Christopher Beam

What's the Deal With Mistletoe?

How the plant came to be associated with Christmas kissing.

Christopher Beam | EXPLAINER | Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, at 7:00 AM ET

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Is Celebrity "Exhaustion" for Real?

The medicine behind the fatigue.

Christopher Beam | EXPLAINER | Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011, at 2:47 PM ET

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Slate's Hollywood Career-O-Matic

What Rotten Tomatoes data tell us about the best, worst, and most bizarre Hollywood trajectories.

Christopher Beam and Jeremy Singer-Vine | CULTUREBOX | Monday, June 6, 2011, at 7:04 AM ET

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Tricky Dick

Was Anthony Weiner's Twitter account hacked? The evidence for and against.

Christopher Beam | CRIME | Monday, June 6, 2011, at 11:00 AM ET

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Repeat Offenders

America's Most Wanted and the weird practice of crime re-enactments.

Christopher Beam | CRIME | Wednesday, May 25, 2011, at 6:01 PM ET

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The Ombudsman

How one TV reporter tried to reveal the underbelly of the Pakistani media.

Christopher Beam | FOREIGNERS | Friday, May 20, 2011, at 4:17 PM ET

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Walk the Walk

Who decides whether a suspect like Dominique Strauss-Kahn takes a "perp walk"?

Christopher Beam | CRIME | Wednesday, May 18, 2011, at 7:45 PM ET

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Sex, Lies, and Ticker Tape

You think the French tolerate political infidelity? Look at the United States. 

Christopher Beam | CULTUREBOX | Monday, May 16, 2011, at 6:41 PM ET

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Cats of War

Christopher Beam | LOW CONCEPT | Saturday, May 14, 2011, at 1:38 PM ET

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Killer Appellation

How do serial killers get their nicknames?

Christopher Beam | CRIME | Wednesday, May 11, 2011, at 6:04 PM ET

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