BY: AISHA ILYAD Egypt – the land of magic and unknown ancient secrets, decorated with the greatest man-made structure of the ancient world, the great pyramid of Giza – is a land of many treasures. When Greek historian and philosopher, Herodotus,…
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Why do women really want children?
By: Zoe Melnyk Just a single generation ago, it was completely normal for a woman to graduate from high school, get married, and have children. In 1980, the average age for women to start having children was just over 22…
French photographer beautifully captures the freedom of modern day hippies and nomads
BY: KRUPA JOSEPH Twenty-three year-old Valentin Duciel is a self-taught photographer from Provence, France. A nomad at heart, he loves to discover beautiful places away from the city and people, armed with his camera and film. Through his work he…
Visit these 5 surreal art installations that use mother nature as a canvas
BY: SOPHIE JOYCE “Keep your love of nature, for that is the true way to understand art more and more.” Vincent Van Gogh’s words ring especially true when one experiences a profound and conceptual piece of art complimenting the beauty…
The Medieval city of Bruges has built the world’s first beer pipeline to protect its heritage
BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI When the tour guide at the chocolate factory was asked, “What kind of beer pairs well with dark chocolate?” I half-expected him to laugh. To the tour group’s surprise, he answered without skipping a beat and went…
Get to Know the Graffiti Affect
Often accredited to deviant hooliganism, my professors, and peers upped their nose at the idea of graffiti as fine art, only to ask me in private how I felt about Banksy. It seems the academic and hi-art roster is quick to jump…
Five stunning wineries to add to your bucket list
By: Jocelyn Schwalm Bonnie Heath Estate Winery: The aesthetics of this winery appeals to a vast array of people with their fields of lavender, grape vines and apple orchard. This winery located in Waterford, Ontario has set itself apart with its jack-of-all…
More millennials are opting for dogs instead of having children
As Facebook newsfeeds seem to be filling up with more and more young adults getting engaged, announcing pregnancies or having babies, it’s hard to believe that there’s actually an equal amount showing off a different kind of pride and joy: dogs. Dogs provide a sense of companionship without…
The Grey School of Wizardry is the real-life Hogwarts of your childhood dreams
BY: JESSICA BEUKER If you were the type of child who checked the mail daily, or waited patiently by the front door, only to subsequently be disappointed by the tragic realization that your Hogwarts letter might never actually arrive –…
The truth behind Hemingway’s advice to “write drunk, edit sober”
Ernest Hemingway’s famous advice was to “write drunk, edit sober”. Although there is a lot of debate as to whether he actually said this, the question remains: does alcohol help with the writing process? Many brilliant writers were also heavy…
This Hotel Is A Training Academy For Youths With Learning Disabilities
For those with learning disabilities, school can be a tough place to flourish. Luckily for them, an academy in Somerset, England has opened a school which caters to those who were born with developmental difficulties. Foxes Academy is not just any school, but a training…
This website will pair you with a local to give you a home-cooked meal anywhere in the world
Travelling to touristy destinations can inadvertently block opportunities that would otherwise enrich the travelling experience. A website called “Bonappetour,” is working to offer a service to avid travellers that would further enhance their experience of local culture. It is said to be the…
How using Tinder while travelling completely revolutionized my epic backpacking adventure
BY: ADAM THRUSH This year, I decided to make Tinder my travel buddy while I backpack solo across Mexico, Central, and South America. Testing the hypothesis that, together, two great things – tinder and traveling – can create something even…
This artist is creating windows into the past by bringing colour to historical photography
BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI Her restored images bring such realism to historic events that it seems as though each photograph becomes a window into the past. Working with snapshots of major events and everyday scenes – originally captured in black and…
How LED Grow Lights will help you grow the best weed indoors
BY: TED. S The advancement in grow light technology has made it possible to take the growing of plants indoors. If you are located where marijuana is legal and you want to become an indoor growing expert – read on.…
General Artificial Intelligence is Coming and We Have to Plan for it
20 Years. That’s how long we have until general artificial intelligence arrives. Intellectuals such as Sam Harris, who are informed on the topic, have given us that time frame and the implications of AI’s arrival. He recently appeared on the Joe…
Millennials have all the right conditions to keep exploring the universe
BY: PAOLO JOVENTINO I will always remember my first battle with existential crisis. In grade seven, I developed what I believed to be anxiety, and once I began to ask the real questions, I discovered it was. What I first…
San Francisco’s silicon soul: how it feels to be the villain in a gentrified city
BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI There was a time when this toy box of a city couldn’t pry itself from the image of a bohemian paradise – and perhaps it still hasn’t. After all, no one comes to San Francisco to see…
This teachers back-to-school rap will warm your heart and make you want to go back to elementary school (video)
In a move that is truly inspirational, 4th Grade school teacher Dwayne Reed created a rap and accompanying music video to welcome his students back to school. The Chicago based teacher wrote lyrics that would not only make his students excited to…
This unexpected friendship will show you miracles do happen
Life is a mixture of sadness, thrills, happiness, twist of lemon and rare out-of-your-mind-crazy situations that nobody can quite explain. One of those situations is the rare, but lovely friendship of a dog, George, and his new pal, the Duck.…