BY: SHAY ANSARI Hidden by a grey hoodie in the shadow of skyscrapers, a lone man races across cement roof tops clearing the gaps between buildings without a twitch of hesitation. He is a free runner, a type of underground…
Why you should just say “fuck it” and hit the road while you still can
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Growing up I didn’t travel a lot. Sure, there was the odd family trip, which usually meant a two-hour car ride to a small Saskatchewan town or a weekend getaway at a cabin. These trips were fun…
The Public Has Spoken: An Avocado Is Better Suited in the Oval Office than Donald Trump
BY: KAROUN CHAHINIAN Donald Trump, billionaire entrepreneur, TV personality, and “the greatest jobs president that God ever created,” officially announced his candidacy for President of the United States on June 16th. In other news, the public polled online that they…
Street art comes alive when street artists of the world gather to collapse the box (video)
BY: MELISSA GONZALEZ “Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a fucking sharp knife to it.” ― Banksy, Wall and Piece A diverse group of artists from around the world gather together during one week in order to…
This Instagrammer will make you seriously consider converting to veganism
BY: SHAY ANSARI We’ve all rolled our eyes at one point at the mention of veganism, but maybe the joke is on us. Instagrammer, Moky, posts mouth-watering photos of her vegan meals and makes us reconsider our daily diets. Not…
Instagram couple pairs the physically impossible with the ultimate landscapes and travel locations
BY: SHAY ANSARI Do what you must… and your friends will adjust! #YogaBeyond @ACROVINYASA #Doublebow with our homie @laurasykora Lens @dtufino_photo A photo posted by * Honza & Claudine Lafond (@yogabeyond) on Jun 25, 2015 at 12:32pm PDT Feel the…
Dutch company designs office-caravans to let you work on the road, off-the-grid, or in the wild
BY:MATTHEW CHIN In the Netherlands, a country with one of the highest workplace satisfaction rates in the world according to monster, one company plans to introduce natural scenery and nomadism to the office. Amsterdam-based KantoorKaravaan, which translates to Office Caravan,…
I illegally climbed to the roof’s edge of Toronto’s tallest buildings with a prolific Urban Explorer
The late-evening sunset afterglow covers Toronto’s cityscape which in light of where I’m headed seems a lot more daunting than peaceful. My stomach drops as I look out the window as my train pulls into the station. The varying heights…
“Fuck That” is the guided meditation of giving no fucks (Video)
BY: MATTHEW CHIN The guided meditation begins with a soothing background harmony and the view of ocean waves crashing against the shoreline. Then the narrator begins speaking, “Let the horseshit of the external world fade…
The key to higher life expectancy may be to live like a virus-infested rat
BY: KAROUN CHAHINIAN Imagine being a dirty, diseased rat that runs through sewers, filthy streets, and the grimiest corners in cities. You might put on a face of disgust or a quick and definite “no,” which is understandable when thinking about…
Are you easily distracted? Congrats—according to a recent study you’re a creative genius
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Psychologists at Northwestern University recently published a study in Neuropsychologia—an accredited journal that closely documents advancements in behavioural and cognitive neuroscience—indicating that highly creative people are easily distracted by their surroundings. The study was based on nearly…
Bulletproof, fireproof, environmentally friendly homes are being made from plastic bottles
BY: JESSICA BEUKER The streets of downtown Toronto are vibrant and busy at all times of the day. During the day business women rapidly click their heels and talk a mile a minute into their cellphones. Students hustle off to…
A Texas design student built a tiny house to shelter his broke student ass and live debt-free
BY: MATTHEW CHIN Design student Joel Weber is a third-year university student who found that living near campus was unaffordable, costing upwards of $800 per month in rent. In Texas, the average tuition at Weber’s university, the University of Texas…
These underwater greenhouse domes grow crops 20 feet below the ocean’s surface at breakneck speeds
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Sergio Gamberini was somewhere on the sandy beaches of Italy when he was struck with the unusual idea of trying to operate a greenhouse 20 feet under the ocean’s surface. Granted the idea originally comes across as…
These amazing ear buds let you customize the sound of your environment
BY: THE PLAID ZEBRA The sound of your partner grinding their teeth, the sound of your tone-deaf roommate singing in the shower, the piercing squeal of the subway slamming its brakes juxtaposed by the guy beside me playing swag music…
New adventure company lets you test your survival skills by renting a deserted island
BY: MATTHEW CHIN Maybe you watched Tom Hanks struggle to stay alive on a deserted island in Cast Away and thought “small potatoes,” or thought the entire cast of hit TV series, Lost, were massive wussies. Well guess what—it’s time…
The world’s first floating ocean colony is on track to being completed by 2020
BY: JESSICA BEUKER The idea of ocean colonization has so far only lived in the dreamt-up world of science fiction writers, and those who hold the bold notion that anything is possible. Today, it is on its way to becoming…
Overly-strict Irish abortion laws are forcing women to carry dead fetuses for weeks
BY: JESSICA BEUKER In July of 2013 controversy spread through Ireland after a law was passed allowing women to obtain abortions where their life was at risk. The law was passed after the death of Savita Halappanavar, who was refused…
Big Tobacco could make the Weed game their bitch…so why haven’t they?
BY: RYAN BOLTON North America is at a tipping point with legalizing marijuana. The shove, however, is yet to come because Big Tobacco is sitting around with a dry thumb up its ass. Big Tobacco is missing the boat. Frankly,…
Cat-loving couple quits comfortable jobs to sail the world with their cat as first mate (Photos)
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Matt and Jessica Johnson were living the American Dream—go to school, get married, buy a house, start a career. The only thing they were missing were the 2 kids expected for an average nuclear family. That all…