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Gays Having Hard Time Renting Housing (But Not So Much For Lesbians)

A new federal study proves that gays are having a hard time renting a place to live—especially male gays. Landlords are less likely to rent to gay men couples, the Housing and Urban Development study reveals. Lesbian couples also face discrimination, but not quite so much.

Sploid Ken Layne

Watch as Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano tears a hole in the sky!

Mexico’s active Popocatepetl volcano erupted yesterday, spewing ash and incandescent rock almost three miles high. And as you’ll see in this dramatic video, the explosion produced a massive shockwave — sending huge chunks of burning debris to the surrounding areas. The volcano is now on alert level Yellow, Phase 2, which restricts access to within…

io9 George Dvorsky

Whose Life Sucks More: Spider-Man or Daredevil?

Do you want to be a superhero? Rest assured you don’t want to be Spider-Man or Daredevil. Their lives suck. Seriously, their lives are fraught with tragedy, loss, pain, sadness, more loss, and then some agony, just to mix it up. But which of Marvel’s tragic heroes is truly the most miserable? Super Powers Peter…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken

Did the Higgs boson discovery reveal that the universe is unnatural?

We discovered the elusive Higgs boson last year, but it wasn’t exactly what we expected. According to some physicists, that means the universe itself isn’t quite what we thought either. Over on the Simons Foundation website, Natalie Wolchover has a great introduction to this bizarre idea: On an overcast afternoon in late April, physics professors…

io9 Annalee Newitz

The Coolest Fantasy Story You’ll Read This Week

Check out this story of a super-assassin versus a magical thief with demonic powers, by up-and-coming fantasy author Django Wexler. Warning: You’ll probably be hooked on Wexler’s insane “flintlock fantasy” worldbuilding. Luckily, this is a prequel to Wexler’s new novel The Thousand Names. We’re happy to present this exclusive prequel to Wexler’s novel, which is…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Buildings Based On Human Bone Structure Could Be the Future of Cities

Biomimicry borrows design solutions from the embedded intelligence within animals’ bodies—chiefly from other species. But occasionally, it also borrows from within the human body. For example, a new study from MIT suggests that buildings of the future could be built with super-strong materials based on the structure of human bones. In a study published yesterday…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Show of Hands: Did You Buy, Stream, or Pirate Yeezus?

Today was the official release date for Kanye West’s latest album Yeezus, but in spite of the great lengths the Louis Vuitton Don went to keep it out of the wrong hands, it leaked on Friday. So did you download it right away or wait to obtain it by the legal means? (Yeezy haters to…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Why Haven’t Mugs Told Us the Coffee’s Temperature Until Now?

If you’ve got $38 to spare and a few weeks to wait for delivery, Brando’s got a new temperature sensing travel mug that guarantees you’ll never again burn your mouth on scalding hot coffee—or accidentally sip a stale brew that’s gone cold. A built-in thermometer lets the insulated mug report back how hot or cold…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Endless Road Trip: 3 Million Miles In This 1966 Volvo

Irv Gordon of Long Island, New York, likes a good road trip around the country. And in the next few months, his loyal Volvo P1800S will have driven 3,000,000 miles. (Gordon keeps track; the odometer turns over every 100,000 miles.) He expects to be on the way to Alaska by then.

Sploid Ken Layne

I Don’t Want to See Zack Snyder’s Take on Wonder Woman

Now that The Man of Steel has set a new record for June movie openings, Warner Bros. is rushing ahead with plans to create a DC Universe on screen. Which means one thing: we’ll finally get a big-screen version of Wonder Woman, and she’ll probably be created by Sucker Punch director Zack Snyder. That’s a…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Man runs on top of an active lava flow, is an idiot

From filmmaker Marc Szeglat comes this video of a “lava art craft worker” scrambling his way up a lava flow on Italy’s Mount Etna, one of the most active volcanos on Earth. The flow is literally glowing with heat, which makes this craft worker literally an idiot. Writes Szeglat, who has been filming and photographing…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Chrysler Recalling 2.7 Million Jeeps Because They Catch On Fire

Chrysler is recalling 2.7 million Jeeps to resolve a “dispute” with the U.S. government over the Jeeps’ tendency to burst into flames. The plastic gas tanks in the back of the 1993-2004 Cherokee and 2002-2007 Liberty models can be punctured and will then catch fire. https://jalopnik.com/chrysler-will-issue-the-jeep-recall-after-all-514085055

Sploid Ken Layne

3TB Of Storage Capacity Is Your Back-Up-Everything Deal of the Day

Right now Amazon’s selling a 3TB Seagate desktop hard drive for $110. That brings the price per terabyte to just over $36, which is a solid price for desktop storage. We featured a similar Seagate hard drive in 4TB form back in March and you guys loved it and it sold out quickly. (It’s now…

Tech News Kif Leswing

Learn how booze could save your life in the poster for Grabbers

Possibly the best monster weakness ever created: drunkenness. In the new movie Grabbers, the only defense against monsters is to drink booze. Get drunk, stay safe. At last, a monster movie that speaks to us. Check out our exclusive reveal of the movie’s poster! The official synopsis for this movie, starring thewerewolf from the original…

Movies Meredith Woerner

A Sleek, Minimalist Aluminum Wallet With a Handy Eject Button

An ultra-thin wallet is the only way to avoid bulging pockets if you’ve opted for skintight jeans. But what good is a sleek wallet if it’s next to impossible to get your cards out? That’s why the Secrid wallet features an actual eject button at the bottom, forcing your credit and debit cards up so…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Is This Make-Believe Cereal Cartoon Character Really a Navy Captain?

Cap’n Crunch: Most adults haven’t given any thought to this cartoon character since childhood, when such sugary globs of corn and corn syrup were an important part of a non-nutritious breakfast. But certain military experts on the Internet are now questioning whether the Cap’n is indeed a real Navy captain.

Sploid Ken Layne

Astonishing World War Z concept art shows a zombie mosh pit

Will World War Z be the zombie apocalypse movie we deserve? We’ll find out in a few days — but in the meantime, you have to admit some of the scenes of rampaging zombie mobs look pretty intense. And here’s some stark, thrilling concept art showing just where those images come from. This concept art…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

“Pocket Telephones” Made for Cheap Calling All the Way Back in 1910

You’ve almost certainly got a telephone in your pocket (or clutch), but don’t think for a second that it makes you any kind of pioneer. People were predicting—and using—pocket telephones more than a century ago, for reasons every bit as lethargic as your own. A story in the April 30, 1910 Reno Evening Gazette explained…

Tech News Matt Novak

A long anthropological debate may be on the cusp of resolution

Over the past half-century, our understanding of human evolution has changed dramatically. And now, it seems that one of the outstanding debates about Homo sapiens has become a lot more complicated — because both sides may be right. Photo via Neanderthal Museum, Germany Since the first discoveries of early human remains in Africa and beyond,…

io9 Annalee Newitz

15 Photos Taken (Mostly) In Three Colors

Primary colors—you probably haven’t used them since some grade school art class. But red, yellow and blue are making a comeback in a major way. [ed note: they aren’t]. Here are all of your best, primary color shots. Winner: Impromptu I noticed they put up this red sculpture by my job, so I looked around…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Gays Having Hard Time Renting Housing (But Not So Much For Lesbians)

Watch as Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano tears a hole in the sky!

Whose Life Sucks More: Spider-Man or Daredevil?

Did the Higgs boson discovery reveal that the universe is unnatural?

The Coolest Fantasy Story You’ll Read This Week

Buildings Based On Human Bone Structure Could Be the Future of Cities

Show of Hands: Did You Buy, Stream, or Pirate Yeezus?

Why Haven’t Mugs Told Us the Coffee’s Temperature Until Now?

Endless Road Trip: 3 Million Miles In This 1966 Volvo

I Don’t Want to See Zack Snyder’s Take on Wonder Woman

Man runs on top of an active lava flow, is an idiot

Chrysler Recalling 2.7 Million Jeeps Because They Catch On Fire

3TB Of Storage Capacity Is Your Back-Up-Everything Deal of the Day

Learn how booze could save your life in the poster for Grabbers

A Sleek, Minimalist Aluminum Wallet With a Handy Eject Button

Is This Make-Believe Cereal Cartoon Character Really a Navy Captain?

Astonishing World War Z concept art shows a zombie mosh pit

“Pocket Telephones” Made for Cheap Calling All the Way Back in 1910

A long anthropological debate may be on the cusp of resolution

15 Photos Taken (Mostly) In Three Colors

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