BY: MELISSA BOODOO Every year, thousands of Tibetan Buddhists, nuns and lay people gather in the mountainous area of China’s Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in a far-off town called Seda, known as Serta to Tibetans. Every ninth month of the…
Travel is easier than ever for millennials but what that means is harder to decipher
BY: REGAN MCNEILL How many people have heard about their parents’ backpacking through Europe and accidentally eating cow brains for dinner? To my surprise these things actually happened to my mother the nurse (she is cooler than I thought). But…
This trans model was disowned by her family, and the Internet adopted her
BY: SWIKAR OLI Tschan Andrews doesn’t want you to see her as a vanguard for black trans models. “It’s not a trend. It was always here,” Andrews tells Dazed. Indeed, since Paris is Burning thrust the struggle and celebration of…
The unintentional photojournalism of Google Street View (Photos)
BY: ALEXANDRIA LEE Panoramic shots of Thailand prostitutes, mountainous Iceland landscapes, suburban kids bearing guns, and secluded waterfalls surrounded by lush wildlife. These are some of the images one can find through Google Maps’ Street View feature. While many use…
I got high-school high at a “ganja yoga” class in Toronto
BY: REGAN MCNEILL Photos © Eric Zdancewicz / The Plaid Zebra Ganja yoga. You may have heard of it before or you may be wondering what the heck I am talking about. It’s pretty simple to understand, it is a…
Drinking almond milk might just make you an asshole
BY: STEFANIE PHILLIPS Whether you’re in a ritzy Starbucks in the nice end of town or at your local fair trade coffee shop, overhearing someone ask the barista for almond milk to douse in their morning coffee has become the…
This art dealer only sells homeless artists’ work because talent is found in unlikely places
BY: SWIKAR OLI Buy some art and help someone in need—that’s the mutually beneficial idea driving ArtLifting, a startup that recently raised $1.1 million and provides a platform for homeless and disabled artists to sell their art. Liz Powers, who…
This new way of growing brain cells may cure Alzheimer’s, Autism and other mental illnesses.
BY: DANIKA MOIR Scientists have just recently discovered a new way to grow brain cells that has the potential to cure brain-related diseases. Using adult skin cells, scientists can turn the skin cells into stem cells, which form into neurons.…
Sweden has opened the world’s first rape centre for male victims
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Last month, Sweden’s Sodersjukhuset hospital opened the world’s first rape centre for male sexual violence victims. The hospital already runs a walk-in clinic for women and girls, and now will provide the same around the clock care…
A new App lets you borrow dogs to hang out with, and even get paid for it
BY: ROB HOFFMAN The enduring relationship between humans and dogs isn’t without reason—according to numerous studies, owning a dog noticeably elevates physical and mental health. According to the international journal Health & Place, “Dog ownership produces considerable health benefit and…
Anonymous has declared war on ISIS and they’re already kicking some cyber ass.
BY: M. TOMOSKI Following the attacks in Paris on November 13th, Internet hacktivist group Anonymous took to YouTube to declare war on the Islamic State warning the self-proclaimed caliphate to, “Expect massive cyber-attacks.” In response to the video ISIS called…
Amazing new eye drops could be the simple and painless cure to cataracts
BY: ZOE MELNYK The solution for deteriorating vision from cataracts used to require a difficult surgery that many people in the world don’t have access to. Now, it might be as simple as using a new eye drop. Cataracts are…
Watch breathtaking footage of a slackliner conquer the 500 metre “walk of death”
BY: JOHNATHAN MOSS Balanced between life and death, French daredevil, Théo Sanson finds serenity while staring at the jagged rock face of the desert floor that extends hundreds of metres below him. As the sun leans upon his back and his…
The Crooked Forest is a strange grove of oddly bent trees shrouded in mystery
BY: JESSICA BEUKER If you’re taking a stroll outside the village of Nowe Czarnowo in Western Poland, you may come across a grove of oddly shaped pine trees. Nearly 400 trees are all bent near the base at 90 degrees,…
A Korean woman makes $10,000 a month by live-streaming 6-hr binge eating sessions everyday
BY: ALEXANDRIA LEE The food porn industry is taking over South Korea. These videos aren’t naked Asian girls intertwining with tentacles, shoving eels up various orifices or blowing dead octopuses – instead, the trend is on live-streaming young, thin, attractive…
Athlete couple chases adventure and lives out of national parks in a solar power airstream
BY: ROB HOFFMAN From the bedroom of an Airstream, views are panoramic. The valley catching first light from the rising sun over the red rock mountains, this is your alarm system. Still, you wait patiently for the frost to evaporate…
The world isn’t actually getting more negative – it’s just the way we perceive it.
BY: ERIK HUSTON What are the last six headlines that you remember seeing from a traditional news media source? Chances are they were not all that heart warming. And this is no accident; according to Peter Diamandis, in the TED…
Glassblowers are creating stunning bongs that combine function with art
Source: Darby Holm BY: TREVOR HEWITT Don’t drop that bong – it’s worth more than your car. Once an industry relegated to seedy tattoo parlors and sketchy gas stations, glass pipe making is quickly becoming a modern art movement. Source:…
Here’s what happened when I decided to collect people’s stories, instead of things.
BY: ANGIE PICCIRILLO Two years ago, I worked in a very corporate environment where it literally took twenty minutes every morning to get into the office. I had to go through valet workers, front desk security, assistants and elevator attendants.…
Here’s what famous art pieces look like when the gluten is removed
BY: ALEXANDRIA LEE Tumblr is home to many image editing blogs, such as The Kitten Covers, which replaces human subjects in classic album art with images of cats. As photoshopping gets more creative and unique, desktop artists seek stranger and…