Roxanne Palmer

Roxanne Palmer is a staff writer for the World Science Festival.

Future Tense

July 25 2014 3:25 PMWhat Sci-Fi Movies Get Right and Wrong About Time TravelRoxanne Palmer and Julie Rossman

Brow Beat

March 25 2011 12:41 PMElizabeth Taylor: Beautiful MutantRoxanne Palmer

News & Politics

Politics

March 2 2015 6:26 PM Cleveland’s Worst In the Tamir Rice shooting and other travesties, why do good police officers stand behind their reckless colleagues? Jamelle Bouie

Jeb Bush Denounces the Obscure Federal Institution That Helped His Business 20 Years Ago

The Supreme Court’s Motivated Reasoning Could Destroy Obamacare

The Real Reason Netanyahu Is Willing to Risk Israel’s Relationship with the U.S.

One of the Most Important, Least Understood Cases of the Supreme Court’s Term

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Talks Too Much

The Anti-Death Penalty Crowd Has a Tough Sell at CPAC

#MuckReads: Air Marshals Behaving Badly and Other Investigative Reporting

Business

Moneybox

March 2 2015 6:11 PM The Semi-Retirement Myth Don’t buy the tales of meaningful work into your 70s. Your retirement is inevitable—and bleaker than the last generation’s. Helaine Olen

Are You 30? Tinder Has Officially Decided You’re Old.

Overfunded Uber Will Sink Excess Money Into Print Magazine

If the Supreme Court Guts Obamacare, Republicans Might Just Keep It Alive

Ford's Latest Experiment Is a Smartbike That Connects to iPhones

Snapchat’s Ambitious Plan to Become More Powerful Than TV

Venmo Issues Apology for Security Shortcomings

Looks Like Uber Got Hacked

Life

Outward

March 2 2015 5:39 PM Russell Tovey Flexes His Way Into Femmephobia J. Bryan Lowder

An Anti-Gay Alabama Justice Wants to End Civil Marriage. Bring It!

Built-In Furniture That Functions as Architecture Rather Than Décor

Help! My Dying Stepmother Is Comparing Her Death to My Mom’s.

Yes, White Guys Can Go to Black Barbershops

This Chairman Mao Has a Big, Hard Head

How to Make Foamed Milk Easily at Home

What Are Cultural Faux Pas When Working at Star Trek’s Starfleet?

Double X

The XX Factor

March 2 2015 5:52 PM CPS Finds "Free-Range" Parents Responsible for Unsubstantiated Child Neglect. Now What? Hanna Rosin

How Barbara Mikulski Transformed the Senate

Why Do Poor Women Have More Abortions?

What’s Wrong With the New Documentary About Rape on College Campuses

Todd Akin Is Thinking About Running for Senate. Legitimately.

This Drug for Binge-Eating Disorder May Be Shady. That Doesn’t Mean the Disease Isn't Real.

Why Do Women Vote Republican?

Women May Not Seek Help for Heart Attacks Because They Fear Being Seen as Hypochondriacs

Slate Plus

Television

March 2 2015 1:10 AM The Walking Dead Podcast Listen to an early release of Slate's recap of Episode 12, "Remember." Mike Vuolo and Chris Wade

A Spoiler-Filled Podcast on Downton Abbey Episode 9

Josh Keating on His Favorite Reads From Slate This Week

Slate’s Copy Desk Awards Its Redline of the Month

Why Adults Shouldn’t Read YA (Audio)

Arts

Brow Beat

March 2 2015 10:14 PM Bob Dylan Gets Stuck in a Noir Love Triangle in the “Night We Called It a Day” Music Video Sharan Shetty

Is Kanye West’s New Song Based on This Obscure, 45-Year-Old Outtake From Paul McCartney?

Spock’s Struggle Was His Fans’ Struggle, Too

Watch the Short Film That Became the Oscar-Winning Whiplash

Watch Pussy Riot’s Very Pussy-Riot Cameo on House of Cards

Hairless Dogs Never Looked So Good