The website of the chief electoral officer of West Bengal was unavailable since Tuesday morning, less than 12 hours after chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar listed the state among those where ...

Police were called to reports of a body being found in the Awliscombe area near Honiton this weekend. However, a statement issued by police has confirmed the remains were not human. Devon and Cornwall ...

Ask someone where outer space is, and they’ll probably point at the sky. It’s up, right? Simple. Except, no one really knows where “air space” ends and “outer space” begins. That might sound trivial, ...

There are moments in history that expose the true character of a people’s leadership. History has a cruel way of exposing hypocrisy, and today, it is holding up a mirror to the political elite of ...

Gold prices are soaring, reaching historic highs as China announces the discovery of its largest gold deposit, potentially holding over 1,000 metric tons. This "supergiant" find beneath the Wangu gold ...

Slate’s archives are full of fascinating stories. We’re republishing this article because it remains a reader favorite. It was originally published April 12, 2017. In 2022, the author of this piece, ...

In late 2012 we released our original report on arsenic in rice, in which we found measurable levels in almost all of the 60 rice varieties and rice products we tested. Our most recent testing and ...

To mark our 100th anniversary this year, we’re highlighting 12 of our favorite articles. Subscribers can access them all at any time, and we’ll unlock one per month for non-subscribers. For December, ...

When evolution skeptics want to attack Darwin's theory, they often point to the human eye. How could something so complex, they argue, have developed through random mutations and natural selection, ...