The sudden growth in interest in poker after Chris Moneymaker won the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event.

A form of cognitive bias that causes individuals to appear more attractive to an observer when they are in a group.

Synonym of Pygmalion effect

(atmospheric chemistry) The decrease in the ratio of heavier to lighter isotopes of carbon in atmospheric carbon dioxide due to anthropogenic emissions.

(geology) The appearance of lower sedimentation rates in stratigraphic sections covering greater amounts of time, as a result of the relative rarity of geologic events that remove large amounts of sediment.

(US) The idea that increased scrutiny of police following the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri has led to an increased crime rate (or sometimes murder rate) in major US cities.

(medicine) An unpleasant hypersensitivity to alcohol caused by various medications, including disulfiram.

(psychology) The tendency of people to modify their choices depending on how the choices are presented

The fact that hemoglobin's oxygen binding affinity is inversely related both to acidity and to the concentration of carbon dioxide.

The tendency of root tips to adhere to glass surfaces, believed to involve electric potentials.