This is so perfectly perfect you'll rage-laugh about it for the rest of the day: Boys are more likely to get an allowance than girls. Men are literally handed more money from birth. But of course it's obviously because five-year-old boys are disproportionately working in STEM jobs and haven't opted for the "mommy track." … » 4/23/14 7:00pm Yesterday 7:00pm

Since knowledge is power, Vox would like you to know that you definitely, probably most likely have herpes. Don't you feel powerful? » 4/23/14 12:40pm Yesterday 12:40pm

Are cats geniuses? No doubt you believe firmly in Fluffy's dolphin-like IQ, but it turns out that science just doesn't have a very good sense of how intelligent cats really are. Because cats are as cooperative with scientists as they are with the rest of us puny humans. » 4/21/14 5:30pm Monday 5:30pm

Go ahead and grab a tissue, because this real-life version of the couple from The Notebook is almost certainly going to bring tears to your eyes: An Ohio couple who'd been married for seven decades recently died within a day of one another. » 4/21/14 10:20am Monday 10:20am

A Michigan mother was very, very concerned to discover that there was a mysterious pill hidden inside a plastic egg from her preschooler's Easter egg hunt. It was later identified as not a weirdly misshapen jelly bean, but rather Alprazolam, a generic version of Xanax. » 4/18/14 1:20pm 4/18/14 1:20pm

Your mother's intense concern about you getting salmonella as a youth has just been put into perspective: a new study indicates that hands and cutting boards in hospitals and homes that have been in contact with poultry "remain a source of transmission for multi-drug resistant bacteria." » 4/17/14 12:00pm 4/17/14 12:00pm

A woman died and left her five cats $10,000 each. You will probably not be surprised to learn that legal trouble quickly followed. Picture a Bleak House remake featuring feuding Brooklyn cat ladies. » 4/16/14 4:15pm 4/16/14 4:15pm

A Portland woman is suing Walmart and a shampoo manufacturer, saying they ruined the Rapunzel-like locks she'd been cultivating since childhood with their shitty dandruff shampoo. She wants $10,000 for her suffering and also to buy some new hair. » 4/16/14 12:00pm 4/16/14 12:00pm

Everyone loves to complain about the great late-20s baby boom and the Facebook takeover that follows. But it turns out that the great infant plague is maybe, just a little bit, all in your head. » 4/11/14 2:30pm 4/11/14 2:30pm

The average amount American teens and their parents expect to spend on prom has dropped this year—to a mere $978. » 4/09/14 3:40pm 4/09/14 3:40pm

For all too many teenagers, America's current sexual education is tantamount to shutting the barn door after the horse has already gotten out. According to a new report from the CDC, anyway. » 4/09/14 3:00pm 4/09/14 3:00pm

The ACLU is plunging its hands into the enormous pile of tulle, glitter and buttercream that is the modern American wedding. Specifically, the organization is cutting checks to five gay couples living in states where same-sex marriage is illegal, to contribute to the cost of getting hitched. » 4/04/14 4:00pm 4/04/14 4:00pm