BY: DANIEL KORN Much has been made of Finland’s incredibly successful education system. In the 1960s, faced with economic turmoil after a series of smaller wars throughout the World War II years, Finnish Parliament made the wise realization that the…
5,000-year-old underground city recently discovered 113 metres below the earth
BY: ZOE MELNYK A construction company in Turkey accidentally discovered what is possibly the largest underground city in the world, after starting an urban renewal project right above the city’s surface. Turkey’s Housing Development Administration planned on using the land…
Watch Travis Pastrana jump out of a plane without a parachute
Travis Pastrana has lived most of his life either sailing through the air or spiralling upside down. So when he decided to jump out of an airplane without a parachute, he probably thought of it as just another checkmark on…
5 easy brain hacks to increase your confidence
BY: ZOE MELNYK It’s been suggested that people wouldn’t recognize themselves in public because the view that we get from the mirror isn’t an accurate representation of our everyday appearance. It might be just as difficult for us to recognize…
The Bible Belt consumes the most gay porn in The United States, according to Pornhub
BY: SINEAD MULHERN Apparently the Bible Belt is America’s biggest consumer of gay porn. This news comes after Pornhub (one of the largest porn sites in the world) released numbers on U.S. viewing habits for each of the states. Their…
The WCRF determines the exact number of drinks a day that causes cancer.
BY: JESSICA BEUKER The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) has pinpointed the exact level of drinking that is associated with liver cancer. According to The Guardian, the WCRF said this has been the biggest review so far of the evidence…
The brilliant marketing campaign that turned diamonds into a precious stone
BY: ALEKSANDRA TARABIC In today’s fast-paced world, offering uncertainties to even the luckiest, finding the reassuring promise of forever has become as rare and as valuable as a radiant diamond. Diamonds, a precious stone, offer many that promise of “forever”…
I never want kids and everyone should just accept that
BY: SINEAD MULHERN I’m going to go ahead and say that thing you’re not supposed to say. I don’t think I’ll ever be a mother. I hope I never become a mother. I don’t have the desire to raise children.…
The impacts of global overpopulation can only be told through photos
7.3 billion people on this planet and counting, with a growth rate of 1.5 million every week. Believing that the logical rationale echoed for decades about the threats of overpopulation were largely being dismissed as alarmist, Tom Butler, editorial director…
When it comes to behavioral tracking, there is a fine line between useful and creepy
BY: ALEKSANDRA TARABIC Unbeknownst to most, there is a tool that the Internet uses, which serves as its very own personal Google Glass—offering insights into our histories and preferences called the Digital Fingerprint. There is an industry behind this concept…
This is why being bilingual changes your personality for the better
BY: ALEKSANDRA TARABIC So goes the Czech proverb, “learn a new language and get a new soul.” As Benjamin Lee Whorf, an American linguist, maintained in the 1920s, it could be said that each language holds a worldview that its…
Photographer captures the deteriorating ghosts of Crackland
BY: SARAH ROBERTSON Sao Paulo, Brazil is the ground of the world’s second biggest crack epidemic just behind the United States. With high levels of addiction, poverty and violence, the city has garnered the nickname also known as Cracolandia or…
I spent an evening at a Death Cafe to lose my fear of dying
BY: JESSICA BEUKER It’s a rainy Wednesday evening and in the far west end of Toronto, where things are quiet and slow, the Belljar Cafe is buzzing as people begin to gather in the corner of the shop. The lights…
These nomadic Mongolians ride reindeer and hunt with wolves and eagles (Photos)
BY: ROB HOFFMAN At first, the legendary “magical connection” that the Nomadic Dukha people of Northern Mongolia share with the region’s animals and landscape seems more like myth than fact. But when you see a Mongolian elder rearing his steed…
This man single-handedly planted a tropical forest larger than central park (VIDEO)
BY: ROB HOFFMAN In 2009 local photographer and journalist, Jitu Kalita, discovered a dense forest at the centre of Majuli Island’s barren western shores. As Kalita explored the shoreline, he was nearly attacked by a man who had mistaken him…
Dark Cyanide is an 18-year old urban explorer scaling NYC’s tallest skyscrapers (Photos)
Dark Cyanide is an 18-year-old, New York City photographer who describes his work as “urban history”. In case you haven’t already guessed it, Dark Cyanide is undeterred by security guards or no trespassing signs and his curiosity has taken him…
This HD film lets you soar above the peak of Mt. Everest (Video)
Leading action sports media company, Teton Gravity Research, recently released the world’s highest quality footage of the Himalayan peaks ever released. The brief two and a half minute film features views from some of the tallest mountains in the world,…
Scientists invent a spray that puts you to sleep after one sniff
Being a night owl is not always by choice. Sure, sometimes I will find myself in a late-night Pinterest spiral, pinning pictures of cats, motivational quotes and recipes that “I’m definitely going to try tomorrow.” But more often than not,…
France passes a law requiring new rooftops to be covered with plants or solar panels
BY: TYLER FYFE Earlier this month France passed legislation in response to pressure from environmental activists that all buildings constructed in commercial zones must have sections roofed with solar panels or green spaces. According to smog readings by air pollution…
Crazy urban explorers free-climb to the tip of the second highest building in the world (VIDEO)
Last year two Russian ‘rooftoppers’ took on the Shanghai Tower, the second highest building in the world, free-climbing to the top and capturing the ascent with GoPros strapped tight to their foreheads. The climbers, Vadim Makhorov and Vitaly Raskalov, represent…