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Library & information science

The Words We Use Most Are Always Few: Zipf's Law

Why do a handful of words appear on every page while most words show up only once or twice? This article covers how Zipf's Law became known, the inverse relationship between rank a

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General knowledge

Joke or Sincere? Poe’s Law

Poe’s Law is the internet rule of thumb that, without a clear sign of the author’s intent, a parody of extreme views will inevitably be taken as sincere by someone. We look at wher

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Food & nutrition

How to Stay Healthy with Essential Nutrients

Maintaining health amid the busy routines of modern society is very important. However, one area that many people overlook is their intake of essential nutrients. Essential nutrien

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Statistics

Same Numbers, Different Pictures: Anscombe’s Quartet

Anscombe’s Quartet is a set of four datasets whose summary statistics are nearly identical but whose graphs look completely different. This piece covers how it came about, the trap

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Film & media

Secrets to Writing Well-Crafted Scenarios

Scenarios are important tools that play a central role in various fields. They are widely used not only in films, television dramas, and theater, but also in areas such as business

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Film & media

Teleporting in Front of a Green Wall: Chroma Key

Chroma key is a video compositing technique that makes one color on screen transparent and layers another background in its place. This piece covers how it works, its history from

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Chemistry

Key Effects of Metabolic Processes on Health and Disease

Metabolism is an essential process that supports all physiological functions in living organisms, playing an important role in maintaining and regulating life activities through va

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Food & nutrition

The Wisdom of Cooking Corn in Ash Water: Nixtamalization

Nixtamalization is a traditional Mesoamerican method of cooking and steeping dried corn in an alkaline solution such as limewater, then washing and hulling it. Learn its history, h