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| "How Ceremonious You Are!" A history of bowing in America. | Juliet Lapidos | Nov 17, 2009 | Explainer |
| Atomic Priesthoods, Thorn Landscapes, and Munchian Pictograms How to communicate the dangers of nuclear waste to future civilizations. | Juliet Lapidos | Nov 16, 2009 | Green Room |
| Is Nidal Malik Hasan a "Terrorist"? Figuring out what to call the accused Fort Hood shooter. | Juliet Lapidos | Nov 11, 2009 | Explainer |
| Dirty Beef … and other alimentary concerns. An Explainer roundup. | Juliet Lapidos | Nov 05, 2009 | Explainer |
| The Culture Gabfest, Plutonium Blonde Edition Listen to Slate's show about the week in culture. | Juliet Lapidos, Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner | Nov 04, 2009 | Culture Gabfest |
| No Ligaments, No Problem How can DeJuan Blair play without an anterior cruciate ligament in either knee? | Juliet Lapidos | Nov 03, 2009 | Explainer |
| Why Won't They Just Drag Karadzic to Court? It's not like the guy has anything else to do. | Juliet Lapidos | Oct 29, 2009 | Explainer |
| What's a Nuclear Secret? And why would Israel need one? | Juliet Lapidos | Oct 20, 2009 | Explainer |
| Hot and Holy What's so spiritual about sweat lodges? | Juliet Lapidos | Oct 13, 2009 | Explainer |
| Survivalist Fairy Tales Keith Gessen translates a bold Russian storyteller. | Juliet Lapidos | Oct 12, 2009 | Books |
| The Audacity of $1.4 Million What will President Obama do with his Nobel winnings? | Juliet Lapidos | Oct 09, 2009 | Explainer |
| How Mean Are Drill Sergeants? Sir! Not that mean, sir! | Juliet Lapidos | Sep 22, 2009 | Explainer |
| Serena Williams Swears to God What do the Jehovah's Witnesses make of the tennis champion's tirade on the court? | Juliet Lapidos | Sep 15, 2009 | Explainer |
| The First Heckler Is Obama the first president to get heckled during an address to Congress? | Juliet Lapidos | Sep 10, 2009 | Explainer |
| The Condensed Rod Blagojevich The zaniest details from the former governor's new book. | Juliet Lapidos | Sep 07, 2009 | Juicy Bits |
| Sweet Is Low Could America run out of sugar? | Juliet Lapidos | Aug 14, 2009 | Explainer |
| Farewell to the Unknown Soldier Only one soldier was listed as missing in action from the entire first Gulf War. How can that be? | Juliet Lapidos | Aug 04, 2009 | Explainer |
| The Explainer Gets Hit by a Bus The origins of the catastrophic cliché. | Juliet Lapidos | Jul 28, 2009 | Explainer |
| What a Phony I read the banned Catcher in the Rye "sequel" so you don't have to. | Juliet Lapidos | Jul 15, 2009 | Culturebox |
| Are Assassinations Ever Legal? It depends on who you ask. | Juliet Lapidos | Jul 14, 2009 | Explainer |
| What Makes Toxicology So Slow? Why it's taking so long to investigate the death of Michael Jackson. | Juliet Lapidos | Jul 14, 2009 | Recycled |
| Why Did It Take Google So Long To Take Gmail Out of "Beta"? It's been around for more than five years! | Juliet Lapidos | Jul 07, 2009 | Recycled |
| Let's Go See a Movie in the Park! I've got a better idea: Let's not. | Juliet Lapidos | Jul 06, 2009 | Summer Movies |
| Is the Emergency Room More Expensive Than the Doctor's Office? It depends on whom you ask. | Juliet Lapidos | Jun 23, 2009 | Explainer |
| What's With All the Prayer Breakfasts? Why can't they do a prayer lunch instead? | Juliet Lapidos | Jun 16, 2009 | Explainer |
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