If you see someone wearing a different color than their teammates during a team sport, there’s a good chance it’s the goalkeeper. Soccer and ice hockey goalies, for example, always wear jerseys that ...

You might’ve read a bit on color theory, a “collection of rules and guidelines which designers use to communicate with users through appealing color schemes in visual interfaces,” once in your ...

There is no questioning that battery storage is the most popular, and most successful technology right now in the midst of Australia’s green energy transition. More than half of the wind and solar ...

Ten years ago, while at the university of Western Australia, anthropologist Nina Jablonski was asked to give a lecture on human skin. As an expert in primate evolution, she decided to discuss the ...

Slate’s archives are full of fascinating stories. We’re republishing this article because it remains a reader favorite. It was originally published April 12, 2017. In 2022, the author of this piece, ...