How to adapt cake pan sizes when baking
With a little math, you can adapt any baking recipe to work with what you've got
Why America loves conspiracy theories
The "Batman" writer told Salon about Trump's election inspiring "The Department of Truth" & interrogating beliefs
An eclectic walk through queer history
From recreations to animations, "Pride" takes creative approaches to detailing the US's LGBTQIA+ evolution
10 famous authors and their moms
Your favorite authors got support, words of wisdom, and sometimes tough love from their moms
Manufacturing climate change denialism
Starting decades ago, powerful corporations spread a sophistic climate change denialist ideology. Here's how
Can you freeze avocados? We tested it
Have you ever wondered, "Can you freeze avocados?" Please read this cautionary tale
Sexism at 40,000 feet
United's male-only flights lasted from 1953 to 1970. In addition to women, children were also banned from boarding
MTG caught claiming illegal tax break
A local news investigation found Greene claimed two permanent residences on her state taxes
Israel's big lie — abetted by U.S.
Almost everything said in the U.S. about Israel's assault on the Palestinians is a lie — because we are implicated
Israeli airstrike targets media offices
"The world will know less about what is happening in Gaza because of what happened today"
Mythic Quest subverts girlboss culture
I like to think of the show's protagonist, Poppy Li, as a sort of anti-Emily Cooper of "Emily in Paris"
Will Americans switch to plant-based?
Americans on average consumed about 58 pounds of beef and veal in 2019—compared with a global average of 14 pounds
![Descartes' (1596-1650) idea of vision, [1692]. The passage of nervous impulses from the eye to the pineal gland and so to the muscles. From Rene Descartes' Opera Philosophica (Tractatus de homine), 1692. (Oxford Science Archive/Print Collector/Getty Images)](https://www.salon.com/app/uploads/2021/05/descartes-pineal-gland-0514211-768x518.jpg "The mysteries of the pineal gland")
The mysteries of the pineal gland
The endocrine gland has become culturally linked with metaphysics, drug-induced states, and even time travel
"Changes" coming for CNN's Don Lemon
He's not leaving the network — but the longtime CNN fixture says "changes are coming"
How we could lose America
Remember that relief we felt after Biden was elected? That didn't last long — and darkness is closing in
Church attendance linked to COVID rates?
Church closures were among the most contested measures used to fight COVID-19
Texas passes bizarre new abortion ban
Harsh new Texas abortion ban relies on citizens suing providers — or anyone who helps a woman get an abortion
Gaetz friend gave escort "no show" job
"She was just one of the many pieces of arm candy he had," one source told The Daily Beast
Demi Lovato will hunt UFOs on TV
The singer will give her heart a break for this four-part series that will "uncover the truth about UFO phenomena"
"Saved by the Bell" will honor Diamond
The actor, who had appeared in every "Saved by the Bell" franchise project, died in February 2021
Fox changes tune on CDC mask guidance
For most of the past year on Fox, masks were tyranny. Now, the CDC's new guidance appears to be a "distraction"
"Underground Railroad" is a masterpiece
"Moonlight" director Barry Jenkins creates a potent 10-episode experience from Colson Whitehead's towering story
Gaetz associate pleads guilty
He didn't implicate Gaetz directly, but admitted "unidentified others" participated in the crime, prosecutors said