Health and Science
Uncle Sam Is Not Coming to Dinner
Who won the Slate/Intelligence Squared debate on whether obesity is the government’s business, and why. READ MORE »
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The Mouse Trap
The dangers of using one lab animal to study every disease.
By Daniel Engber
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The Memory Doctor
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The Rosslyn Code
The real mystery lurking in the chapel where Dan Brown set The Da Vinci Code.
By Chris Wilson
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Blogging the Periodic Table
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What Ever Happened to Quicksand?
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Revolting Creatures
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Just Hold Me
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Future Tense
The citizen's guide to the future, from Slate, the New America Foundation, and Arizona State.
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