BY: JACK M. Do you place your smartphone on the night table beside your bed, or worse yet, under your pillow? Or maybe you’ve splurged a couple of paycheques on a waterproof Galaxy S5 just so you don’t feel disconnected…
This 78-year-old road warrior should be an inspiration to all of us
BY: JACK M. “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn…
These photos of abandoned buildings show the beauty in the dark and decaying
BY: DANIKA MOIR Photos by Rebecca Bathory In 2012, Rebecca Bathory found her passion for capturing decaying buildings on film. Travelling to over 20 countries, she went to over 300 abandoned buildings to capture the beauty that is found in…
This couple has spent 5 years and 80,000 glorious miles circling Europe in a VW camper van
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Lauren Smith and Calum Creasey have spent the past five years circling Europe in sporadic bursts and watching the diverse landscape evolve from behind the windshield of their 1996 VW T4 van. Originally hailing from the United…
How Hesse’s Steppenwolf and Descartes helped me get over writer’s block
BY: ADRIAN SMITH I hadn’t been able to write in a while. I mean, I could write meaningful blurbs in quick stints, but I couldn’t sit there like I sat last fall, writing short stories in three or four long,…
According to WHO you probably have at least one friend who’s schizophrenic
BY: TREVOR HEWITT The rainbow elephant you’ve been watching dance in that meadow might not be real – but it offers real insight into a possible autism-like spectrum existing for schizophrenia. Scientists are beginning to critically analyze the age-old binary…
Meet the man who cares for 4,000 wild parakeets, after a deadly tsunami left them displaced
BY: JESSICA BEUKER As 2004 was coming to a close, a deadly tsunami rocked the eastern world. On December 26, the Indian Ocean Earthquake triggered a series of deadly tsunamis along the coast. It was one of the deadliest natural…
Household problems will no longer be a pain in the ass thanks to the Uber of home repairs
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Living in an old rented apartment comes with a myriad of household issues. The bathtub drain is clogged, the washing machine is leaking, the porch doors are broken and won’t close, the fridge stopped cooling, a water…
Couple ditched the city for a 40-foot fire lookout with spectacular views of the Oregon Forest
BY: JOHNATHAN MOSS They rise each day with the sun, rolling out of their bed to a jaw dropping 360-degree view of mountains and rolling meadows. Dabney Tompkins and Alan Colley’s lives changed for the better a few years ago, after…
Tattoo artist who taught himself to draw in isolation is now Instafamous for his slutty tattoos
BY: SYDNEY MCINNIS If you’re planning to get tattooed by Curt Montgomery, you can expect to walk into the shop and find him chewing gum, while designing a tattoo of a girl squirting and getting choked at the same time.…
This psychonaut had a revelation after watching The Simpsons on LSD for two days straight
BY: TREVOR HEWITT “Now is the time of The Simpsons.” Let’s face it – hallucinogenic psychedelics and cartoons go together like peanut butter and jelly. For years LSD has been used to induce spiritual journeys and help treat mental illness.…
Dancing with people is now proven to strengthen bonds and increase your pain tolerance
BY: SWIKAR OLI People dance as a form of expression, and have historically used it as a healing ritual and a form of therapy. Now, a study by Oxford University psychologists says that dancing, or even tapping in synchrony, may…
Diseases caused by lack of sunlight inspired this architect to design a window to save lives
BY: TYLER FYFE North American and European cities are getting denser and taller, casting shadows that stretch entire city blocks. That’s why Argentinian architect, Aldana Ferrer Garcia created an extending window for houses and apartments on the not-so-sunny side of…
The driest desert on the planet just got a makeover courtesy of Mother Nature (Photos)
BY: MELISSA BOODOO What is usually known to be the driest desert on the planet, found on the coast of Chile, South America, Atacama Desert has been blossoming. Generally, blooms such as this usually occur every five to ten years,…
This prison debate team schooled Harvard’s finest to prove a point about education behind bars
BY: M. TOMOSKI With the construction of Philadelphia’s Eastern State Penitentiary in 1829 America’s prison system became a model for the world. Its wagon wheel design allowed guards to monitor the entire prison from a tower in the centre while…
A 9th grader developed a $12 machine that produces renewable energy from ocean currents
BY: EDITORS Oceans cover over 70 percent of the earth’s surface. So when 15-year-old Hannah Herbst learned that her pen pal from Ethiopia was deprived of basic energy supply, she started thinking. If the ocean had the power to capsize…
NASA is working on a passenger plane that could travel between NYC and Tokyo in 2 hours
BY: ROB HOFFMAN New railway and aircraft technologies never fail to capture the imagination—and the future is bright, with bullet-trains that connect LA to Las Vegas in 80 minutes, and now a new rocket plane that turns an 18 hour…
This guy lives in an underground hobbit hole in a majestic meadow for under $5,000 a year
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Far off the main road, out in the sticks of Eastern Oregon, and down a forested trail lays a quiet meadow. The 200-acre space is a vast area of lush greenery, boasting streams and ponds, and a…
How the dating industry saved me, then fucked me
When it comes to understanding women, most guys don’t even know where to begin. I know we are all Don Juans in our own minds, but when it comes down to it most of us just don’t have a clue.…
Boy, psychosis was one hell of a drug
I think it was midnight, but it could have been 6 p.m. for all I know. I was in some space time vector that was completely unfamiliar to me. There were strange owl men hanging from the branches of a…