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Blogging the Stanford Machine Learning Class
Teaching a computer how to think on its own.
Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011 in Slate
Teaching a computer how to think on its own.
Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011 in Slate
Blogging the Stanford Machine Learning Class
The most interesting college courses are wasted on easily distracted 18-year-olds.
Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011 in Slate
The most interesting college courses are wasted on easily distracted 18-year-olds.
Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011 in Slate
How To Build a Beacon
If we can't find aliens, let's help aliens find us.
Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011 in Slate
If we can't find aliens, let's help aliens find us.
Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011 in Slate
Blogging the Stanford Machine Learning Class
Learning how to fix algorithms when everything goes haywire.
Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011 in Slate
Learning how to fix algorithms when everything goes haywire.
Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011 in Slate
Blogging the Stanford Machine Learning Class
Could I start using this stuff to create an automated journalist?
Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011 in Slate
Could I start using this stuff to create an automated journalist?
Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011 in Slate
Blogging the Stanford Machine Learning Class
Week 4: We’re finally getting to the good stuff, teaching computers how to think.
Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011 in Slate
Week 4: We’re finally getting to the good stuff, teaching computers how to think.
Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011 in Slate
Blogging the Stanford Machine Learning Class
Teaching computers to predict whether a tumor is malignant.
Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011 in Slate
Teaching computers to predict whether a tumor is malignant.
Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011 in Slate
Blogging the Stanford Machine Learning Class
Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011 in Slate
Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011 in Slate
Blogging the Stanford Machine Learning Class
Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 in Slate
Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 in Slate
We're Not Broke! (Yet)
Two simple graphs that show how borrowing is keeping the treasury afloat.
Monday, Aug. 8, 2011 in Slate
Two simple graphs that show how borrowing is keeping the treasury afloat.
Monday, Aug. 8, 2011 in Slate
Rebel Without a Clue
Tom Petty wants Michele Bachmann to quit using his song. Can he make her?
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 in Slate
Tom Petty wants Michele Bachmann to quit using his song. Can he make her?
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 in Slate
Live-blogging the Pottermore Announcement (from the Couch)
Thursday, June 23, 2011 in Slate
Thursday, June 23, 2011 in Slate
A New Harry Potter Book? My Prediction.
Friday, June 17, 2011 in Slate
Friday, June 17, 2011 in Slate
Thanks for the Doughnuts
When did interns start buying lunch for the office, instead of the other way around?
Thursday, May 26, 2011 in Slate
When did interns start buying lunch for the office, instead of the other way around?
Thursday, May 26, 2011 in Slate
The Year of the Tornado
More people have died in tornadoes in 2011 than in the past seven years combined. Here's an interactive map of fatalities.
Monday, May 23, 2011 in Slate
More people have died in tornadoes in 2011 than in the past seven years combined. Here's an interactive map of fatalities.
Monday, May 23, 2011 in Slate
The Rosslyn Code
Weighing the evidence—is the chapel's code real or fake?
Friday, May 20, 2011 in Slate
Weighing the evidence—is the chapel's code real or fake?
Friday, May 20, 2011 in Slate
Is a Scottish Da Vinci responsible for the Rosslyn melodies?
Thursday, May 19, 2011 in Slate
Are the chapel's mysterious stone symbols a musical score?
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 in Slate
The real mystery lurking in the chapel where Dan Brown set The Da Vinci Code.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 in Slate
The Jihad Spaghetti Theory
Al-Qaida is hopelessly complex and decentralized, but losing Osama could still be a major blow.
Monday, May 2, 2011 in Slate
Al-Qaida is hopelessly complex and decentralized, but losing Osama could still be a major blow.
Monday, May 2, 2011 in Slate
The Worst Place To Hide From a Twister
About half of those killed in tornadoes were in a mobile home.
Thursday, April 28, 2011 in Slate
About half of those killed in tornadoes were in a mobile home.
Thursday, April 28, 2011 in Slate
Wikipedia's "Macaca" Problem
The user-generated encyclopedia makes George Allen's faux pas seem more clear-cut than it really was.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 in Slate
The user-generated encyclopedia makes George Allen's faux pas seem more clear-cut than it really was.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 in Slate
All Apologies
I've just offended Jews, Catholics, women, Arab-Americans, and the entire gay and lesbian community. Who should I call?
I've just offended Jews, Catholics, women, Arab-Americans, and the entire gay and lesbian community. Who should I call?
How To Fix the Nuclear Crisis in Japan
A physicist breaks down the best reader ideas for how to fix Fukushima.
Monday, March 28, 2011 in Slate
A physicist breaks down the best reader ideas for how to fix Fukushima.
Monday, March 28, 2011 in Slate
The Arab Powder Keg
An animated map of protests in the Middle East as they spread from country to country, updated with the most recent events.
An animated map of protests in the Middle East as they spread from country to country, updated with the most recent events.
An HTML for Numbers
Is Google's Public Data Explorer the first step toward a universal data format?
Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011 in Slate
Is Google's Public Data Explorer the first step toward a universal data format?
Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011 in Slate
Jeopardy, Schmeopardy
Why IBM's next target should be a machine that plays poker.
Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011 in Slate
Why IBM's next target should be a machine that plays poker.
Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011 in Slate
Jesus of Wikipedia
Using Christ's page as a guide to the online encyclopedia's 10-year history.
Friday, Jan. 14, 2011 in Slate
Using Christ's page as a guide to the online encyclopedia's 10-year history.
Friday, Jan. 14, 2011 in Slate
His Wikiness Requests Your Money
Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010 in Slate
Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010 in Slate
Toward a Theory of Seatmate Deterrence on Amtrak
Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010 in Slate
Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010 in Slate
The Facebook Movie Facebook Feed
The making of The Social Network.
The making of The Social Network.
Please, for the Love of God, Upgrade Your Browser
Internet Explorer 9, Chrome, and Firefox are great, but outdated software is still holding back the Web.
Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010 in Slate
Internet Explorer 9, Chrome, and Firefox are great, but outdated software is still holding back the Web.
Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010 in Slate
Can Rangel Hold On?
A flow chart illustrates when your political scandal costs you your job.
A flow chart illustrates when your political scandal costs you your job.
Afghanistan's Census of the Dead
What the WikiLeaks data reveal about civilian and enemy casualties of war. An interactive chart.
What the WikiLeaks data reveal about civilian and enemy casualties of war. An interactive chart.
Where Will All This Oil Be in August?
Slate's interactive models of the Deepwater Horizon spill.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 in Slate
Slate's interactive models of the Deepwater Horizon spill.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 in Slate
13 Stripes and 51 Stars
A mathematician figures out the best way to jam an extra star onto the American flag. Plus: Generate patterns for every possible flag up to 100 stars.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 in Slate
A mathematician figures out the best way to jam an extra star onto the American flag. Plus: Generate patterns for every possible flag up to 100 stars.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 in Slate
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Baathists?
Saddam Hussein is long dead. It's time for Iraq to let ex-Baathists into government.
Friday, May 28, 2010 in Slate
Saddam Hussein is long dead. It's time for Iraq to let ex-Baathists into government.
Friday, May 28, 2010 in Slate
I'll Be Bach
A computer program is writing great, original works of classical music. Will human composers soon be obsolete?
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 in Slate
A computer program is writing great, original works of classical music. Will human composers soon be obsolete?
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 in Slate
Choose Your Own Supreme Court Justice
Out of our Top 21, whom do you like best?
Out of our Top 21, whom do you like best?
The Cruelest Lede
Thursday, April 8, 2010 in Slate
Thursday, April 8, 2010 in Slate
In Defense of Proper Names in Scrabble
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 in Slate
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 in Slate
Broadbandits
What's wrong with the FCC's plan to bring high-speed Internet access to rural America.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 in Slate
What's wrong with the FCC's plan to bring high-speed Internet access to rural America.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 in Slate
How To Win Your NCAA Pool
Act like a hedge-fund manager, and pick Duke to win it all.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 in Slate
Act like a hedge-fund manager, and pick Duke to win it all.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 in Slate
Why social network analysis hasn't led us to Osama Bin Laden.
Friday, Feb. 26, 2010 in Slate
The two most important people in Saddam's network of protectors.
Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010 in Slate
These 10 rare family pictures helped lead to the Iraqi dictator's capture.
Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010 in Slate
Saddam had a lot of bodyguards. Which one was hiding him?
Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010 in Slate
A five-part series on how the U.S. military used social networking to capture the Iraqi dictator.
Monday, Feb. 22, 2010 in Slate
Can New Yorker Poets Write About Anything Besides Poetry?
Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010 in Slate
Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010 in Slate
The Web Surfer’s Guide to Obscure Salinger
Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010 in Slate
Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010 in Slate
Salinger's Best Story
Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010 in Slate
Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010 in Slate
Watch What They Say, Not Who They Do
Words have replaced sex as the cause of the classic Washington scandal.
Monday, Jan. 11, 2010 in Slate
Words have replaced sex as the cause of the classic Washington scandal.
Monday, Jan. 11, 2010 in Slate
The Garlic Years
When have we not been in the midst of a vampire craze?
When have we not been in the midst of a vampire craze?
Emote Control
Why couldn't we tell that the balloon boy's parents were faking their distress?
Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 in Slate
Why couldn't we tell that the balloon boy's parents were faking their distress?
Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 in Slate
Roll Over, Beethoven
How Yamaha's new electronic piano improves upon a 300-year-old instrument.
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009 in Slate
How Yamaha's new electronic piano improves upon a 300-year-old instrument.
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009 in Slate
Message Error
Why running the White House Web site on Drupal is a political disaster waiting to happen.
Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009 in Slate
Why running the White House Web site on Drupal is a political disaster waiting to happen.
Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009 in Slate
Your Gullible Friend Has Sent You a Photo!
The dangers of social spam.
Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009 in Slate
The dangers of social spam.
Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009 in Slate
The Garlic Years
When have we not been in the midst of a vampire craze?
When have we not been in the midst of a vampire craze?
Be Like Gmail
What Facebook and other Internet companies can learn from Google's webmail service.
Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009 in Slate
What Facebook and other Internet companies can learn from Google's webmail service.
Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009 in Slate
Masters of the Wikiverse
Wikipedia's new editing policy isn't the end of the encyclopedia's democratic age. It's business as usual.
Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009 in Slate
Wikipedia's new editing policy isn't the end of the encyclopedia's democratic age. It's business as usual.
Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009 in Slate
On Google Moon, Even Buzz Aldrin Looks Like a Lego Man
Monday, July 20, 2009 in Slate
Monday, July 20, 2009 in Slate
No, You Can't Have My Social Security Number
Why using SSNs for identification is risky and stupid.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 in Slate
Why using SSNs for identification is risky and stupid.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 in Slate
Logo on Steroids
The new video game Kodu will teach you (or your kid) about programming. It's also actually fun.
Friday, July 10, 2009 in Slate
The new video game Kodu will teach you (or your kid) about programming. It's also actually fun.
Friday, July 10, 2009 in Slate
Jesus Goes to Bethesda
Just how religious is Obama's nominee for director of the NIH?
Thursday, July 9, 2009 in Slate
Just how religious is Obama's nominee for director of the NIH?
Thursday, July 9, 2009 in Slate
Will My Video Get 1 Million Views on YouTube?
A Slate investigation reveals: not a chance.
Thursday, July 2, 2009 in Slate
A Slate investigation reveals: not a chance.
Thursday, July 2, 2009 in Slate
Movie Lovers (and Code Monkeys) Rejoice: Netflix Prize Won
Monday, June 29, 2009 in Slate
Monday, June 29, 2009 in Slate
The Death of Windows
Step aside, bloated operating systems. The Web browser is coming to save the day.
Thursday, June 18, 2009 in Slate
Step aside, bloated operating systems. The Web browser is coming to save the day.
Thursday, June 18, 2009 in Slate
Bombs, Man-Apes, and Ancient Cities
A history of science publishing in images from the archives of Nature magazine.
Monday, June 15, 2009 in Slate
A history of science publishing in images from the archives of Nature magazine.
Monday, June 15, 2009 in Slate
Choose Your Own Supreme Court Justice
Out of our Top 20, whom do you like best?
Out of our Top 20, whom do you like best?
And on the 100th Day, Change Ended
The Change-o-Meter issues its final report card.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 in Slate
The Change-o-Meter issues its final report card.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 in Slate
I'm Human, Computer, I Swear!
It's time to move beyond those squiggly letter tests that Web sites use to weed out spam.
Friday, April 24, 2009 in Slate
It's time to move beyond those squiggly letter tests that Web sites use to weed out spam.
Friday, April 24, 2009 in Slate
Procession of the Skeletons
Ugly reminders of the United States' harsh interrogations continue to come to light.
Thursday, April 23, 2009 in Slate
Ugly reminders of the United States' harsh interrogations continue to come to light.
Thursday, April 23, 2009 in Slate
When Did Your County's Jobs Disappear?
An interactive map of vanishing employment across the country, updated with the latest figures.
Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009 in Slate
An interactive map of vanishing employment across the country, updated with the latest figures.
Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009 in Slate
No Habeas Corpus for You
The Justice Department takes a surprisingly Bushian stance on detainee challenges in U.S. courts.
Monday, April 13, 2009 in Slate
The Justice Department takes a surprisingly Bushian stance on detainee challenges in U.S. courts.
Monday, April 13, 2009 in Slate
Supplemental Diet
Obama requests $83 billion in extra spending from Congress, mostly for war funding.
Thursday, April 9, 2009 in Slate
Obama requests $83 billion in extra spending from Congress, mostly for war funding.
Thursday, April 9, 2009 in Slate
TV Moment
Obama personally brokers a deal between France and China at the G20 summit.
Thursday, April 2, 2009 in Slate
Obama personally brokers a deal between France and China at the G20 summit.
Thursday, April 2, 2009 in Slate
Like Daughter, Like Father
Monday, March 30, 2009 in Slate
Monday, March 30, 2009 in Slate
Return of the Obamamaniacs
Thirteen million campaign supporters are being recalled to duty in defense of the president's budget.
Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Slate
Thirteen million campaign supporters are being recalled to duty in defense of the president's budget.
Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Slate
The Good Flip-Flop
Obama abandons a plan to make private insurers pay for veterans' combat injuries.
Thursday, March 19, 2009 in Slate
Obama abandons a plan to make private insurers pay for veterans' combat injuries.
Thursday, March 19, 2009 in Slate
Going to California
Obama takes his message to the West Coast while the administration ponders a controversial parliamentary move.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 in Slate
Obama takes his message to the West Coast while the administration ponders a controversial parliamentary move.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 in Slate
How To Win Your NCAA Pool
Act like a hedge-fund manager, and pick Duke to win it all.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 in Slate
Act like a hedge-fund manager, and pick Duke to win it all.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 in Slate
Empty Halls at Treasury
Another would-be Geithner deputy withdraws, but the stock market shows signs of life.
Thursday, March 12, 2009 in Slate
Another would-be Geithner deputy withdraws, but the stock market shows signs of life.
Thursday, March 12, 2009 in Slate
Spend Now, Recoup Later
Obama works several major policies into a budget blueprint with a record deficit.
Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009 in Slate
Obama works several major policies into a budget blueprint with a record deficit.
Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009 in Slate
Moving Along
The stimulus-bill drama winds down, and Obama gets most of what he wants.
Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009 in Slate
The stimulus-bill drama winds down, and Obama gets most of what he wants.
Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009 in Slate
Two Days Since Last Accident
CIA pick discloses last year's finances ahead of Senate committee hearing.
Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009 in Slate
CIA pick discloses last year's finances ahead of Senate committee hearing.
Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009 in Slate
Homer Simpson's Washington
D.C. connections are the cause of Daschle's problems. Can they be the solution?
Monday, Feb. 2, 2009 in Slate
D.C. connections are the cause of Daschle's problems. Can they be the solution?
Monday, Feb. 2, 2009 in Slate
Cautiously Antagonistic
Obama wags the presidential finger and throws a bone to labor.
Friday, Jan. 30, 2009 in Slate
Obama wags the presidential finger and throws a bone to labor.
Friday, Jan. 30, 2009 in Slate
Stimulating Change
The GOP may not be onboard, but legislation is still moving in Washington.
Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009 in Slate
The GOP may not be onboard, but legislation is still moving in Washington.
Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009 in Slate
So Much for That
Early signs suggest that partisanship is alive and well in Washington.
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009 in Slate
Early signs suggest that partisanship is alive and well in Washington.
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009 in Slate
Polls Up, Jobs Down
Obama has record approval, but economic gloom persists.
Monday, Jan. 26, 2009 in Slate
Obama has record approval, but economic gloom persists.
Monday, Jan. 26, 2009 in Slate
The Change-o-Meter
Obama lifts the "gag rule" on abortion counseling.
Friday, Jan. 23, 2009 in Slate
Obama lifts the "gag rule" on abortion counseling.
Friday, Jan. 23, 2009 in Slate
The Change-o-Meter
As promised, Guantanamo and CIA prisons will close.
Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009 in Slate
As promised, Guantanamo and CIA prisons will close.
Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009 in Slate
The Change-o-Meter
A halt to military commissions in Guantanamo notches points for Obama.
Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009 in Slate
A halt to military commissions in Guantanamo notches points for Obama.
Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009 in Slate
Obama's Inaugural, Annotated
Slate writers pencil in their notes on the inaugural address.
Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009 in Slate
Slate writers pencil in their notes on the inaugural address.
Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009 in Slate
Ten To Toss
The top Bush executive orders that Obama should scrap immediately.
The top Bush executive orders that Obama should scrap immediately.
Of the Algorithms, by the Algorithms, for the Algorithms
Can a bunch of mathematicians make government more representative?
Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009 in Slate
Can a bunch of mathematicians make government more representative?
Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009 in Slate
Who Checks the Spell-Checkers?
Microsoft Word's dictionary is old and outdated. Here's how to fix it.
Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008 in Slate
Microsoft Word's dictionary is old and outdated. Here's how to fix it.
Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008 in Slate
Who Says Obama Was the Story of the Year?
Miley Cyrus, Marc Chagall, and 39 other topics that distracted us—at least briefly—from the election.
Friday, Dec. 26, 2008 in Slate
Miley Cyrus, Marc Chagall, and 39 other topics that distracted us—at least briefly—from the election.
Friday, Dec. 26, 2008 in Slate
The Slate Bailout Guide
The first half of the $700 billion bailout is depleted, and now both Bush and Obama want Congress to approve the rest.
The first half of the $700 billion bailout is depleted, and now both Bush and Obama want Congress to approve the rest.
Obama's White House, Clinton's Team
An interactive chart of administration loyalties, now with the full roster of major appointees.
Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008 in Slate
An interactive chart of administration loyalties, now with the full roster of major appointees.
Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008 in Slate
Introducing President "Barracks Boatman" - Updated
Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008 in Slate
Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008 in Slate
CNN Meets Star Wars: The Mashup
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008 in Slate
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008 in Slate
Bush's Final Gift to McCain
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 in Slate
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 in Slate
The Bellwether Election Map
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 in Slate
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 in Slate
Obama Wins the Presidency
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 in Slate
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 in Slate
Obama on the Brink
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 in Slate
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 in Slate
No Reverse Coattails in Virginia
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 in Slate
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 in Slate
Obama's Grandmother's Vote Barely Made the Cut
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 in Slate
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 in Slate
Can a Dead Woman Vote?
Obama's late grandmother's absentee ballot will count in Hawaii, but not every state has the same policy.
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 in Slate
Obama's late grandmother's absentee ballot will count in Hawaii, but not every state has the same policy.
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 in Slate
Yes, He Can
Barack Obama should be able to disclose his small-dollar donors pretty easily.
Barack Obama should be able to disclose his small-dollar donors pretty easily.
Make Your Own Electoral College Pool
Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008 in Slate
Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008 in Slate
All Politics Is Not Local
Does it matter where candidates campaign?
Does it matter where candidates campaign?
Philadelphia vs. the Phillies
Philly fans finally have a winning baseball team. Now they just need to stop hating themselves.
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008 in Slate
Philly fans finally have a winning baseball team. Now they just need to stop hating themselves.
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008 in Slate
Lessons from Tito the Builder
Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008 in Slate
Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008 in Slate
The Conservative's Canada
Where can Republicans threaten to move if Obama wins?
Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 in Slate
Where can Republicans threaten to move if Obama wins?
Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 in Slate
Measuring the Palin Effect
Is the Alaska governor responsible for record Web traffic in September?
Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008 in Slate
Is the Alaska governor responsible for record Web traffic in September?
Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008 in Slate
Obama's Hanging Curve
Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008 in Slate
Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008 in Slate
The Four Coalitions To Court for Bailout Votes
Friday, Oct. 3, 2008 in Slate
Friday, Oct. 3, 2008 in Slate
Biden's Fishy Claim: Three Weeks in Iraq
Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008 in Slate
Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008 in Slate
Main Street, Wasilla
Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008 in Slate
Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008 in Slate
The Fact-Free Debate
How the debate reads with all the facts removed.
Monday, Sept. 29, 2008 in Slate
How the debate reads with all the facts removed.
Monday, Sept. 29, 2008 in Slate
Ten To Toss
Readers nominate the 10th Bush order that the next president should scrap.
Readers nominate the 10th Bush order that the next president should scrap.
Atomic Prose
Why can't science journalists just tell it like it is when it comes to particle physics?
Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008 in Slate
Why can't science journalists just tell it like it is when it comes to particle physics?
Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008 in Slate
Will McCain's Heart Stop?
Whether the campaign needs permission to play "Barracuda."
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 in Slate
Whether the campaign needs permission to play "Barracuda."
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 in Slate
Convention Speech Smack Down
Who was meaner to the other guys, the Democrats or the Republicans?
Friday, Sept. 5, 2008 in Slate
Who was meaner to the other guys, the Democrats or the Republicans?
Friday, Sept. 5, 2008 in Slate
Why Is the Internet So Infuriatingly Slow?
Plus, two horrible things your Internet service provider wants to do to make it speedier.
Friday, Sept. 5, 2008 in Slate
Plus, two horrible things your Internet service provider wants to do to make it speedier.
Friday, Sept. 5, 2008 in Slate
Obama's Acceptance, Annotated
Slate writers take a highlighter to Obama's speech and tell you what it really means.
Friday, Aug. 29, 2008 in Slate
Slate writers take a highlighter to Obama's speech and tell you what it really means.
Friday, Aug. 29, 2008 in Slate
Pick Boy Vs. Super Delegate: The Real Denver Rivalry
Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008 in Slate
Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008 in Slate
Hillary's Speech: The Twitter Edition
Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008 in Slate
Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008 in Slate
The Future and Mark Warner
Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008 in Slate
Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008 in Slate
Fox vs. MSNBC: Michelle's Speech
Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008 in Slate
Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008 in Slate
Does Altitude Sickness Feed Obama Fever?
Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008 in Slate
Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008 in Slate
The Olympics Sap-o-Meter
Finally, a scientific way to measure the sappiness of NBC's Olympics coverage.
Finally, a scientific way to measure the sappiness of NBC's Olympics coverage.
How To Talk to a Search Engine
Three queries to help decide if Google or Cuil or Ask is right for you.
Monday, Aug. 4, 2008 in Slate
Three queries to help decide if Google or Cuil or Ask is right for you.
Monday, Aug. 4, 2008 in Slate
The Search Engine Litmus Test
How do we know if a Google competitor is any good? A Slate reader contest.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 in Slate
How do we know if a Google competitor is any good? A Slate reader contest.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 in Slate
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Slate's interactive guide: Who in the Bush administration broke the law, and who could be prosecuted?
Slate's interactive guide: Who in the Bush administration broke the law, and who could be prosecuted?
Obama.com: Not What You Think!
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 in Slate
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 in Slate
The Ideal Running Mate
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 in Slate
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 in Slate
The Spam Superhighway
What's "Port 25," and what does it have to do with Internet junk mail?
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 in Slate
What's "Port 25," and what does it have to do with Internet junk mail?
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 in Slate
Speak English, Stupid Computer!
Finally, a search engine that understands you. But don't ditch Google yet.
Thursday, June 19, 2008 in Slate
Finally, a search engine that understands you. But don't ditch Google yet.
Thursday, June 19, 2008 in Slate
What Does a Nuclear Blueprint Look Like?
Lots and lots of computer files.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 in Slate
Lots and lots of computer files.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 in Slate
Introducing Obamamania!
A new Slate book and a daily dose of Obamaisms.
Thursday, June 19, 2008 in Slate
A new Slate book and a daily dose of Obamaisms.
Thursday, June 19, 2008 in Slate
Obama's Perfect Slogan
Monday, June 16, 2008 in Slate
Monday, June 16, 2008 in Slate
Jumbo Jet for Sale
What happens to a plane when an airline retires it?
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 in Slate
What happens to a plane when an airline retires it?
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 in Slate
A Consolation for Montana
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 in Slate
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 in Slate
How To Look for Life on Mars
Sorting through the extraterrestrial dust.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 in Slate
Sorting through the extraterrestrial dust.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 in Slate
The Yellow Liquid Diet
Is it a good idea to drink urine when water is scarce?
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 in Slate
Is it a good idea to drink urine when water is scarce?
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 in Slate
Huckabee Dropped Out, Right?
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 in Slate
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 in Slate
Can a Dead Woman Vote?
Will the late Florence Steen's absentee ballot count in South Dakota's primary?
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 in Slate
Will the late Florence Steen's absentee ballot count in South Dakota's primary?
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 in Slate
The Speech Obama Should Give Tonight
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 in Slate
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 in Slate
Game Google, Help the World
Why search-engine optimization makes the Web a better place.
Friday, May 9, 2008 in Slate
Why search-engine optimization makes the Web a better place.
Friday, May 9, 2008 in Slate
Burma vs. Myanmar
Why can't the newspapers just pick a name and go with it?
Thursday, May 8, 2008 in Slate
Why can't the newspapers just pick a name and go with it?
Thursday, May 8, 2008 in Slate
Racing Against the Finish Line
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 in Slate
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 in Slate
Exit Polls 101
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 in Slate
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 in Slate
What's a Botnet?
An army of infected computers that can send out 100 billion spam e-mails a day.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 in Slate
An army of infected computers that can send out 100 billion spam e-mails a day.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 in Slate
Romney's Big "What If?"
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 in Slate
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 in Slate
Drop Out, Obama
Thursday, April 24, 2008 in Slate
Thursday, April 24, 2008 in Slate
The State of the Google
First-quarter revenues strong; economic apocalypse averted.
Thursday, April 17, 2008 in Slate
First-quarter revenues strong; economic apocalypse averted.
Thursday, April 17, 2008 in Slate
Can I Buy Life Insurance on a Stranger?
Not unless you have "insurable interest."
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 in Slate
Not unless you have "insurable interest."
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 in Slate
Do Ousted Campaign Advisers Still Advise?
Hillary Clinton can still talk to Mark Penn on the phone, can't she?
Monday, April 7, 2008 in Slate
Hillary Clinton can still talk to Mark Penn on the phone, can't she?
Monday, April 7, 2008 in Slate
Apocalypse No!
Is the U.S. government liable for the end of the world?
Wednesday, April 2, 2008 in Slate
Is the U.S. government liable for the end of the world?
Wednesday, April 2, 2008 in Slate
What Is a Mortgage-Backed Security?
The financial instrument that destroyed Bear Stearns.
Monday, March 17, 2008 in Slate
The financial instrument that destroyed Bear Stearns.
Monday, March 17, 2008 in Slate
Have People Stopped Clicking on Google Ads?
Or did a Web-traffic firm get the numbers wrong?
Monday, March 10, 2008 in Slate
Or did a Web-traffic firm get the numbers wrong?
Monday, March 10, 2008 in Slate
Prince Hairy?
Why didn't the British royal have to cut his hair in the army?
Wednesday, March 5, 2008 in Slate
Why didn't the British royal have to cut his hair in the army?
Wednesday, March 5, 2008 in Slate
Huck, Fin
Tuesday, March 4, 2008 in Slate
Tuesday, March 4, 2008 in Slate
Slate's Delegate Calculator
The popular vote proved an accurate predictor of delegate counts.
Friday, June 6, 2008 in Slate
The popular vote proved an accurate predictor of delegate counts.
Friday, June 6, 2008 in Slate
Obama: Lacy, Like Stockings
Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008 in Slate
Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008 in Slate
The Wisdom of the Chaperones
Digg, Wikipedia, and the myth of Web 2.0 democracy.
Friday, Feb. 22, 2008 in Slate
Digg, Wikipedia, and the myth of Web 2.0 democracy.
Friday, Feb. 22, 2008 in Slate
The Encyclopedia Baracktannica
Now with more words and definitions!
Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008 in Slate
Now with more words and definitions!
Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008 in Slate
baseball
Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008 in Slate
Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008 in Slate
Tale of Two Videos: "Yes We Can" vs. "Vote Different"
Monday, Feb. 11, 2008 in Slate
Monday, Feb. 11, 2008 in Slate
Testify Before Congress, Meals Not Included
Did the government buy Roger Clemens a plane ticket?
Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008 in Slate
Did the government buy Roger Clemens a plane ticket?
Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008 in Slate
Pollsters Protect Magic Algorithms
Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008 in Slate
Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008 in Slate
American Samoa Watch: Check
Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008 in Slate
Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008 in Slate
Worthless Exit Polling in Mass. and Mo.
Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008 in Slate
Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008 in Slate
Snow Leads Tornadoes With 100+ Delegates
Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008 in Slate
Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008 in Slate
Don't Listen to Wolf
Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008 in Slate
Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008 in Slate
Get Off of My Cloud
Why Microsoft's play for Yahoo! isn't about search.
Friday, Feb. 1, 2008 in Slate
Why Microsoft's play for Yahoo! isn't about search.
Friday, Feb. 1, 2008 in Slate
The McCain Pile-On
Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008 in Slate
Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008 in Slate
A Computer Reads the State of the Union
What natural-language analysis tells us about the president.
Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008 in Slate
What natural-language analysis tells us about the president.
Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008 in Slate
Unluck of the Draw
Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008 in Slate
Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008 in Slate
Did Obama "Supporters" Lie? [UPDATED]
Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008 in Slate
Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008 in Slate
The Steroids Social Network
An interactive feature on the Mitchell report.
An interactive feature on the Mitchell report.
Candagrams
Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007 in Slate
Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007 in Slate
James Watson's 16 Percent
What does it mean to say that he's one-sixth African?
Friday, Dec. 14, 2007 in Slate
What does it mean to say that he's one-sixth African?
Friday, Dec. 14, 2007 in Slate
Why Congress Needs More Scientists
Q&A With Rep. Vernon Ehlers
September 29, 2009 in U.S. News & World Report
Q&A With Rep. Vernon Ehlers
September 29, 2009 in U.S. News & World Report
Breaking the Code
A devout Christian, Francis Collins helped discover the genetic roadmap for human life. But can he really see God at work in DNA?
Friday, July 1, 2007 in Washingtonian
A devout Christian, Francis Collins helped discover the genetic roadmap for human life. But can he really see God at work in DNA?
Friday, July 1, 2007 in Washingtonian
Now at Va. Tech, Columbine Grads Relive Tragedy
April 17, 2007 in U.S. News & World Report
April 17, 2007 in U.S. News & World Report
Gladwell’s Brain
Malcolm Gladwell, the quirky author of Blink and Tipping Point, writes bestseller after bestseller. He got his start in Washington, and Washington hasn’t been the same since.
Monday, January 8, 2007 in Washingtonian
Malcolm Gladwell, the quirky author of Blink and Tipping Point, writes bestseller after bestseller. He got his start in Washington, and Washington hasn’t been the same since.
Monday, January 8, 2007 in Washingtonian
Building Dinosaur Skeletons
Assembling a Real Triceratops Isn’t Easy.
Tuesday, August 1, 2006 in Washingtonian
Assembling a Real Triceratops Isn’t Easy.
Tuesday, August 1, 2006 in Washingtonian