BY: REGAN MCNEILL I had never really thought about organ donation until my 16th birthday when I got my driver’s license and was given the option to “opt-in” as a potential donor in the event of my sudden death. Unbeknownst…
Photos will inspire you to escape your cubicle and ride a wild mustang from Mexico to Canada
BY: JONATHAN MOSS There is an untamed nature that wildly bubbles within all of us. Beneath piles of emails and smog-covered skylines, there exists an untainted self that instinctually yearns to return to wide-open spaces. There is a universal…
Chinese fishermen are destroying Philippine-controlled coral reefs
BY: ALEXANDRIA LEE Chinese fishermen are destroying the Philippine-owned coral reefs that line the Spratly Islands. The islands, which are surrounded by the South China Sea, house vibrant coral reefs that are becoming decimated through deliberate destruction. While the claims…
Idealistic young farmers are using small-scale organic farms to save the dying agriculture industry.
BY: JONATHAN MOSS Photo: © Eva Verbeeck Eating engages every mouth. Food connects us all. What we let enter our bodies is the most intimate choice we make, yet city dwellers are often disconnected from their food sources; from growth…
This guy climbed a 75-metre high tree and caught the spectacular view in 360-degree video
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Pemberton, West Australia is home to the Dave Evans Bicentennial Tree, originally used as a fire lookout. Now, the giant tree serves as one of three lookouts that remain climbable in the Warren National Park – if…
Kelly Slater just created the world’s greatest artificial wave, changing the surf world forever
BY: JONATHAN MOSS Buckle up your seatbelt kiddies because the Kelly Slater Wave Company spent nine years designing the longest artificial open-barrel wave ever to grace this side of the universe and just released footage of it in action. “This is…
Hawaii is going to become the first state to ban the use of exotic animals for entertainment
BY: DANIKA MOIR In mid November of this year, the Hawaii Department of Agriculture met to discuss the importation of exotic animals for the use of entertainment. The board unanimously voted that they would ban the import of exotic animals…
Woodland citizens rejected a solar panel farm for fear it would suck up all the sun’s energy.
BY: JESSICA BEUKER The town of Woodland, North Carolina recently rejected a solar farm proposal after citizens expressed fears that the panels would suck up all the energy from the sun. The Woodland Town Council rejected a proposal that would…
Facebook, Google and Twitter are aggressively cracking down on hate speech in Germany
BY: DANIKA MOIR Since the influx of refugees coming to Germany, there has been an increase in hate speech on German social media. Germany will be taking in one million asylum-seekers this year and have faced a large amount of…
100-year-old church is transformed into a psychedelic art-covered skate park
BY: JESSICA BEUKER A historic 100-year-old church that sat abandoned and decrepit for years in the Spanish municipality of Llanera, Asturias has undergone a fascinating transformation. It’s one that will draw a different kind devotion – those who subscribe to…
This museum is squashing cell-phone addiction by asking visitors to draw the art instead
BY: JESSICA BEUKER This past summer I visited the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. As I made my way through the paintings, taking pictures of my favourite ones, I looked up and realized something disheartening. Everyone at…
These crazy statistics prove that Woodstock was just as weird as you imagined
BY: DANIEL WATERBOURNE What occurred in 1969 on a dairy farm in the Catskills of Bethel, New York will forever be the subject of rebellious imagination and acid flashbacks. Woodstock would be an event that would define a generation, and…
The League of Lady Wrestlers is strong, independent and completely disgusting
BY: STEFANIE PHILLIPS Sitting on top of a blue garbage can, Garbage Face clenches her eyes and purses her mouth in concentration — and a little constipation — as she pretends to take a shit in the middle of the…
This is how straight men react learning they are in a gay rap music video
BY: JONATHAN MOSS What happens when a group of die-hard hip-hop fans are tricked into being in a gay rapper’s music video? Comedian Ben Bizuneh and F-Comedy recently created a social experiment to test the fallacy that black men are…
Don’t let seasonal affective disorder cut off your happy this winter
BY: SYDNEY MCINNIS Seasonal affective disorder sucks. The colder months, fall and winter, can be gloomy enough when you live far away from the equator. Adding a crippling serotonin deficiency to the equation seems like a dreadful hurdle to jump,…
The maze of the Odessa Catacombs are a real-life labyrinth
BY: ALEXANDRIA LEE Beneath thousands of homes, a dark maze of catacombs runs in the underground of Odessa, Ukraine. Spanning over 2,500 kilometres, the Odessa Catacombs are the largest in the world and surpass the more famous London, Paris, and…
See the devastating effects of war in these soldiers’ eyes (Photos)
BY: ERIK HUSTON War is the ultimate destroyer. Destroyer of countries, of progress and most devastatingly, lives. But what about those who make it out? Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a major issue among veterans and has been covered in…
It turns out that Pornhub has the best holiday commercial of the year (video)
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Ahh Christmas time—the fluffy white snow, the twinkling lights, the time spent with family, the presents, the tree, the copious amounts of eggnog, even the commercials are magical. I can say without shame, that I cry every…
This Christmas you can nominate someone to win a fully functioning tiny house
BY: JESSICA BEUKER For five years Micah and Whitney Slade, along with their kids Rhett, Charlie, Kael and Taj, have made a Christmas card video and sent it out to their friends and family via YouTube. The videos often…
This off-grid town banned WiFi and cellphones to live in the mountains and look for aliens
Every day Jay Lockman climbs 450 feet to the top of the world’s largest fully steerable radio telescope, a massive web of steel that overlooks the high green moguls of the West Virginia mountain range. He’s the principal scientist for…