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Tourism studies

A Shop That Sells Without Taxes: The Duty-Free Shop

A duty-free shop sells goods to travelers leaving the country without customs duties or value-added tax. This article covers how duty-free shops began, why they can drop taxes, the

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General knowledge

Know the Reason Before You Tear It Down: Chesterton’s Fence

Chesterton’s Fence is the principle that you shouldn’t remove a rule or custom until you understand why it exists. This piece covers its origin in G. K. Chesterton’s 1929 essay, th

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Journalism & communication

Persuasion That Wakes Up Over Time: The Sleeper Effect

The sleeper effect is the phenomenon in which a message from a hard-to-believe source has little power at first but becomes more persuasive as time passes. We look at how it was di

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Chemistry

The Force That Restores Balance: Le Chatelier's Principle

Le Chatelier's principle states that when a system at chemical equilibrium is disturbed by a change in concentration, pressure, or temperature, the equilibrium shifts in the direct

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Earth science

The Ocean's Giant Conveyor Belt: Thermohaline Circulation

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

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Psychology

When Your Eyes Change What You Hear: The McGurk Effect

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