How Realistic Is the Buzzy New Movie About Getting Swallowed by a Whale? A Whale Biologist Weighs In. Nadira Goffe
Everything you want to know about Whalefall and its real-life possibilities.
A Hoax About James Talarico Went Viral and Then Fell Apart. What Happens Next Will Tell Us a Lot About Politics in 2026. Molly Olmstead
It’s a perfect experiment in truth and consequences—or lack thereof.
Texas Just Accidentally Set Up a Great Experiment About Whether Facts Matter at All in 2026 Molly Olmstead
It’s a perfect experiment in truth and consequences—or lack thereof.
Texas’ Anti-Abortion Bounty Law Is Being Used Against a Supremely Ironic Target Mary Ziegler
Hmm, this law might be too broad?
One Big Thing Connects Sam Alito’s Recent Comments About Roe v. Wade and the “Cornell Seven” Dahlia Lithwick
Women’s rights are just “abstract” to the justice. <img src="https://compote.slate.com/images/6114413e-65a2-42a9-bf11-dae611be2879.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0" title="One Big Thing Connects Sam Alito’s Recent Comments About Roe v. Wade and the “Cornell Seven”” />
There’s an Obvious and Easy Solution to Our Twins’ Birthday Cake Dilemma. My Husband Wants to Do It the Hard Way. Jamilah Lemieux
I know what to do, but he won’t listen.