Finally this city has opened Canada’s first vegan fast food restaurant

Healthy eating is becoming more and more of a commodity in these troubling times. Variety and abundance of food is awash in our Western culture, but that doesn’t mean that everyone’s dietary needs are being fully met. Eating meat is…

Neuroscientists say listening to this song will reduce your anxiety by 65%

BY: SAMANTHA TAPP Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in America; they cost America more than $42 billion annually; anxiety is caused by risk factors such as genetics, brain chemistry, personality, and personal life events; but, only about…

9 simple tips to protect yourself from your city’s air pollution

BY: AISHA ILYAD  The World Health Organization (WHO) has named air pollution as the world’s largest environmental hazard. Don’t assume that you’re safe just because you’re healthy. Air pollution can threaten anyone’s health. It’s important to be aware of how you…

Bongs, edibles and vapes- this is how ingesting weed in different ways affects your body and mind

BY: SAMANTHA TAPP As Morgan Freeman said a few years ago, making weed illegal was “just the stupidest law possible, given history.” If it’s not enough that Morgan Freeman said this, otherwise known as the man we all wish would…

The ultimate life hack for dealing with your annoying family this holiday season

BY: QUENTIN STUCKEY  You come home from a long day of work, feeling physically sluggish and emotionally worn out. You start to think about doing it all over again tomorrow. Of course, you do your best to ignore this sinking…

Bedtime stories for grownups is a new app designed to lull insomniacs to sleep

BY: JESSICA BEUKER  Remember when you were a child and your parents would read you bedtime stories to help you fall asleep? There was nothing more soothing than mom or dad’s soft voice lulling you into a dream-like state where…

This timeline shows how weed has been stirring up controversy for over a century (infographic)

Marijuana has been a prevalent part of society for over a century, yet the debate still rages on over whether or not it should be legalized. Today, marijuana is largely known for its healing properties, often used as a natural…

The world’s weirdest mammal could provide a new, effective treatment for diabetes

BY: PHILIPPE DE JOCAS  There’s no animal quite as memorable as the platypus. This slippery, aquatic holdover from the age of the dinosaurs sports an infamously improbable array of anatomical features that set it apart from just about every other…

The Adulting School is opening soon – and people are both excited and pissed off

BY: JESSICA BEUKER  I can vividly remember my first week of university residence. Well, the parts that weren’t seeped in vodka and jagger bombs anyway. Our floor had one laundry machine, which was operated by our student cards. One evening…

Old people are lighting up and getting high more than ever before

BY: SAMANTHA TAPP Time to stop drowning yourself in body spray, buying Visine in bulk and carrying around a smell-proof baggy wherever you go, because guess what: your parents and grand-parents are getting high as hell too. In a new study…

Study confirms that doubling your income doesn’t do shit for your happiness

BY: SAMANTHA TAPP  The old saying “money can’t buy happiness,” may actually be true. A new study reveals that having a loving partner has a much better impact on happiness than doubling your income. In the study, conducted by the…

GMO Plant In Argentina Is Being Dismantled Thanks To Protestors

From the French Revolution in the eighteenth century, the March On Washington in the twentieth century to the current Dakota Access Pipeline protests in the twenty first century, the power of individuals standing up for what they believe in has…

The bullshit reasons why contraceptives are so expensive

BY: CHARLOTTE LEFAVE There have been countless debates in countries all over the world on the costs of contraceptives for women. Prices are sky high and getting a hold of these products is an infamously awkward and time-consuming experience. Condoms,…

Scientists have created a new drug that treats pain without any addictive consequences

BY: QUENTIN STUCKEY It is a primal human desire to want to alter our consciousness through the use of substances, but when one becomes dependent on said substance that is when trouble ensues. In the past, we have thought of…

Paris bans cars and makes public transportation free in a fight against the worst air pollution in a decade

BY: SAMANTHA TAPP  Free public transportation would be a dream come true for commuters who spend hundreds of dollars on transportation per year. For Parisians, they are on their third consecutive day of free public transportation. Unfortunately, it’s not an…

Students recreate Martin Shkreli’s $750 life-saving drug for $2, proving he’s the ultimate douche bag

BY: SAMANTHA TAPP A real-life Breaking Bad moment went down in Sydney Grammar high school. But, rather than ruining some lives by cooking up meth in a beaten down RV, the students were on humanity’s side as they recreated a…

Forcing him to be the Ken to your Barbie is actually ruining his mental health

BY: SAMANTHA TAPP Sexism is bad and it’s everywhere, we know this. We see it in beer commercials that somehow show more boobs than brew; we see it when women’s promiscuity is considered slutty, while mens’ is celebrated; we see…

Shane Mauss is Using Stand Up Comedy to Promote the Therapeutic Benefits of Psychedelics

BY: TIM O’NEAL Describing a psychedelic experience to someone is a lot like telling them about the dream you had last night. It’s impossible to put the visual images, profound emotions, and staggering new connections and insights into words, and…

To help protect ocean life, the UK plans to ban microbeads from all cosmetics by 2017

BY: AISHA ILYAD  “Beat the micro bead, beat the micro bead.” This is what campaigners against micro beads in cosmetics have been chanting for years. The little tiny beads may seem harmless, but they actually make washing your face, brushing…

The health effects of sleep deprivation are so scary they may keep you up at night

BY: SAMANTHA TAPP Pulling all-nighters to hit a deadline, only getting three hours of sleep due to too many drinks last night, or simply just so really into that new Netflix show that you must stay up all night to…