“I will never, ever, shoot my neighbor for stealing a cabbage. I’ll invite them over for cabbage soup.” | Continue reading
Thenmozhi Soundararajan on caste-based oppression in Silicon Valley. | Continue reading
Face in the water? No, thank you! | Continue reading
According to the government, if a person goes out, 50 cameras will capture them by the time they are back to their home. | Continue reading
Even as her votes enabled the court’s hard-right turn, the newest justice has floundered on the intellectual sidelines. | Continue reading
The Corpus Christi massacre—and the United States’ alleged involvement—explained. | Continue reading
Slate’s Use of Your Data | Continue reading
Behold the Starbucks latte. The delicious mix of espresso, steamed milk, foam, and add-ons to taste is ubiquitous in our culture. | Continue reading
There are at least six good ways for the president to address this crisis using executive powers alone. | Continue reading
Our track record on Earth and other worlds is garbage. | Continue reading
What science is learning about how animals think, see, and feel might also change how you treat them. | Continue reading
An extreme decision here could fundamentally alter the balance of power in setting election rules in the states and threaten future election subversion. | Continue reading
The conservative justices' ruling limits the government's ability to combat climate change while also hamstringing our democracy. | Continue reading
Everyone from NPR to the Smithsonian credits today’s Stars and Stripes to Robert Heft. The truth is much stranger. | Continue reading
This experience crystallized Oregon’s deeper problems. | Continue reading
In order to produce true randomness, computers must reach outside themselves. | Continue reading
Ryoma Igarashi likes going for long drives through the mountains, taking photographs of Buddhist temples and exploring old neighborhoods. He's just... | Continue reading
A journey into the soul of the company that diced, peeled, and salad-spun its way to glory. | Continue reading
An administrator candidate spoke out against Trump voters, and then all Wikipedia hell broke loose. | Continue reading
I read more than 20 novels using this plot over the past century to find out. | Continue reading
No amount of puns will improve road behavior. | Continue reading
As I plod through my 20s, I’ve noticed a strange phenomenon: The music I loved as a teenager means more to me than ever—but with each passing year, the... | Continue reading
The third entry in a new occasional series in which we demystify all manner of gustatory conundrums and culinary puzzles. If you have a food-related... | Continue reading
Defamation lawsuits rarely reveal the truth. They can't stop disinformation either. | Continue reading
Indoor air pollution is of particular concern during this pandemic. | Continue reading
It is a frankly ludicrous amount of stolen cartoon apes. | Continue reading
The best way to avoid and mitigate flight delays. | Continue reading
Texas Republicans just barely lost their bid to repeal social media companies’ First Amendment rights. | Continue reading
The end of an experiment in old-fashioned urbanism. | Continue reading
At a charging station. In the middle of nowhere. Surrounded by cows. | Continue reading
At a charging station. In the middle of nowhere. Surrounded by cows. | Continue reading
Few medical remedies have a more sterling reputation than that assortment of foods, pills, and general life maneuvers known collectively as... | Continue reading
The Justice Department has announced important new policy changes around charging people under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. | Continue reading
The conservative supermajority's rampage continues. | Continue reading
Ginni and Clarence Thomas are telling us exactly how they'll steal the 2024 election. | Continue reading
Was it the cloves that had changed, or was it me? (It wasn’t me.) | Continue reading
Much of the media need to relearn how to cover collisions—especially when the victims are on foot. | Continue reading
Inside or outside of your body, you need them. | Continue reading
COVID changed life in a way that algorithms—which are based on past behavior—couldn’t predict. | Continue reading
Should the first COVID human challenge trial also be the last? | Continue reading
Just build a “memory palace.” | Continue reading
Prayer, a wink, and a nod. | Continue reading
Late in Home Alone, Kevin McCallister is fed up. Two burglars, who’ve been casing his house for days, are about to arrive and ruin Christmas Eve.... | Continue reading
None of Musk’s announced plans for Twitter will fix the major problems with the platform. | Continue reading
Even though I’m actually still wearing a mask myself. | Continue reading
American mapmaking’s most prestigious honor is the “Best of Show” award at the annual competition of the Cartography and Geographic Information... | Continue reading
Wordle strategy: the fate that awaits every longtime player. | Continue reading
This is even more difficult to dispel than most lies. | Continue reading