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Thor Doesn’t Understand Halloween

When you grow up in Asgard, certain Earth customs might seem perplexing. And when Thor is in the US for Halloween for the first time, it’s a bit of a disaster. The always fun Texts from Superheroes has a Halloween edition up, featuring text conversations between Batman and Robin, the Joker and Lex Luthor, Iron…

io9 Lauren Davis

The U.S. Is Spending $4.5-Million To Save The Rarest Fish On Earth

The (4.5-) million dollar question is: Should it be? Above: Four Devils Hole pupfish, photographed in 2010 by Olin Feuerbacher for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Today, there are fewer than 100 left. The fish in question is the Devils Hole pupfish. One of the first species to be protected by the Endangered Species…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Being Fitted for Contacts in 1948 Was Totally Horrifying

Want to know just how badass folks from the boomer generation were? Just watch this nice lady get jammed in the eyeballs with pieces of glass—all in the name of 20/20 vision. Fair warning: you’re going to want to keep a finger on the close tab button because ewwwwwwwwwww. By the 1940s, contact lenses had…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Facebook Just Created a Custom Tor Link and That’s Awesome

Facebook is often criticized over privacy concerns, but the social network just made a historic move in the name of security and anonymity. The social network just created a dedicated Tor link that ensures people who visit the site from the anonymous web browser won’t be mistaken for botnets. This is a big deal, mostly…

Social Media Adam Clark Estes

Divers Remove 57 Tons Of Junk From Hawaii’s Northwestern Islands

A team of 17 divers from the NOAA has returned from a 33-day mission to remove marine debris from Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in Hawaii, one of the largest marine conservation areas in the world. You’re not going to believe the amount of crap they had to pull out. Top image: NOAA divers find the…

io9 George Dvorsky

Microsoft Finally Announces the New Outlook for Mac and It Looks Great

Good news Microsoft Office power users! You’ll soon be able to use the new and improved Outlook for Mac. That’s good news, because the new Outlook for Mac looks pretty awesome. And since a lot of people use Outlook, this upgrade is going to improve a lot of email experiences. New features on Outlook for…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

For A Movie About People’s Dark Sides, Horns Is Curiously Lightweight

In Horns, Ig Perrish grows a pair of horns, and gains a superpower that’s also a terrible curse. In Joe Hill’s novel, this turns into an exploration of the darkness in human nature, including misogyny and jealousy. But the new movie version, while fun, never brings enough depth to support its misanthropic premise. Some minor-ish…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

These Secret Cold War Radio Stations Are Still Broadcasting

In the early days of espionage, long before the advent of burner phones, satcoms, and other modern-day spy gadgets, getting word to field agents—especially those working behind the Iron Curtain—proved a dangerous game with global consequences should the agent’s cover be blown. But that’s where number stations, and their uncrackable radio codes, come in. A…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

The Earth Is Surrounded By A Great Swirling Vortex Of Trash

Just what are all those tiny, swirling dots swooping gracefully around the Earth? Are those pinprick points the ghosts of far away stars? Perhaps they are the gaseous remains of some far away nebula? Or, maybe, it’s just a giant orbital swarm of trash. NASA has put together a visualization showing a 3D view of…

io9 Ria Misra

The Internet Was Unable to Buy Itself a Ghost Town After All

It was a longshot, a dream, a Google Doc-enabled fantasy. In the end, 82 people used an online spreadsheet to pledge over $122,000 for a ghost town, but alas, it was not enough. Some lucky buyer (I assume it was one person) snatched up all 62 acres of Johnsonville, Connecticut for $1.9 million. The auction…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Scratching an itch does indeed just make it itch more

Well that’s settled. You know how your mom always told you not to scratch that mosquito bite because that just makes it itch more? Your mom was right, and now we have the science to prove it. A team of heroic scientists at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis just published a…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

What Causes The Hessdalen Lights?

Is Halloween complete without some mysterious lights in the sky? Learn the theory behind the Hessdalen Lights, and why the reality might be scarier than visiting UFOs. The Hessdalen Lights appear regularly in the sky above the Hessdalen valley in Norway. Unlike many “phantom light” phenomena, they can’t be explained away as headlights or passing…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Read J.K. Rowling’s New Harry Potter Short Story About Dolores Umbridge

Your first Halloween treat has arrived: J.K. Rowling has released a brand new short story all about the character you love to hate, Dolores Umbridge. The 1,700-word feature reveals a lot about Umbridge’s past. (Remember: She’s based on a real person from Rowling’s own schooling). A few new details about the evil teacher include that…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Facebook’s History of Experiments That Try to Make You Vote

Election Day is coming up, and if you use Facebook, you’ll see an option to tell everyone you voted. This isn’t new; Facebook introduced the “I Voted” button in 2008. What is new is that, according to Facebook, this year the company isn’t conducting any experiments related to election season. That’d be the first time…

Social Media Kate Knibbs

In his House at Funko, Vinyl Cthulhu waits dreaming

Another day, another Funko toy reveal – and now not even the Great Old Ones can escape the grasp of the toymaker’s line of cutesy vinyls. You might not lose your mind staring at this one for too long though. A thematically appropriate announcement for today, this little Cthulhu works surprisingly well in Funko’s trademark…

Tech News James Whitbrook

You Have Chosen…Poorly: A Ranking Of Alternate Horror Film Endings

Watching a movie is like playing roulette: we have no idea which ending we’ll be seeing. Will it be the original, or another version inspired by a failed test screening, or “creative differences”? Sometimes the change is for the better; sometimes not. Here, we rank 13 alternate horror film endings from worst to best. I…

io9 Mark Strauss

Call Center Worker Suspended for Answering Calls With Robot Voice

Working at a call center sucks. Like, it universally sucks, and everybody knows it. That’s what makes the story of the loyal New York City employee who was just suspended for 20 days for allegedly answering incoming calls with a robot voice so frustrating. C’mon guys, let the bored employees have a little bit of…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

This Algae Farm Eats Pollution From the Highway Below It

A highway overpass is the last place most of us would think to install a farm. But algae, that wonderful little ecological miracle, is different. Since it consumes sunlight and CO2 and spits out oxygen, places with high emissions are actually the perfect growing area. Which is why this overpass in Switzerland has its own…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

10 More Viral Images That Are Actually Fake

The fakes are coming! The fakes are coming! Today we have 10 more images you may have seen floating around the internet recently. But don’t believe your lying eyes. They’re all totally fake. 1) Is this Europe and the United States at night from space? No, these aren’t photos of Earth’s lights from space. As…

Tech News Matt Novak

This Fake Classical Painting Turns Peepholes Into Murder Mystery Props

You might think that peephole on your front door gives you the upper hand when it comes to ignoring unwanted visitors, but to the person on the other side of the door it’s obvious you’re watching them. You can make it slightly less obvious, though, with this faux Victorian-era portrait that cleverly camouflages your front…

Privacy & Security Andrew Liszewski

Thor Doesn’t Understand Halloween

The U.S. Is Spending $4.5-Million To Save The Rarest Fish On Earth

Being Fitted for Contacts in 1948 Was Totally Horrifying

Facebook Just Created a Custom Tor Link and That’s Awesome

Divers Remove 57 Tons Of Junk From Hawaii’s Northwestern Islands

Microsoft Finally Announces the New Outlook for Mac and It Looks Great

For A Movie About People’s Dark Sides, Horns Is Curiously Lightweight

These Secret Cold War Radio Stations Are Still Broadcasting

The Earth Is Surrounded By A Great Swirling Vortex Of Trash

The Internet Was Unable to Buy Itself a Ghost Town After All

Scratching an itch does indeed just make it itch more

What Causes The Hessdalen Lights?

Read J.K. Rowling’s New Harry Potter Short Story About Dolores Umbridge

Facebook’s History of Experiments That Try to Make You Vote

In his House at Funko, Vinyl Cthulhu waits dreaming

You Have Chosen…Poorly: A Ranking Of Alternate Horror Film Endings

Call Center Worker Suspended for Answering Calls With Robot Voice

This Algae Farm Eats Pollution From the Highway Below It

10 More Viral Images That Are Actually Fake

This Fake Classical Painting Turns Peepholes Into Murder Mystery Props

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