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Today's Doonesbury
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The Explainer
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The Slate Book Review
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The Future of Food
How changes in technology and farming will change the way we eat.
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The Evolution of Everyday Objects
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Mad Men
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Slate Goes to the Movies
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No More Strapless Wedding Gowns!
They're unflattering, unsophisticated, and annoyingly ubiquitous.
By Katherine Goldstein
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The Crisis in American Walking
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Death in Yellowstone
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Permanent Record
The surprising stories I uncovered in a trove of report cards from the 1920s.
By Paul Lukas
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Where’s _why?
What happened when one of the most unusual, beloved programmers disappeared.
By Annie Lowrey
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The Conversion
How, when, and why Mitt Romney changed his mind on abortion.
By William Saletan
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The Greatest Paper Map of the U.S.
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Slate Writers on Facebook and Twitter
Follow John Dickerson, Emily Yoffe, and the rest of your favorite Slate writers on social media.
TOP STORIES
- Wednesday, June 20, 2012
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The Culture Gabfest, “Curb Appeal” Edition
Listen to Slate's show about fakery on HGTV’s House Hunters, human-animal zoobiquity, and Carly Rae Jepsen’s irresistible hit song “Call Me Maybe.”
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The Gay Parents Study
Have the study’s funders manipulated the findings for their own political gain?
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DREAM On
America needs much bigger, bolder immigration reform—for low-skilled workers, not just supergeniuses—to boost the economy.
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How Do You Keep Your Life Running Smoothly?
Tell Slate your operations secrets.
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Our Man in Baghdad
Brett McGurk was the perfect choice to be U.S. ambassador to Iraq: smart, experienced, and plugged in. So who was behind the campaign to smear his name?
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Fire the Bail Bondsmen
Let's amend the Constitution to put them out of business.
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The Folly of Rio
This week’s Earth Summit will try to tackle global warming. Meanwhile, poor people are dying from air pollution and dirty water.
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How To Stop Science Alienation Syndrome
Split K-12 science education into two tracks, for majors and nonmajors.
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Sitcoms of a Certain Age
Cedric the Entertainer’s comfy The Soul Man: Another TV Land comedy that could’ve been made 20 years ago.
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Where You’re From and Where You’re @
Azealia Banks, A$AP Rocky, TNGHT, and the end of hip-hop regionalism.
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The Gambler and the Scientist
A day at the races teaches us about our unscientific notions of “science literacy.”
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Playing Double Jeopardy
How to strengthen the Constitution's protection against being tried twice for the same crime.
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Fashion Photography
Once you’ve shot beautiful models using fancy equipment, there’s no going back to snapshots of friends.
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The Rise of the Fork
Knives and spoons are ancient. But we’ve only been eating with forks for a few centuries.
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- Tuesday, June 19, 2012
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Where is Mitt Romney’s Faith?
Romney doesn’t want to talk about his religion. But fellow Mormons say his faith is what would make him an especially effective president.
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Why Did Jonah Lehrer Plagiarize Himself?
Because he stopped being a writer and became an idea man.
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Minding Their Own Beeswax
How busy are bees, really?
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Maps: Agriculture in the U.S. and Around the World
Where do most farmers live? Which countries feed the world?
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Ugh, You’re Probably a Directionator
One Direction’s teen fans love the British boy band—and hate the poseurs. A lesson in pop fandom in the age of Tumblr.
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Abolish the Death Penalty and the Supermax, Too
Updating the ban against cruel and unusual punishment.
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The Five Misconceptions About Teaching Math and Science
American education has not declined and other surprising truths.
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Drugs for Grades
The tame, constricted rebellion that is Adderall addiction.
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Why Are Poland Spring Bottles So Crinkly?
They used to be much sturdier.
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"This Is the Favorite Poem"
Hear Mike Wallace read Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess.”
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Why I Love Surface
The company’s new tablet could be the iPad rival the tech world desperately needs.
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- Monday, June 18, 2012
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The Jury Is Out on a Date
Are jurors allowed to hook up with plaintiffs or defendants?
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Hang Up and Listen: The All Greek to Me Edition
Slate’s sports podcast on the NBA Finals, the U.S. Open, and Euro 2012.
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Does Your Writing Style Have a Fingerprint?
Listen to Slate’s show about the surprising way mathematicians can determine authorship.
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Me or the Dog
In a live chat, Prudie advises a woman whose boyfriend wants her to give away her cocker spaniel.
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Test-Tube Piggies
How did the guinea pig become a symbol of science?
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Europe’s Responsibility Trap
The world got the Greek election outcome it wanted. So why are the markets freaking out?
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Dear Prudence: Novelist Drawing Too Much on Real Life?
A weekly Dear Prudence video.
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A Bill Seeking To Regulate Use of the Word Vagina
It’s time for the government to stop women from using anatomically correct terms.
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Infinite Jest! Live! On Stage! One Entire Day Only!
Twenty-four hours watching the Berlin theatrical adaptation of David Foster Wallace’s magnum opus.
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Are You Better Off Than You Were 10 Years Ago?
Will 2012 be a referendum on four years of Obama, or on a decade of Republican rule?
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The Afterlife of Cheap Clothes
Where do your Target bargains go when you get tired of them? The Salvation Army. Rag bins. And Africa.
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The Future of Cookbooks
They’ll go extinct. And that’s OK.
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In Praise of Wooden Spoons
They’re practical. They have a rich cultural history. And they last forever.
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The Kickstarter Recession
If crowdfunding is too successful, the economy may suffer in surprising ways.
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- Sunday, June 17, 2012
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A Conversation With Lena Dunham, Part 2
Meghan O’Rourke talks with the creator of Girls about the season finale, Sex and the City, and why Shoshanna is like that.
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The Agony of Banning Ecstasy
A former adviser to the U.K. government says the ban on drugs is hampering neuroscience.
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We Don’t Need More Scientists—We Need Better Ones
A chemist responds to Slate’s David Plotz’s claim that not enough students are going into science and engineering.
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