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Behind the Scenes of Blood Manor, One of NYC’s Scariest Haunted Houses

Walk through New York City’s Blood Manor in the dark, and you might have a heart attack. Explore it with the lights up and you’ll see a series of simple tech tricks designed to scare the pants off you. We got a look inside the haunted house last October with co-owner Jim Faro, who got…

Tech News Leslie Horn

The U.S. Congress Helped Make One Simpsons Halloween Special As Violent As Possible

Treehouse of Horror V isn’t just one of the best Simpsons Halloween episodes—it’s one of the best episodes of the entire show. But, even for Halloween, it was a surprisingly blood-laden and gory episode for the cartoon. Why? It turns out it was because of complaints from Congress. Brian Cronin’s excellent “TV Legends Revealed” series…

io9 James Whitbrook

The New Way Queer People Hook Up in the American Heartland

South Dakota’s only gay club is dead when I show up on a Friday night. A Katy Perry song thumps on a dance floor so vacant it looks fit for an open house. There’s a lone lesbian chain-smoking outside and two guys slurping vodka near a row of empty bar chairs. The place, Club David…

Tech News Natalie O'Neill

Here’s How Much America’s Infrastructure Is Worth Compared to Other Countries

Americans tend to think of the US as a leader in building–while simultaneously worrying over the state of its crumbling infrastructure. So when it’s compared dollar-to-dollar to the rest of the world, how much are our skyscrapers, highways, airports, and factories really worth? Arcadis, the Dutch consultancy, recently released an analysis of the world’s built…

Climate Change Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Doctor Who‘s Eighth Doctor Is Finally Getting The Figure He Deserves

Paul McGann’s Eighth Doctor has long been left in the shadows by Doctor Who (on TV at least)—it took him 17 years to show up again after his first appearance in 1996, which gave him a cool new outfit to boot. But it’s only now, 2 years after that appearance, that he’s getting a rad…

Tech News James Whitbrook

io9 Costume Show Week 4: It’s Right Around the Corner!

We’ve got comic characters in new time periods, hobbits, and generations of Nazi-fighting archeologists. Come on into the io9 Halloween Costume Show and shows us your best! Halloween is in two days, so post pictures of your Halloween costumes (please post pictures of yourself only), along with a note about how you put the costume…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Uber’s Surge Pricing May Not Lead to a Surge in Drivers

Uber has long stirred controversy and consternation over the higher “surge” prices it charges at peak times. The company has always said the higher prices actually help passengers by encouraging more drivers to get on the road. But computer scientists from Northeastern University have found that higher prices don’t necessarily result in more drivers. Lead…

Tech News Lauren Kirchner and Surya Mattu - ProPublica

Star Wars Rebels Just Sent Shockwaves Across The Entire Star Wars Galaxy

This was the kind of Star Wars Rebels episode I truly love. One that added a whole new layer of mystery to not just the show, but the Star Wars universe as a whole. And this mystery has to do with Inquisitors. Last season, a single Inquisitor was the primary adversary of the Rebels. This…

Television Germain Lussier

This Leave-In SD Card Merges With Your MacBook’s SSD to Increase Its Capacity

By now there are countless flash cards designed to sit perfectly inside the MacBook Air’s SD card slot and boost the laptop’s storage as an extra onboard drive. But the TarDisk Pear is the first to actually merge with a MacBook’s SSD, creating a single hybrid drive for easier file management. Made with a brushed…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

That Remote Control R2-D2 Mini Fridge Is Going To Cost You Over $8,000

Did you hear that? That’s the sound of thousands of disappointed Star Wars fans who just realized that a life-size remote control R2-D2 refrigerator that can deliver them drinks will never be theirs. Unless they can find a way to justify spending $8,000+ on a tiny fridge that can only chill six cans. First revealed…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Want to Get Into Bio-Hacking? Here’s a Beginner Bioreactor For Engineering Cells At Home

Bioengineering is pervasive these days–just look at your medicine, your makeup, or your food–but the science behind it is still pretty inaccessible to tinkerers. Enter Amino: A small bioengineering lab that will walk you through the process of creating everything from glow-in-the-dark cells to an anti-cancer research compound. Amino was an MIT Media Lab project…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Enchanting video reveals the secret beauty of Iran

Stanislas Giroux, the guy who filmed this video, puts it quite simply: this is the video he would like to show people when they ask him why the heck would he want to go to Iran. And after watching it, I kind of want to go with him. The beauty of the country and the…

Sploid Casey Chan

Android 6 Vs. iOS 9: The Showdown

It wasn’t too long ago that we put the major mobile operating systems head to head, but with big updates from both Google and Apple in the meantime, we think it’s worth another look at where they both stand. Is there a clear winner? Or are they barely distinguishable any more? Visual Design and Interface…

Gadgets David Nield

The Heroes and Villains Of The Force Awakens Are Being Turned Into Lego Figures

Earlier this year, Lego announced a line of “Constraction” Star Wars toys—Bionicle-esque poseable figures that you built out of Lego pieces. It’s perhaps not surprising to hear that the line is being updated with characters from The Force Awakens, but now we’ve got a good look at what these figures look like! We’ve seen the…

Tech News James Whitbrook

Astronomers Have Discovered a Previously Unknown Feature of the Milky Way

Using the VISTA telescope, astronomers in Chile have discovered a previously undetected band of young stars hidden away behind thick clouds of dust in the central bulge of the Milky Way. Sometimes observation leads to some unforeseen discoveries, as in the case of this study. Our Solar System is parked inside the Milky Way, which…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

For Sale: Two Satellites, Lightly Used

Astronaut Dale Gardner was all for making a quick buck by reselling a pair of stray satellites he rescued from orbit, but the insurance companies insisted he returned them to Earth first. Astronauts Dale A. Gardner and Joseph P. Allen IV (visible in visor reflection) were sent out on a second extravehicular activity (EVA) in…

Tech News Mika McKinnon

Chick-fil-A Local Promotion Disappoints a Nation

A local Chick-fil-A’s offer for unlimited chicken nuggets went viral, prompting social media to lose its shit until it was confirmed that the stuff-you-face deal is not available nationwide. Even Snopes had to step in. Are we so desperate as a nation for nuggets? The offer from the St. Pete’s Beach, FL Chick-fil-A promised unlimited…

Tech News Kaila Hale-Stern

Twitch Is Streaming Every Single Episode of Bob Ross’ Hypnotic Painting Show

As a kid, Bob Ross and The Joy of Painting on PBS was my kryptonite. My parents knew that if they wanted thirty minutes of child-free silence, they’d switch on that quiet guy with the afro and I’d be freaking spellbound, up until every last titanium white cloud. Well today, Twitch announced it’s channeling that…

Tech News Bryan Lufkin

How to Shoot Live Photos Even If You Don’t Have a New iPhone

Live Photos is one of the headline features of the new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. But if you haven’t forked out for one of Apple’s 2015 handsets, there are ways to get the same kind of functionality on your own smartphone. All you need is the right app, and these are the best…

Gadgets David Nield

Explore The Private Lives Of Dungeon Monsters In Steve Lichman

Imagine a world where that Gnoll you killed in your last tabletop RPG had a life of his own. The dungeon’s just a day job—there’s a girlfriend waiting for him after a hard day’s gnolling. Want to know more about him outside of what loot he has when you whack him? Steve Lichman is the…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Behind the Scenes of Blood Manor, One of NYC’s Scariest Haunted Houses

The U.S. Congress Helped Make One Simpsons Halloween Special As Violent As Possible

The New Way Queer People Hook Up in the American Heartland

Here’s How Much America’s Infrastructure Is Worth Compared to Other Countries

Doctor Who‘s Eighth Doctor Is Finally Getting The Figure He Deserves

io9 Costume Show Week 4: It’s Right Around the Corner!

Uber’s Surge Pricing May Not Lead to a Surge in Drivers

Star Wars Rebels Just Sent Shockwaves Across The Entire Star Wars Galaxy

This Leave-In SD Card Merges With Your MacBook’s SSD to Increase Its Capacity

That Remote Control R2-D2 Mini Fridge Is Going To Cost You Over $8,000

Want to Get Into Bio-Hacking? Here’s a Beginner Bioreactor For Engineering Cells At Home

Enchanting video reveals the secret beauty of Iran

Android 6 Vs. iOS 9: The Showdown

The Heroes and Villains Of The Force Awakens Are Being Turned Into Lego Figures

Astronomers Have Discovered a Previously Unknown Feature of the Milky Way

For Sale: Two Satellites, Lightly Used

Chick-fil-A Local Promotion Disappoints a Nation

Twitch Is Streaming Every Single Episode of Bob Ross’ Hypnotic Painting Show

How to Shoot Live Photos Even If You Don’t Have a New iPhone

Explore The Private Lives Of Dungeon Monsters In Steve Lichman

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