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Film & media

The Most Beautiful Light of the Day: Magic Hour

Magic hour is the short stretch just after sunrise or just before sunset when light turns red and soft. We look at why the light changes, a landmark example from film history, shoo

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Education

The Secret of Learning That Lasts: Desirable Difficulty

Why is what we learn easily so easily forgotten? This article explains desirable difficulty, as described by Robert Bjork, covering its meaning and origins, learning methods such a

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Library & information science

Research Cited Together Is Close: Co-citation Analysis

Co-citation analysis judges two documents to be closer in subject the more often other documents cite them together. Learn how it emerged, how co-citation strength is counted, how

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Film & media

Frame Rate: A Decisive Factor in Video Quality

With advances in video production and streaming technology, we can now easily access high-quality video. However, many people still do not clearly understand the important factors

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Business administration

Promoted to the Level of Incompetence: The Peter Principle

The Peter Principle is the claim that in a hierarchy, people tend to be promoted until they reach a position where their incompetence shows. This article covers its basic definitio

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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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Earth science

Black Chimneys Under the Sea: Hydrothermal Vents

Thousands of meters down, where sunlight never reaches, chimneys pour out black smoke and life crowds around them. This article explains how hydrothermal vents were discovered, how

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Chemistry

Holding Steady When Shaken: Buffer Solutions

A few drops of lemon juice make water sour, so why does the pH of blood stay the same? This article explains buffer solutions, whose pH barely changes even when acid or base is add