Over the holidays I watched “A Christmas Story” for the gazillionth time. One of the scenes in the movie is Ralphie getting his secret decoder ring to unlock the mysteries of the universe. His ring ...

Why did the mullet become a thing? Why did everybody go crazy over Cabbage Patch dolls? And why would anybody ever go on a reality TV show? These are the typical questions you'd find asked in Slate's ...

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The FAA is increasingly using symbols on approach procedure charts to reduce clutter and lengthy text notes, a move that requires pilots to remember their meanings or consult a legend. Key symbols ...

With the FingerReader, all a visually impaired user needs is to do is point. Print is everywhere. But rarely does a menu, magazine, or business card get translated into Braille. For situations in ...

Decoder Ring: "When Jane Fonda granted us an interview to talk about her famous workout tape, things didn't go as planned. On part one of a special two-part Decoder Ring, we explore the decades-long ...

Willa Paskin hosts the popular Slate podcast “Decoder Ring” about cracking cultural mysteries. In each episode, Willa takes a cultural question, object, or habit; examines its history; and tries to ...