BY: JOCELYN SCHWALM Having to deal with the diagnosis of a friend or family member with Alzheimer’s can be a tough pill to swallow. Knowing that someone who you love can’t recognize your face and has no idea who you…
Why We Should Celebrate Making Mistakes
We live in a society that demands perfection. Whether it’s taking an age to find the perfect angle for your selfie face, or the hours spent in the gym to achieve that body that always seems just out of reach.…
Route 66 will become America’s first energy producing solar road
BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI At the edge of the Mid-West and along the most iconic symbol of the great American road trip the state of Missouri is about to take its first step toward what could be the future of roadways…
What it’s like to grow up as a Third-Culture-Kid in Saudi Arabia
It was Orientation Week at Virginia Tech, and a pivotal moment. It was not only my induction into the world of university, but also my re-integration into life “stateside.” My group’s (stereotypically obnoxious) “Orientation Leader” instructed us to sit…
How I turned a short-term volunteer trip into a full-fledged life abroad
BY: ELSA THOMASMA Life as I knew it changed forever when I stepped foot in the Philippines for the very first time. My eyes were opened, my senses invigorated, and my mind introduced to a country, people, and culture that I never could…
A hundred nude women will protest against Trump at the Republican Convention
BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI When New York photographer Spencer Tunick announced his latest project, titled Everything She Says Means Everything, he received an overwhelming response from women who were willing to pose nude in front of the Quicken Loans Center in…
This project is redefining access to knowledge: it’s a tone away
This library is the place for you to visit if you enjoy exploring new, exciting worlds of music and, generally, sounds. People from the British Library Sounds documented, digitalized, and made accessible one of the world’s largest collection of published…
Are we self-censoring because of online surveillance?
BY: Victoria Heath It’s the biggest leak of government secrets in history, and it all started with a short message to journalist Glenn Greenwald, in December 2012. “I’ve got some stuff you might be interested in.” Just a few months…
Advertisers are doing anything they can to get your attention with these kinds of ads.
By: Jocelyn Schwalm When deviating outside of social norms, is it possible ad companies have gone too far? Shock advertisers use psychology to their advantage, knowing that the deeper the disturbance they cause, the more likely people are going to…
Here’s how you can retire at 30 without inheriting millions of dollars.
By: Jocelyn Schwalm Retiring at the age of 30 seems like a luxury limited to young heirs who’ve managed to inherit millions of dollars from their wealthy parents. However, for this particular blogger, inheritance wasn’t a necessity for success. In…
Geek culture may be on the verge of a welcomed self-implosion.
BY: Victoria Heath In 2013 the Western world watched in mass confusion as teenagers everywhere wore T-shirts, tank tops and bags sporting the words “GEEK,” “NERD,” or “DORK.” At the time, adults wondered what the hell these kids were smoking.…
This trained eagle and its camera capture incredible aerial views of the Australian coastline
BY: Lauren Ali There has been a growing trend among artists to use drones to capture soaring heights and new perspectives. Salty Wings is no exception to this new trend. They create stunning scenes of Western Australia’s coastline with drones…
Poet turned hip-hop artist shows us what life on the road as a struggling performer looks like
By: Andrew Uyeno Ever wonder what it’s like to be a modern day poet? Poetry is actually incredibly popular these days, except most of us call it rap. That’s maybe why spoken word poet George Watsky found it quite easy…
This service brings dogs to classrooms and healthcare facilities proving puppies fix everything
By: Jocelyn Schwalm There is a laundry list of the positive benefits to being around man’s best friend, and the foundation “The Good Dog” is looking to provide them. The service offers therapy dogs for education, health care, research and…
Becoming a Canadian Senator is now as easy as filling out an application
BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI Early last fall Canada was promised, “real change” by its new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Among the most anticipated promises was the legalisation of marijuana by 2017, but this week the country’s Liberal government also announced plans…
Psychedelic science has found a better way to treat depression with the help of magic mushrooms
BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI It may still be a few years before daytime advertising tells us to ask our doctors about shrooms, but a team of scientists in the UK is trying to prove that psychedelics can do much more than…
Pharmaceutical companies around the world are backing out of their involvement with the death penalty
By: Jocelyn Schwalm Capital punishment has always had fiercely opposing opinions, but what happens when the companies supplying these powerful drugs decide they want out? Drug companies all around the world have decided it is time to take a stance…
Becoming a happier person could be as simple as writing down negative memories, says study
By: Jocelyn Schwalm Most people accept their circumstances without questioning the validity of the story they tell themselves. For some this is a good thing that leads to a high self-value and confidence, but for others it can be detrimental.…
Now you can visit the majestic Canadian island where more than 500 wild horses roam freely
BY: Victoria Heath I’m sorry. I don’t think I heard you right. Did you say there’s an island with feral horses just running around, doing horse things? — Yeah, it’s freaking magical. On a recent trip to Halifax, Nova Scotia…
This service brings dogs to classrooms and healthcare facilities, proving puppies fix everything
By: Jocelyn Schwalm There is a laundry list of the positive benefits to being around man’s best friend, and the foundation “The Good Dog” is looking to provide them. The service offers therapy dogs for education, health care, research and…