Here's why festival food is so expensive
Attending a music festival this summer? Here’s how much you can expect to spend on food
Study suggests pigeons dream of flying
Scientists discover birds, like humans, experience REM sleep, the stage of sleep associated with vivid dreams
My case against meatloaf
Us 80s babies suffered through meatloaf, so you don't have to. You're welcome.
AI, the tech elite and "extinction"
When leading figures in AI talk about "extinction," they're not really concerned with the fate of actual humans
Former Trump AG Barr says, "He's toast"
“I mean, it’s a very detailed indictment, and it’s very, very damning," Barr says during a Sunday Fox segment
"Does trauma-bonding negate the love?"
"The Boys" star Erin Moriarty and Jai Courtney discuss damaged characters, shooting in a "dustbowl" and messiness
Teddy Roosevelt's massive racism
Theodore Roosevelt is revered as a "progressive" president — but his views on race were anything but
Crown star jokes he has "a period face"
The British actor on "You Hurt My Feelings," his love of working with funny women and a curious Salon connection
Paul McCartney turned his lens on 1964
In 275 never-before-seen images, McCartney's photographs brilliantly capture the onset of the group's fame
The infant milk allergy mystery persists
Cow’s milk allergies seem to be on the rise. Some experts question whether the formula industry is to blame
A wild idea to fix CNN after Chris Licht
Winning back the right can't be done. Neither will persuading them that CNN isn't a villain. Time to move forward
Trump calls indictment "ridiculous"
"They're gonna spend 200 million dollars on prosecuting a crime where there's no crime," Trump said in Georgia
My trans daughter's 18 States of America
My daughter's America has become apocalyptic — safe states scattered, broken up by vast stretches of hostility
How Padma became the core of "Top Chef"
Over 19 seasons, Padma has provided stability and empathy to the series. But what is "Top Chef" without her?
Shiny happy abusive homeschooling
Seen in the Duggar docuseries, I'm a Quiverfull survivor who knows firsthand how adults with no oversight harm kids
Crocodile ‘virgin' birth isn’t a miracle
Parthenogenesis is a survival strategy that doesn't work
Perfect, flaky fish in only 20 minutes
Hint: it involves your toaster oven and minimal clean-up
Michael Shannon: "What is normal?"
Michael Shannon spoke to Salon about directing "Eric LaRue," starring Judy Greer as a mom whose son shot classmates
This Trump indictment is devastating
Trump loyalists will circle the wagons, of course. But Smith's "speaking indictment" hit Mar-a-Lago like a tsunami
Lake threatens gun violence against DOJ
"Most of us are card-carrying members of the NRA. That’s not a threat, that’s a public service announcement”
Philip K. Dick's grim ChatGPT prediction
Dick's novel "The Penultimate Truth" already showed us how AI that writes according to prompt can be corrupted
Racehorse deaths aren't a mystery
How a legacy of black market doping and lobbying groups are killing “the sport of kings”
Bursting of the dam: Ukraine marches on
It's little mystery who blew up the Kakhovka dam
Trump lawyer quits after TV interview
It’s unusual for defense attorneys to "take a client up through indictment and walk away,” ex-prosecutor says