The Lovely Bones (2009) chronicles the life and afterlife of Susie Salmon, a teenager who is brutally murdered by her neighbor. The film unfolds from Susie’s perspective of the afterlife, where she ...

Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Ricky Middlesworth/ABC. —Nancy is a dancing machine, but only at weddings. —Nancy is a Bruce Springsteen stan. Not at all a bad start: Loving rom-coms, wedding ...

If we succeed in harnessing nuclear fusion, coconuts will be at the heart of our energy supplies for years to come. Electric buses in China already rely on coconuts. So does the mining of gold. The ...

The Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire was a vital tool in the space race of the 20th Century. The radio telescope is the third largest in the world and played a part in many discoveries. It ...

Life After Oil Raymond Chandler, who wrote the famous novel upon which Vertigo’s production is based, once worked as a vice-president of California’s Dabney Oil Syndicate. When, at the age of 44, he ...

Charlotte Rae, the actress best known as the matriarch of the NBC boarding school sitcom “The Facts of Life,” was remembered Sunday by colleagues and fans as a warm, funny, and versatile pro. Rae died ...