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Tourism studies

Travel That Lingers: Slow Travel

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

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Education

Helping Children Grow on Their Own: Montessori Education

Montessori education sees children as born with the drive to learn and helps them grow by choosing activities and learning with their hands in a prepared environment. Learn how it

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Design

Familiarity Drawn to Look Real: Skeuomorphism

Skeuomorphism is a design approach that keeps the look of old objects on new products so they feel familiar. This piece covers the word’s Greek roots and archaeological origins, ev

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General knowledge

Masterpieces Are Always the Few: Sturgeon's Law

Sturgeon's Law is the rule of thumb that 90% of anything is crud. We look at how it came about, what it really means, similar ideas that came before it, and how to use it wisely in

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Business administration

How to Nearly Eliminate Defects: Six Sigma

Six Sigma is a management improvement method that uses data and statistics to find and remove the causes of defects and reduce variation in work processes. This article covers the

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General knowledge

CCL (Copyright and Licensing of Creative Works) Explained

CCL (Creative Commons License) lets creators state in advance how their work may be used, so others can use it without asking for permission each time. This article explains the co

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Tourism studies

The Economic Potential and Social Change of Adventure Tourism

Adventure tourism is a rapidly growing field that occupies an important place in modern tourism studies. This article first examines the definition and historical background of adv

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Physics

When Light Cannot Escape: Total Internal Reflection

Total internal reflection happens when light traveling from a material with a higher refractive index toward a lower one hits the boundary beyond the critical angle and is reflecte