Robotics
The First Robot Arm to Enter the Factory: Unimate
Unimate, installed at a General Motors plant in New Jersey in 1961, is regarded as the world’s first industrial robot. Learn how it grew from George Devol’s patent, how its hydraul
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Design
Eyes that skim only the left side: the F-shaped pattern
Have you ever opened a news article or a page of search results, read the first few lines all the way through, and then moved down the page glancing only at the start of each line?
Chemistry
Everything About New Drug Development: From Drug Design to Clinical Applications
Medicinal chemistry is an important foundational field in modern medicine, playing an essential role in understanding the molecular structures and mechanisms of action of drugs use
General knowledge
Headlines That End in a Question Mark Usually Mean No: Betteridge's Law of Headlines
Betteridge's law of headlines is the adage that any headline ending in a question mark can almost always be answered with a single word: no. This article covers how the law came ab
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
Journalism & communication
The Concept of Media Literacy and Effective Ways to Improve It
People today live in an age of information overload, with information pouring indiscriminately through the media. This has brought the importance of media literacy to the forefront
Information technology
Less Power as They Shrank: Dennard Scaling
Dennard scaling is the semiconductor scaling rule that if transistors are made smaller while voltage is lowered by the same ratio, the power used by a given area of a chip stays th
Economics
Getting Sick from a Flood of Money: Dutch Disease
Dutch Disease is the phenomenon in which a sudden boom in one sector, such as natural resources, causes other export industries like manufacturing and agriculture to decline. This
Psychology
Causes of Burnout and How to Overcome It: A Path to a Healthy Life
Rapid technological advances and dramatic social changes in modern society are presenting many people with new challenges and considerable stress. These changes affect not only wor
Psychology
The Power of Intimacy: A Path to Lasting Happiness
Intimacy is one of the most important elements in human relationships, significantly influencing an individual's quality of life and social functioning. We interact with various pe
Tourism studies
The closer it is, the more often we go: Distance Decay
When you think of a weekend trip, a beach two or three hours away by car or a nearby neighboring country comes to mind before a country more than twelve hours away by plane. In fac
Physics
Proof That the Earth Turns: The Foucault Pendulum
The Foucault Pendulum is a device that shows the Earth's rotation with your own eyes: a heavy bob on a very long wire whose plane of swing slowly turns relative to the ground. We l