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Economics

The Numbers Went Up but Life Got Tighter: Money Illusion

Money illusion is the mistake of judging gains and losses by the face value of money rather than its real purchasing power. This article covers nominal versus real value, the famou

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Film & media

5.1 Surround Sound Concepts and Premiere Setup

This time, we will look at how to configure a sequence in Premiere when working with 5.1 surround files during video and audio production, and how a 5.1 surround system is arranged

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Chemistry

Nanotechnology Innovation: Solutions for Sustainability

Nanotechnology precisely manipulates materials at the molecular or atomic level and is driving innovative changes across a variety of industries. In chemistry in particular, nanote

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Education

Adults Learn Differently: Andragogy

Andragogy is the art and science of helping adults learn. This article covers how the idea emerged, Malcolm Knowles’s six assumptions about adult learners, examples from everyday l

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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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Economics

The Core of Microeconomics: The Game of Supply and Demand

Microeconomics is a branch of economics that analyzes the economic decisions of individuals and businesses, focusing on exploring the fundamental elements of economic activity and

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Psychology

The Illusion That Nothing Works: Learned Helplessness

Where does the feeling that nothing you do will work come from? This article covers Seligman's experiments, attributional style, how neuroscience overturned the explanation in 2016

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General knowledge

Anything That Can Go Wrong Will Go Wrong: Murphy's Law

Murphy's Law is the rule of thumb that anything that can go wrong eventually will. This piece covers its origins in the U.S. Air Force's MX981 rocket sled tests and Edward Murphy's

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General knowledge

The Brain’s Limit on Relationships: Dunbar’s Number

Why can contact lists grow while deep ties stay few? Dunbar’s Number says humans can sustainably keep only so many stable relationships—often about 150—layered as roughly 5, 15, 50