BY: JESSICA BEUKER Waiting—for the bus, for the subway, in a line-up—often feels irritatingly long. Most people whip out their smart phones or tablets to pass the time, aimlessly scrolling through Facebook and double-clicking every picture on their Instagram feed,…
Iceland is throwing a massive party inside a glacier before it melts forever
BY: TYLER FYFE The Langjökull glacier in Iceland is the second largest glacier in Europe. It’s also melting at an accelerated rate according to a 2015 peer-reviewed scientific journal by the American Geophysical Union. So in June 2016, ravers, a…
This company will mail a pre-made earth-ship to your doorstep
Constructing your home to work with the earth has benefits that far outreach just the cost. Earth-ships are designed to use the soil as natural insulation, and to catch storm water, maintaining an optimal temperature while keeping the utilities costs…
This company will find your perfect adventure-mobile, customize it and deliver it to you
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Under the canopy of night, beneath the smeared light of the Milky Way and facing the red mountains of the south, a silver van sits alone in the vast desert landscape. The inside of the van has…
Here are 8 natural remedies that will make your period less of a nightmare
BY: SYDNEY MCINNIS Ladies, that x amount of days every month that you’re bombarded by a tidal wave of menstrual blood is probably hell. Some suffer from 14-day menstruations. Some suffer from alarming mood swings and irritability. Some want to…
The world’s first anti-aging drug is here and could let you live to be 120
BY: JESSICA BEUKER The ability to live a long, healthy life is at the top of the wish list for most people. And while the average North American lifespan has been rising steadily over the past few decades, we can’t…
This violent sport breeds and raises camels to fight each other for human entertainment
BY: SYDNEY MCINNIS Visualize yourself as a peaceful, instinctual being. You’re being robed in strange colours and fabrics, which is likely making you feel muddled and dismayed. Something is happening today, you can feel it, but you fail to remember…
Studies show how antibiotics do more harm than good to our stomachs
BY: TREVOR HEWITT Sure, antibiotics kill harmful bacteria – but at what cost? The loss of healthy stomach bacteria for up to a year, apparently. As antibiotic-resistant superbugs like MRSA and certain strains of E. coli become increasingly common, researchers…
A $300 underground greenhouse offers a year-round DIY growing sanctuary
BY: EDITORS For growers unlucky enough to be living at high elevations or further than arms length from the equator, frost and cold relentless winds are constant enemies. Twenty years ago in the mountainous regions of South America, frustrated growers…
There’s an entire religion inspired by The Dude from The Big Lebowski
BY: TREVOR HEWITT In a material based society, so much emphasis is placed on the accumulation of physical wealth. Well, say what you will about the tenants of Capitalism, at least it’s an ethos. But not for all. Dudeism is…
Cat Cafés are saving lives in the most adorable way possible
BY: REGAN MCNEILL The whole concept of a cat café was literally foreign to me until I passed a store window filled with frisky felines playing with one another. I thought that maybe I was looking at a pet shop,…
Starting in 2017, this Colorado county will offer marijuana-funded scholarships to students
BY: TREVOR HEWITT Though they can’t legally smoke the stuff, they can still use it as an incentive to get high – grades, that is. Starting in 2017, a Colorado county will offer residents college scholarships that are funded…
Before you say that we shouldn’t accept Syrian refugees, take a minute to look at these photos
BY: TYLER FYFE In 2014, Syrian military photographer going under the moniker Caesar to protect his family, smuggled out two-years worth of photographs of detainees who were tortured to death in the dungeons of Syrian intelligence and security detention centres.…
People are using cannabis oil as an alternative cancer treatment and it’s working
BY: TREVOR HEWITT 120mg Oxcycontin 30mg Morphine 30mg Toreador 4 Tylenol #4 150 mg Amitriptaline 200 mg Celebrex 2000 mg Metphormin 15 mg Lipator 15 mg Clonazapane 15 Avianda 8 mg Coversyle 20 mg Zantac Though this laundry list of narcotics might…
The lazy student’s guide to taking notes in class that will earn you an A+
If you were to stand at the back of any large college classroom, you would likely be looking out over a sea of Facebook profiles, online games and YouTube videos. Though it’s easiest to type your notes on the computer,…
My classroom of chatty 10-year-old students taught me the meaning of empathy in education
BY: CODY HOFFMAN Teaching is full of extremes. Some days, you come home feeling like a mess. You sit on the bus feeling frustrated, your back sore and your voice even worse. A toddler on the bus begins wailing, and…
Female suicide bombers are increasingly becoming the stealthy weapons of terrorist groups
BY: LISA CUMMING There is no scenario in which you can justify the slaughter of innocent people. Whether it is under the blanket of religion, or within a re-emerging trend – feminism. In light of the recent attacks in Nigeria…
Watch Pussy Riot’s controversial new video, full of riots, rebellion and police brutality.
BY: ROB HOFFMAN “Fuck the police. Like we are in Greece.” This is the chorus of Pussy Riot’s controversial new song “Refugees In,” accompanying a video that was shot in the post-apocalyptic gloom of Banksy’s famous art installation, Dismaland, which…
New 1,620 square foot prefab eco-home can be shipped and set up in only 3 days (Video)
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Ecological pre-fab houses and quick, efficient home design have recently piqued a wide interest—and why wouldn’t it? According to Tedd Benson, Unity Homes Founder, “We can build homes that are fossil fuel-free and affordable. We can build…
The residents of this unique town literally live under a rock (Photos)
BY: JESSICA BEUKER For some, the expression, “Have you been living under a rock?” is nothing more than a rhetorical question expressing that a person is out of the loop. But for others, the expression is much more literal. Photo…