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The Turkey-Industrial Complex
How do farmers produce so many birds for Thanksgiving?  
Nina Shen Rastogi   Nov 23, 2009   Recycled  
I Vant To Upend Your Expectations
Why vampire movies always break all the vampire rules.  
Christopher Beam   Nov 19, 2009   Recycled  
The Garlic Years
When have we not been in the midst of a vampire craze?  
Christopher Beam and Chris Wilson   Nov 19, 2009   Recycled  
Vampires Suck
Actually, they don't. And that's the problem.  
Grady Hendrix   Nov 19, 2009   Recycled  
Screen Saver?
When it comes to cancer screening, more isn't always better.  
Amanda Schaffer   Nov 17, 2009   Recycled  
The Water From Another Planet
Should you drink it? Plus, why do we think that alien life would be water-based?  
Daniel Engber   Nov 13, 2009   Recycled  
Witches' Brouhaha
Why Halloween can be an organizational nightmare for pagans.  
Lee Ann Kinkade   Oct 30, 2009   Recycled  
What Does "Off the Record" Mean?
How journalists con the public with sourcing jargon.  
Timothy Noah   Oct 20, 2009   Recycled  
Let's Get Those Phones Ringing!
The cunning genius of the public radio fundraising drive.  
June Thomas   Oct 15, 2009   Recycled  
Irving Penn, RIP
He photographed the most important artists of the last half-century—and, in the process, joined their ranks.  
Philip Gefter   Oct 08, 2009   Recycled  
What Does Roland Emmerich Have Against the White House?
A history of destroying national landmarks on film.  
Keith Phipps   Oct 06, 2009   Recycled  
Gourmet's Legacy
The magazine is closing, but we'll always have the Gourmet cookbook.  
Laura Shapiro   Oct 05, 2009   Recycled  
Tell Me Lies
A roundup of Slate coverage about deceit and lying.  
  Sep 29, 2009   Recycled  
That Guy From Jurassic Park Would Like To Ask You a Few Questions
What is Jeff Goldblum doing on Law & Order?  
Nathan Heller   Sep 28, 2009   Recycled  
Why Does Iran Need So Many Centrifuges?
Because each one is so small.  
Daniel Engber   Sep 25, 2009   Recycled  
Full Metal Racket
Metal detecting is the world's worst hobby.  
Emily Yoffe   Sep 25, 2009   Recycled  
Giant Squid
Don't mess with them.  
Grady Hendrix   Sep 25, 2009   Recycled  
Fashion Week FAQ
Can you boo at a fashion show? And other questions answered.  
Josh Patner   Sep 15, 2009   Recycled  
Why No More 9/11s?
An interactive inquiry about why America hasn't been attacked again.  
Timothy Noah   Sep 11, 2009   Recycled  
An Unlikely Hero
The Marine who found two WTC survivors.  
Rebecca Liss   Sep 10, 2009   Recycled  
How Do Space Pictures Get So Pretty?
Photoshop, of course.  
Daniel Engber   Sep 09, 2009   Recycled  
Hillary: The Movie, Revisited
The Supreme Court gathers to decide whether an anti-Hillary documentary is constitutional.  
Richard L. Hasen   Sep 08, 2009   Recycled  
Where Did All Those Gorgeous Russians Come From?
Why beautiful Eastern European women and tennis stardom go together.  
Anne Applebaum   Sep 02, 2009   Recycled  
How Do You Calculate Dog Years?
Was the world's oldest dog really 147 when she died?  
Christopher Beam   Sep 02, 2009   Recycled  
Taking Sprinting to New Heights
The 6-foot-5 Usain Bolt set two more world records. Why haven't there been more tall sprinters?  
Edward McClelland   Aug 20, 2009   Recycled  
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