BY: DANIKA MOIR Photos by Tomer Ifrah What began as an assignment to capture a portrait of a Neve Tirza prisoner for an Israeli woman’s magazine turned into an intimate photo series created by Tomer Ifrah. Neve Tirza woman’s prison…
This company will give couples $10,000 to fund their dream wedding
By: JACK M. If you’re about to walk down the aisle or maybe just take a trip to the registry office, hold off saying “I do,” at least for a few more weeks. SwanLuv is a new Seattle-based company, and…
What the new assisted suicide law could mean for the mentally ill
BY: STEFANIE AWRONSKI Euthanasia and assisted suicide are practices that have a long history of blurring the lines between being simply issues of legality or morality. As it stands very few countries in the world currently legally employ the uses…
Here’s a look at Picasso’s incredible self-portraits from age 15 to age 90
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Picasso was known for his influence on the world of art, playing around with new ideas all the time and inventing constructed sculpture, collage and a wide variety of other styles. Picasso’s work includes thousands of pieces…
Young voters are feeling the Bern and Hillary Clinton is feeling the pressure
M. TOMOSKI Just months ago, with no opposition and big money supporters like Goldman Sachs, Hillary Clinton was bound for a free ride back to the White House. But as Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump announced their candidacy, Americans on…
Jacob is 17 years old, autistic, and on his way to getting a PhD in theoretical physics
BY: JACK M. At the age of two, Jacob Barnett was diagnosed with severe autism, and his parents were told by a small army of educators and doctors that he would never be a functioning member of society, let alone…
Why your first job should be in a developing country
BY: IVAN DAMNJOVIC All images below by Ivan Damnjanovic Follow Ivan online: Twitter & Instagram April 25, 2015 at 11:56 a.m., an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 strikes Nepal, impacting tens of thousands of people and costing $5 billion in damages. Less…
In the male-dominated world of auto racing, this environmental activist has made her mark.
“Never underestimate a vegan hippie chick with a race car.” Leilani Münter. By: JACK M. It’s difficult, I know, to reconcile the gas-guzzling, rubber-burning world of car racing with the idea of being a responsible steward of the environment; it’s…
29 easy ways to keep your creative juices flowing when you’re starting to burn out
BY: JESSICA BEUKER As a writer, I constantly struggle with finding ways to stay creative. I write every single day – it’s the biggest part of my job. Because of this I often hit the dreaded writer’s block. Staring at…
This infographic will forever change the way you think about sleep
BY: JESSICA BEUKER It’s an important part of personal health, and lack of sleep or poor sleeping habits can even cause certain health problems and contribute to a variety of illnesses. You can make sure that you get a proper…
You can now blame that gross, drunk make-out session on humans’ horrible sense of smell
BY: MARIYA GUZOVA If you’ve ever thought about it for longer than a second, then you’ll probably agree that kissing is pretty weird, perhaps even gross. Pressing your open mouth into another person’s open mouth and exchanging saliva and germs…
In an attempt to stop elephant poaching, Hong Kong will shut down legal ivory trade
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Great news for elephants – Hong Kong is taking steps to phase out their ivory trade. Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying announced the news Wednesday in his 2016 policy address. He added that the ban would happen as…
This new drone lets people fly without a pilot
BY: ALEX BROWN A few days before the Ehang 184 hit the internet like a storm, I was having a conversation with a few friends about the insanity of modern innovation and what the future may hold, specifically, in the…
Routines of history’s greatest minds reveal what artists were doing when they weren’t creating.
BY: ERIC ZDANCEWICZ There are unfortunately only 24 hours in a day, and at some point every busy body has to confront this. While I firmly believe that comparison is the death of creativity, it couldn’t hurt to gain some…
Watch how these artists spread kindness in 12 simple ways
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Among all of the New Year’s diet, exercise, and cut-back-on-drinking resolutions, Jessica Walsh and Timothy Goodman made a resolution as well. But it’s not just one for the New Year; it’s one that will hopefully ripple through…
Poachers are poisoning endangered vultures to smoke their brains & conjure guidance from beyond
BY: LAURA GARRIDO Vultures–these endangered bald-headed creatures, known for their gluttonous appetite and malicious habits, may be what are preventing disease dissemination. Vultures are known for being bloodthirsty, feasting in blood baths of disease as beaks greedily reach for any…
A German photographer cycled 40,000 km to capture portraits of the last African Nomads
BY: DANIKA MOIR Photos by Mario Gerth Mario Gerth is a documentary photographer whose profession has brought him to over 80 countries in five continents. He has travelled for two years across remote African regions into a world completely different…
The Korowai people live in 50-metre tree houses as an officially recognized community of ‘tree-dwellers’
BY: TREVOR HEWITT Deep in the dense forests of Ndeiram Kabur River, among 500 centimeters of annual rainfall, deadly microbes and glistening eyes in the night, remains a slice of the world relatively unsullied by the groping western gaze. Korowai people…
This student uses his new drone to hunt down illegal miners and loggers in the Amazon Rainforest
BY: ALEX BROWN The lungs of the earth are deteriorating under the heat of illegal industry, claiming approximately 80,000 acres of rainforest per day—or about a football field, per second, per day. Between the ranks of illegal loggers, miners and…
Photo series gives you a rare glimpse into the startling and dream-like world of the one per cent
BY: ALEX BROWN According to Oxfam, “The combined wealth of the richest one per cent will overtake that of the other 99 per cent of people next year unless the current trend of rising inequality is checked.” It’s one of…