documents, and music files were all mixed together on a single scr
Information technology
Advances in AI technology are bringing new changes to our lives. We can now interact with artificial intelligence (AI) that thinks and learns like humans. Among these technologies,
Journalism & communication
In modern society, government policy announcements have a tremendous impact on people's lives. However, identifying the true intentions and strategies hidden behind these announcem
Library & information science
Link rot is the phenomenon in which web addresses, over time, no longer lead to the material they once pointed to. We look at what link rot is and why it happens, how large the pro
Information technology
Frameworks provide standardized structures and methods for software development, helping developers build applications more efficiently and consistently. These tools are often clos
Food & nutrition
What is the deep, savory taste that is neither salty nor sweet? This article covers umami from Kikunae Ikeda's discovery to glutamate, inosinate and guanylate, the synergy effect,
Earth science
An urban heat island is when a city runs warmer than the countryside around it. This piece covers Luke Howard’s early records in London, why pavement and buildings trap heat, how t
