Ever since the late Michael Jackson popularized the moonwalk in 1983, the iconic dance move has entranced people around the world. As a tribute to MJ's influence, Slate V presents a compilation of ...
The U.S. Air Force considered trying to detonate a nuclear device on the moon during the late 1950s. A physicist who worked on the project said a single explosion would have been "microscopic," wit...
It's Monday, and yet the disastrous video for Rebecca Black's song "Friday" has gone viral. With such riveting lyrics as "Gotta get down to the bus stop" and "I see my friends," people all over t...
Catarina Migliorini, a 20-year-old Brazilian woman, has auctioned off her virginity for $780,000, the first step in an Australian "documentary" experiment that takes "prurient" to new lows.
There were plenty of daring fashion displays at the Academy Awards, but none were as unpredictable as Sacha Baron Cohen's. He showed up on the red carpet in character, despite warnings he'd be remo...
In the series "The Secret Life of a Food Stamp," Marketplace reporter Krissy Clark traces how big-box stores make billions from the federal Supplemental Nutritio...
John McCain has released an ad attacking Barack Obama for his celebrity status, comparing him to Britney Spears. Slate V imagines a viral video backlash.
Reviews of: This Is It, Gentlemen Broncos, and The House of the Devil Description: In this week's Summary Judgment, Mark Jordan Legan sums up what critics are saying about the big weekend movies: ...
It's been a good run everybody, but beware, because May 21 signals the start of the end of the world. Harold Camping, the 89-year-old president of the Family Radio network, insists that May 21, 201...
If you thought Charlie Sheen was overpaid, meet the world's most expensive dog. The 11-month-old red Tibetan Mastiff named Big Splash, or Hong Dong in China, was purchased by a coal baron in northe...