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Aug. 29, 2011
- All the President's Memes Why Obama gets so much love on the Internet.
Aug. 18, 2011
- Jonathan Ive, Designer, Apple "A computer absolutely can be sexy."
Aug. 16, 2011
- Slowpoke How to be a faster writer.
Aug. 10, 2011
- Is Rory McIlroy the Next Tiger Woods? What the advanced golf stats say about the game's young star.
Jul. 13, 2011
- This Is a Serious Book Review Lee Siegel's winning tour of seriousness in American culture.
Jul. 12, 2011
- The Culture Gabfest, "Real Men Cheat on Their Wives" Edition Listen to Slate's show on Dan Savage and monogamy, Ashton Kutcher vs. the Village Voice, and 4chan's influential message board /b/.
Jul. 06, 2011
- 4chanomics What the influential, hilarious, revolting message board teaches us about Internet culture.
Jun. 28, 2011
- The Toughest Test in Golf Looking at the new golf stats to see who will win the U.S. Open.
Jun. 16, 2011
- Google Kids: The Sequel The challenges of designing a search engine for children.
Jun. 14, 2011
- Google Kids Why doesn't this exist?
Jun. 10, 2011
- Cool Story, Bro! A meme for our information-saturated moment.
May. 12, 2011
- Awsum Shoes! Is it ethical to fix grammatical and spelling errors in Internet reviews?
May. 10, 2011
- Will Cam Newton Be a Bust? The speech analysts at Achievement Metrics reveal whether the No. 1 pick is in the "quadrant of doom."
Apr. 30, 2011
- Turning Words Into Touchdowns Does a player's speech predict how he'll perform in the NFL?
Apr. 27, 2011
- The Return of the King The stats show that Tiger Woods is getting his game back.
Apr. 06, 2011
- Earthquake Japan Help How Google responds to crises. Plus, the best emergency apps for your phone.
Mar. 11, 2011
- The Opening of the American Unconscious David Brooks solves all our problems in The Social Animal.
Mar. 07, 2011
- The Culture Gabfest, "Reality Is Statham" Edition Listen to Slate's show about Jason Statham's new movie The Mechanic, the Onion News Network, and whether video games can make us better.
Feb. 02, 2011
- How Video Games Can Make Us Heroes Jane McGonigal explains how to harness gaming energy to do good.
Jan. 24, 2011
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