Slate Crossword: One Who May Receive the Voyager Golden Record (Five Letters) Hemant Mehta
Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for July 6, 2025.
Lots of Us Forget How Bad Life Was Before Vaccines. I Have a Theory About That. Terese Svoboda
In our family, and many others, polio was an open secret.
My Boyfriend Promised Me an Exciting Sex Life. Well, Where Is It, Then? Rich Juzwiak
Is there such a thing as death by a thousand missionary positions?
It’s Basically the Worst Flavor You Can Find in Wine. So Why Are Some Winemakers Embracing It? Karly Quadros
West Coat wildfires have poured smoke into an unlikely place.
Growing Up, I Didn’t Realize I Was Gay. Then Seven Straight Guys and I Went to Colonial Williamsburg. Harris Sockel
Unspeakable things happened that night. It was awesome.
Fresh Herbs Are Being Massively Mismanaged in Many Recipes. But I’ve Discovered a Brilliant Solution. Danny Palumbo
Pull that basil back from the brink!
My Niece Asked Me a Bizarre, Grown-Up Question. She Learned It From Her Own Mother. Michelle Herman
She’s not old enough to handle this.
Help! My Neighbor Friend Called Me a “Brother.” But What I Caught Him Doing Behind My Back Wasn’t Very Brotherly. Jenée Desmond-Harris
He always said he was on “my side,” but the evidence says otherwise!
Not Even Lawsuits Can Stop AI Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay
Slate senior tech editor Tony Ho Tran helps parse through what Meta’s victory in a recent AI lawsuit means for authors and users.
Slate Mini Crossword for July 5, 2025 Nate Cardin
Take a quick break with our daily 5×5 grid.