BY: DAVID LAO “What a time to be alive.” Words associated with the growing modernity of our age, our advancement as the human race as well as the progress we’ve accomplished—it’s also the name of Drake and Future’s newest mixtape.…
Why masculinity should be reframed to protect the planet, not dominate it
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Gender affects our lives in a variety of ways, including climate change—and more notably, who is contributing to it. Men overall tend to have higher carbon emissions than women. This is likely because they eat more meat…
This brutal form of football for modern gladiators is less of a sport and more of a death wish (Photos)
BY: EDITORS Every June at the Piazza Santa Croce, thousands gather to watch a centuries-old game where bitten-off ears, sucker punch-induced comas and limbs being snapped like kindling are expected casualties of the world’s most dangerous game. In Florence, Italy,…
Photos show that zoos are more like animal prisons than a conservation effort
BY: CONNOR BRIAN Photos: Gaston Lacombe The last time I visited a zoo, I got this weird feeling in the pit of my stomach. Between visions of children gawking, and snotty teens smacking the helpless animals’ glass enclosures it felt…
This ancient sex practice will give you a killer orgasm, while also making you more creative
Sex is a taboo topic for most people. We have an aversion to talking openly about it and because of this we have lost touch with the most basic truth of our existence – lust lays at the base of…
Photos of this old abandoned mental institution give us a glimpse into what life was like for the patients
BY: DANIKA MOIR Photos by Will Ellis The Rockland State Hospital for the Insane, now known as the Rockland Psychiatric Centre, in Orangeville, New York once held thousands of patients at a time, reaching a population of almost 9,000 by…
An urban disabled community is fighting transit oppression in the most creative way possible
BY: REGAN MCNEILL For some of us, getting on the subway is a very simple and convenient process. Given the array of blue signs with white wheelchairs plastered on the subway walls, you probably think it would be the same…
This program fights two problems at once by paying homeless people to clean the city
BY: JESSICA BEUKER An innovative program is changing the way we see the homeless—particularly the idea that unemployment is a matter of personal choice. A Winnipeg-based program called Mission: Off the Streets (MOST), is giving homeless people the opportunities that…
Portable wood-stove collapses small enough to fit in your backpack to heat tents, vans and tiny homes
BY: EDITORS Let’s face it, we are not all Bear Grylls. When the wind is as sharp as a knife, not all of us have the skills, or the willpower, to take refuge inside the carcass of some large land…
REI is closing for Black Friday – and paying its 12,000 employees to go spend time outside
BY: JESSICA BEUKER REI, the Seattle-based outdoor recreation and sporting goods retailer announced on October 27th that they will close for Black Friday this year. Not only that, but they will also be paying their 12,000 employees to go outside…
I was an 18-year old stripper who found confidence at the expense of my conscience
I let my eyes adjust to the dim lighting as I approached the man at the bar where I asked for an application. My chest was tight with fear and oxygen saturated in the warm musk of stale beer and…
The “Indiana Jones of alcohol” is resurrecting long-lost beers with the help of this brewery
BY TREVOR HEWITT Humans love getting drunk – in fact, we’ve been doing it for around 12,000 years. Now Patrick McGovern, one of the foremost authorities on early beer and the ancient art of getting wasted, is taking our infatuation…
This couple builds a Portland tiny-home, lives for free and endlessly travels in a VW bus
BY: ROB HOFFMAN As Bryan and Jen peeled back the layers of their life, auctioned off their unnecessaries, bowed out of the 9-5 clockwork and unloaded the weight of their mortgage, it was as if they were finally joining hands…
Danish town is using green energy to fight emissions and go carbon neutral by 2029
BY: SWIKAR OLI Sønderborg Municipality knows the effects of climate change well. Bound on either side by sea, the area is exposed to harder storms and coastal flooding. With climate change bringing extreme weather globally, Sønderborg has a plan to…
Sitting in your ergonomic office chair isn’t just tedious; science says it’s killing you
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Dry, bloodshot eyes illuminated only by the glow of a dull computer screen. Hunched spines cracking loudly after being momentarily stretched out, before snapping back to their bent and painful shape. The hypnotizing pitter-patter of a dozen…
Floating eco-haven lets you live off-grid, while casually meandering down any body of water
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Looking out at the smooth desert hills of Portugal’s Amieira Marina, inhabitants of the FloatWing drift slowly to the centre of the narrow basin, away from the scorched landscape, away from society, and slowly finding refuge far…
Hemingway’s advice on writing in the first person is a valuable lesson for all writers
BY: ADRIAN SMITH I spent last semester struggling through three first-person narratives, trying to speak on recent experiences that shaped my way of thinking to that point. The writing felt stifled and uncomfortable in its execution—a result of my overthinking…
Say goodbye to cavities – These 3D-printed teeth kill bacteria responsible for tooth decay on contact
BY:TREVOR HEWITT Lost a tooth? No problem, just print another. A strange notion, but one that Dutch researchers are trying to make a reality with 3D-printed teeth made from antimicrobial plastic. Scientists in the Netherlands developed the material by adding…
If you want to go from stressed out to zen as fuck, try this simple breathing technique
BY: ERIK HUSTON The rise in the yoga pants industry signifies that yoga is becoming much more common these days. Like most millennials who are drawn to bettering themselves, I had to check out this ancient spirituality-exercise hybrid. I started…
Photo series shows what hides beneath the clothing of tattoo-lovers of every age
BY: JESSICA BEUKER London-based photographer, Alan Powdrill is putting the spotlight on tattoos with his new photo series, “Covered.” The series captures each subject in two very different photos—one where they are fully clothed and one where they are completely…