BY: SHAY ANSARI Destruction can be a beautiful thing. Artist, DALeast, illustrates the transience of life, both elegant and fragile, through a number of commanding murals painted across the globe. His art mainly consists of animals and snapshots of nature,…
These photos of the flawless figure of Mother Nature will make any sane person go outside
BY: SHAY ANSARI Photographer Trey Ratcliff is blind in one eye. Maybe that’s why he makes more of his vision than most, venturing to capture some of the most sublime landscapes on Earth. Ratcliff is based in New Zealand, the…
New Harvard start-up lets you have a tiny house experience with no strings attached
BY: MATTHEW CHIN Perhaps you’ve thought about ditching the concept of the traditional house and living in a tiny home, but you haven’t got the nerve to try it out. Maybe you’re pretty sure that an off-the-grid lifestyle is for…
Why I left shooting for Vogue to photograph grizzly bears in Montana
BY: SHAY ANSARI Canadian photographer, Troy Moth, was working for magazines like Vogue and Rolling Stone when he decided to drop it all and move to a cabin in the wild. “I worked with some really fantastic people, and had…
How we can all do our bit to save the orangutan from extinction
By: Jack M. The orangutan lives exclusively in Indonesia and Malaysia, and according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, this magnificent animal has been categorized as critically endangered, which means it faces a very high risk of extinction.…
High rent is forcing Las Vegas families to take to the sewers
By: Jack M. Beneath the glitz and glamour of what is arguably some of the most expensive real estate in the world, beneath the playground of the high-rolling mega-rich gamblers who fly in for the weekend in their private jets,…
There’s a teahouse at the top of a deadly mountain that people are risking their lives to drink from
By: Jack M. Hua Shan (Mandarin for Flower Mountain) is a mountain in Shaanxi province, central China, not too far from the celebrated city of Xi’an, of Terra Cotta Warrior fame. There are five peaks, and it is the South…
Top 7 childhood memories that are secretly sadistic
BY: THE PLAID ZEBRA When you’re a child, things go over your head. But once the cold hard world has pissed all over your cotton candy dreams, sometimes a reassessment of childhood memories will forever change their connotation. Brace yourself.…
I climbed the world’s highest tropical glacier and witnessed Global Warming first hand
BY: ZAK BENNETT The lifeblood of Peru is evaporating before its people’s eyes. More than 77 million people get their drinking water and irrigation from the rivers fed by glacier runoff from the snow capped mountains of the Cordillera Blanca.…
Smart E-bike maps out the fastest and safest routes to keep shit drivers out of your face
BY: KAROUN CHAHINIAN We’ve all heard of smart phones, well now there’s a smart E-Bike, courtesy of Brooklyness, that let’s you ride on cruise control during your dreadful morning commutes. Whether there’s construction, a closed off street, or traffic, the…
This video will challenge you to stop working your mundane job and start living your life
“This is the real secret of life. To be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.” – Alan Watts British philosopher Alan Watts posed the…
A new Satanic Statue on state land just sparked the largest public Satanic gathering in history
BY: KAROUN CHAHINIAN Hundreds of people gathered near the Detroit River around midnight on Saturday to watch the unveiling of the highly controversial Satanic Baphomet sculpture. Chants of “hail Satan” rang through the night as an approximate crowd of 700…
You can now rent van-hotels in New York City’s hottest areas for $22 a night
BY: JESSICA BEUKER New York City, a place with endless possibilities and a bustling environment, is on the travel bucket lists of many. Tall skyscrapers, bright lights and an eccentric collective of people, make this exciting place a top destination.…
Meet two intrepid women who attempted the near impossible…and succeeded
By: Jack M. Rosalind “Roz” Savage is a 47-year-old environmentalist, conservationist, author and public speaker. And she is also an adventurer extraordinaire. She has run marathons, contributed to research on Inca ruins and spent three months travelling alone in Peru…
Street artists are turning America’s most dangerous city into the world’s greatest open-air gallery
BY: M. TOMOSKI As the crowds emerge from Comerica Park and move onto Woodward Ave. clad in orange and blue they pour out of the city and back to the suburbs leaving behind the rusted arteries of what was once…
This website lets you find your travel soul mate and take the trip of your lifetime
BY: ZOE MELNYK Traveling alone may induce feelings of freedom and independence. However, when you’re scaling the harsh terrain of Mount Everest or white water rafting through the forceful Colorado River, a travel companion is practically necessary. Now, if you’re…
For 511 blissful days this couple hitchhiked from Bulgaria to India without smartphones
BY: JESSICA BEUKER All too often the raw, untamed aspects of travel get overlooked by smartphones, GPS and tablets. Screen addiction has created an invisible barrier between the natural world and us. Just try and remember the last time you…
Inspired by Lego, a company is using disaster debris as building blocks for new homes
BY: JESSICA BEUKER It was five years ago that a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, affecting more than three million people. Over 250,000 houses and 30,000 buildings collapsed, leaving people without jobs and families without homes. The nights that followed the…
Harlow’s infamously cruel experiments are the reason chimps should be recognized as legal persons
BY: KAROUN CHAHINIAN The Manhattan Supreme Court made history when two chimpanzees were recognized as possible legal non-human persons in order to hold a “personhood” rights hearing. Justice Barbara Jaffe ordered that a cause and writ of Habeas Corpus must…
NASA just confirmed “Earth’s Twin” exists. This is what it means. (Video)
BY: THE PLAID ZEBRA NASA’s Keplar space telescope confirmed the existence of the 1030th known planet. Even more staggering, it’s the closest thing NASA has found to being Earth’s closest relative. Keplar-452b revolves in a “habitable zone” around a sun-like…