Maryn McKenna
Maryn McKenna

Maryn McKenna blogs for Wired and is the author of Superbug and Beating Back the Devil.

Feed the World
April 30 2014 10:50 AMThe Future of ChickenHow to mass-produce meat without breeding killer microbes.Maryn McKenna
Pandemics
Dec. 21 2012 11:14 AMDengue, aka “Breakbone Fever,” Is BackThe vicious virus has re-established itself in the South, and mosquitoes are carrying it north.Maryn McKenna
Food
Dec. 28 2012 8:15 AMThe Father of the Chicken NuggetRobert C. Baker was a poultry savant. But his contribution to fast food has been erased from the history books.Maryn McKenna
  News & Politics
Jurisprudence
March 6 2015 12:04 PM Sotomayor May Have Saved Obamacare How she backed Kennedy and Roberts into a corner. Cristian Farias
Cairo’s Famed Islamic Art Museum Still Hasn’t Recovered From Last Year’s Terrorist Bombing
Think You’re Smarter Than a Slate Senior Editor? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Appears Unmoved by a Day of Grisly Testimony
The DOJ’s Ferguson Report Could Lead Conservatives to Abandon Their Love of the Police
The NRA’s Mocking Tweet of Gabby Giffords Is a New Low
Why the Wisconsin State Legislature Is Scott Walker’s Secret Weapon
The Only People Who Will Suffer if the Supreme Court Limits Obamacare Live in Red States
  Business
Books
March 6 2015 12:01 PM The Revolution and the Conference Room A leading modern leftist overlooks the ways the bureaucracy of private industry might actually make the world a better place. Dan Check
We’re Adding Jobs Aplenty. But Why Aren’t Workers Getting Bigger Raises?
McDonald’s Is Finally Phasing Out Antibiotics in Chicken. Thank Chipotle.
Kroger Is Coming After Whole Foods in the Fancy Quinoa Business
The World Is Running Out of Places to Store All of Its Oil
Thanks to Government Uncertainty, the Wind Energy Business Is About to Stop Growing
There’s Nothing Quaint About Etsy’s IPO
Ringling Brothers Says It Will Stop Using Elephants in Its Circus Act After Years of Animal-Abuse Allegations
  Life
The Eye
March 6 2015 12:04 PM Why Do We Love Paris but Hate Frankfurt? A Swiss Author’s Six Qualities of Beautiful Cities. Kristin Hohenadel
Incredible Hulks: The Ship Graveyard of Mauritania
What Was It Like to Work With Martin Luther King Jr. on the “I Have a Dream” Speech?
Florida Bill That Would Imprison Trans People for Using Public Bathrooms Passes Major Hurdle
Wellesley Is Right to Admit Transgender Women. Women’s Colleges Should Be for All Women.
These Okinawan Beaches Have Star-Shaped Sand
Sex Tapes and Silly Questions: U.K. Authorities Routinely Humiliate LGBT Asylum Seekers
What’s It Like to Be LGBTQ in … Greece
  Double X
The XX Factor
March 5 2015 4:31 PM Catholic Bishops Want to Deny Raped Migrant Girls Access to Health Care Amanda Marcotte
How Evangelicals Took Sex Trafficking From Feminists and Made It a Christian Cause Célèbre
This Gender Discrimination Trial Reveals the Subtle Way Sexism Happens in Silicon Valley
Unintended Pregnancy Is Expensive. For Taxpayers.  
There Are More Men Named John Than Women Running Large Companies
CPS Finds “Free Range” Parents Responsible for Unsubstantiated Child Neglect. Now What?
How Barbara Mikulski Transformed the Senate 
Why Do Poor Women Have More Abortions?
  Slate Plus
Plus Roundups
March 5 2015 11:29 AM What We Like Right Now Our favorite picks for the week of March 2, curated by Slate writers and editors.
Why It’s Wrong to Fondle Fido
Gabfest Bonus Segment: Why Parks and Rec Was a National Treasure
I Was a Slate Commenter; Now I’m a Slate Writer. Ask Me Anything.
Walking Dead Podcast Early Release: Episode 12, "Remember" 
  Arts
Books
March 6 2015 12:29 PM Brilliance and Fury Helen Macdonald’s astonishing memoir H Is for Hawk. Katy Waldman
All of These People Survived Being Shot
How Do You Pronounce “Karl Ove Knausgaard”?
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt May Be the New 30 Rock—With an Even Bigger Heart
The Trailer for the Next Gillian Flynn Movie Looks Like Gone Girl Meets Serial
Elena Ferrante’s Paris Review Interview Finally Convinced Me to Stop Caring Who She Really Is 
MoMA’s Björk Show Is a Disaster
  Technology
Future Tense
March 6 2015 11:25 AM The Cops Can Pretty Much Always Search Your Smartphone in Canada Mark Joseph Stern
If You Thought the Net Neutrality Debate Was Resolved, You Were Impressively Optimistic
Could Immersive Virtual Reality Tech Solve World Problems?
I Tried to Watch CSI: Cyber, I Really Did
A Crazy Experiment Attempts to Document Change With a Photo Taken Over 1,000 Years
Netizen Report: China Continues to Crack Down on Virtual Private Networks
A New Approach to Education Technology Takes Emotions Into Account
  Health & Science
Science
March 6 2015 12:31 PM The Kids Are All Right Have we made our children into moral monsters? Daniel Engber
It Took a Horrible Wasting Disease—and Lots and Lots of Chickens—for Scientists to Discover Vitamins
Time and Tide: Crash Course Astronomy Episode 8
Four Planets Await After Sunset
Pregnant Women Have a Right to Work, and That Right Is Often Trampled On
Galaxy on the Edge
If You Shake With Someone, Do You Sniff Your Hand Afterward?  
  Sports
Sports Nut
Feb. 26 2015 7:41 PM Game, Set, and (Fixed) Match Pro tennis has a match-fixing problem in its lower ranks. Ben Rothenberg
What’s the Hardest Shot in Bowling? It’s Not the 7-10 Split.
Has ASU Discovered the Holy Grail of Free-Throw Distraction?
How John Wall Became the Most Entertaining Player in the NBA
Dean Smith’s Political Approach to Being a Coach Is Missed Now More Than Ever
Why Handball’s World Championship in Qatar Should Worry World Cup Fans
Seattle Didn’t Throw Away the Super Bowl. The Patriots Won It.