BY: PHILIPPE DE JOCAS Jurassic Park was a landmark moment for modern culture and science. Not only was it one of the first movies to highlight what superb computer animation could really do, but it also brought themes such as…
This town just made their tiny penguins’ commute safer (video)
BY: BROOKLYN PINHEIRO Everybody dreads their daily commute to and from their day job. Traffic can be brutal and lines at your coffee shop are always too long, but at least you’re not getting photographed by tourists or crushed beneath…
Barcelona is giving the streets back to pedestrians, one superblock at a time
BY: ELIJAH BASSETT Living as we do in the age of the car, it isn’t always the most pleasant to be a pedestrian. But in Barcelona, a new Urban Mobility Plan could change the way pedestrians move through the city…
Inside the mesmerizing world of burlesque – through the eyes of a legend
BY: JESSICA BEUKER American Burlesque shows first became popular in the 1860s. Featuring lewd jokes and female striptease, this genre of variety show perfectly blended satire, performance art, music and adult entertainment. Performers would wear elaborate and flamboyant costumes and…
The Canadian International School in Bengaluru is 100% self-sustaining
BY: PHILIPPE DE JOCAS It’s been a long time coming, but solar panels are finally on their way to carving out a real role for themselves on the world stage. From a tumultuous beginning, where they were seen as little…
Archeologists are still searching in Honduras for a cursed, magical jungle city
BY: PHILIPPE DE JOCAS You can’t have a pulp adventure without a lost civilization. You might even go so far as to say that no jungle adventure is complete without stumbling on a moldering old jungle city, reclaimed by creepers,…
Study shows that people can gain emotional well-being from robots
BY BROOKLYN PINHEIRO The producers of the Jetsons weren’t far off from predicting the 21st century mode of care giving with the character of Rosie the robot maid. Rosie could cook, clean, light cigars, and became a part of the…
The True/False Film Fest shows us the world through documentaries, and it’s actually fun
BY: TIM O’NEAL It’s that time of year again, where film makers and watchers get together to celebrate the art form they love. No, not the Academy Awards. I’m talking about the 15th annual True/False Film Fest. True/False is an…
The battle between print books and e-readers is over because of one big flaw
BY: DUSTIN BATTY It has been a difficult time for book readers these past few years. We have been combating the futurists, the technophiles, the acolytes of the digital revolution who have denounced the printed word and declared it obsolete.…
This Instagram account parodies the white saviour trend
BY:BROOKLYN PINHEIRO If you’re looking for an exotic adventure and the validation that you’re a good person, what better way to do so than by visiting a country in Africa to do a job that you are by no means…
Inside the battle between SpongeBob and the Philippines
BY: PHILIPPE DE JOCAS He may live in a pineapple under the sea, but Nickelodeon darling SpongeBob SquarePants has made a splash on dry land. In addition to a long-running TV series and two theatrical films, SpongeBob’s popularity has sparked…
This Canadian author challenges the standard human-centred view we have of city spaces
BY: DUSTIN BATTY Typically, urban areas are considered in opposition to natural areas. Cities have asphalt, concrete, and buildings; nature has soil, marshes, and trees. Cities have chaos and noise; nature has peace and quiet. Cities have humans; nature has…
The case for all porn to be feminist porn
BY: BROOKLYN PINHEIRO If you’re a woman who’s ever had sex with a man and it ended when he came, without any further effort towards your orgasm, you have experienced sex in the same way as every women I’ve ever…
Tiny house plans you can download for free
BY: JESSICA BEUKER The tiny house movement is growing. With more and more people looking to downsize their space and utilities in favour of a lower carbon footprint, and downsize their belongings in favour of a unique and fulfilling living…
The best travel meetup apps you didn’t know you needed
“A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill It’s true, solo travel can get lonely. As much as we all have dreams of meeting amazing people in our hostel dorms, sometimes that dream just doesn’t pan…
Benadryl linked to mental illness
BY: NADIA ZAIDI It’s a pill found in most household medicine cabinets. It is trustworthy and effective, but could it lead to a mental illness? Potentially. A previous study published by Indiana University finds that diphenhydramine, an active ingredient in…
Bangladesh is saving lives with trees, but it’s not air pollution they’re fighting
BY: ELIJAH BASSETT They say lightning never strikes the same place twice, but in Bangladesh, it’s still been striking far too often for anyone’s taste. With at least 200 lightning-related deaths in the country last year, the Bangladeshi government is…
The moral stresses of animal experimentation and why they’re a good thing
BY: DUSTIN BATTY Most scientists who perform animal experimentation do not write about the emotional impact that such actions have on them. This silence arises from a number of factors: worry that other scientists do not feel similarly, a belief…
This company brings eco-friendly liquor to the table
BY: PHILIPPE DE JOCAS Who doesn’t love to kick back with a drink every now and then? There’s always beer as the good, reliable fallback option, of course, and if you’re out with friends – or if you’re spending a…
Nets that can capture water out of thin air have huge influence on the world’s driest regions
BY: BROOKLYN PINHEIRO The Atacama Desert is the driest place on earth. You may recognize it from Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets where its desolate appearance was a convincible substitute for Mars. The region in northern Chile sees an…