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Information technology

Bugs Reveal Themselves When You Talk: Rubber Duck Debugging

Rubber duck debugging is a debugging method in which you find problems by explaining your code, line by line and out loud, to a rubber duck on your desk. This article covers where

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Chemistry

Same Heat Either Way: Hess's Law

Whether a chemical reaction takes one step or many, the total heat is the same if the start and finish match. This article covers who Hess was, why the law holds, how to calculate

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Journalism & communication

Why Does Only This Story Make the News? News Values

News values are the criteria that decide which events become news and how they are reported. This article covers Galtung and Ruge’s 1965 study that started the field, the main news

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Food & nutrition

Water and Oil as One: Emulsion

An emulsion keeps immiscible liquids together as tiny droplets with the help of emulsifiers. From mayonnaise and milk to butter, this piece walks through O/W and W/O types, Bancrof

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Chemistry

A Different Color for Every Element: The Flame Test

A flame test identifies metal elements by the unique color of light they emit in a flame. This piece covers how the colors arise, Bunsen and Kirchhoff’s spectroscopy, fireworks, an

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Robotics

The Number of Joints Shapes Movement: Degrees of Freedom

What determines how a robot can move? This article explains degrees of freedom, covering what the term means, how six-axis industrial robot arms work, the degrees of freedom of the