BY: JESSICA BEUKER From the moment your parents tell you you’ll one day move out and go off to college to the time spent sitting in your high school guidance counselor’s office looking through university brochures, higher education is going…
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Why an out-dated Sex Ed program is dangerous to student health
BY: SINEAD MULHERN In 1998 I sat cross-legged in my grade one classroom in Alberta during my first ever lesson about sex. Our teacher was teaching us proper body part names. She sat at the top of the classroom having…
This former engineer quit his job to travel the world in a van
BY: ZOE MELNYK After years of dreaming about traveling the world, Mike Hudson finally made the decision to quit his job as a systems engineer and begin life on the road in a renovated LDV Convoy. Hudson began implementing his…
This imagination exercise can help you become healthier, more creative and less depressed
BY: CONNOR BRIAN It is necessary to know that two distinct selves exist within us: the active conscious and the remembering unconscious. The conscious self possesses a very unreliable memory, while the unconscious registers everything, without our knowledge, even the…
You can now buy Tesla Energy’s battery that could let you independently power your house
BY: DANIEL KORN The amount of people using solar energy to power their households independently has been steadily rising in the US over the past decade or so. Data from the US Department of Energy shows that the number of…
Why Islamophobia is fuelling a rising culture of wrongful apologies
BY: KHADIJA KHAN Islam has been responsible for making endless contributions to the development of society. It stressed the importance of hygiene, emphasized women’s rights and made advancements in medicine and science. Through painting, calligraphy and Sufism it branched into…
Nestlé plans to siphon one million litres of BC’s freshwater for $2.25 and sell 24 packs for $4.99
BY: MICHAEL LYONS If you bought a $2.00 bottle of Nestlé water, how much would you expect it to cost to draw that natural Canadian resource? Under a new rate introduced by British Columbia’s Ministry of Environment, Nestlé would only…
This documentary proves that outdoor adventures are essential to human health
BY: ZOE MELNYK Though it may be practical, addictive and entertaining, technology often removes us from the basic wheelwork of life —nature. But how does this disassociation from the natural environment affect our psychology and physiology? Many of today’s children…
Banksy just snuck into the Gaza Strip and captured this video
Banksy is back in action and recently updated his website with his newest street art work in Gaza. He writes: “Gaza is often described as ‘the world’s largest open air prison’ because no-one is allowed to enter or leave. But…
This director fights the objectification of women with female-friendly porn
BY: AOIFE RYAN Porn is perhaps one of the biggest, all-consuming conversation dividers of our age. Is it bad, good, healthy, distancing, dangerous, artistic, cheap, domineering, expressive or all of the above? Get a room of varied men and women…
This is the unmasked face of the modern day Ku Klux Klan (Photos)
Over half a century after the Ku Klux Klan flourished in the United States lynching many African Americans, many might be surprised to know that the hate group is currently still fighting to promote aggressive racism and regain white power.…
This man took a motorcycle journey from Alaska to Argentina and took a 500 day selfie (Video)
Alex Chacón is a videographer, photographer, public speaker and all around badass. Chacón sold everything he owned, dropped out of Medical School, and spent three years circumnavigating the globe on two wheels, including the ultimate journey from the northern hemisphere,…
The reason for this ex-lawyer’s extreme body modification will empower you (photos)
Meet María José Cristerna, also known as “The Vampire Woman.” Don’t let her appearances deceive you though, María is a former lawyer, survivor of domestic abuse, and a mother of four now working as a tattoo artist. Cristerna grew up…
This device allows blind people to see through their tongues
BY: LAURA ROJAS The story of Emilie Goissiaux, a 25-year-old artist living in Brooklyn but originally from New Orleans, is an amazing one. In 2010, an 18-wheel truck hit Emilie, giving her a traumatic brain injury, multiple fractures, and leaving…
This 34-year-old woman has sailed solo around the world for 10 years.
BY: BRITTANY ROSEN Captain Liz Clark lifted anchor on her boat in 2006, and has been independently sailing around the world ever since, with no plan to stop anytime soon. Armed with an in-depth education in sailing, and a lifetime at…
The Canadian feds target environmentalists as a threat to national security
BY: MICHAEL LYONS Canadian press and environmental groups are reporting that a leaked 2014 report by the federal and national police body, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) describes the national security threat of an “anti-petroleum movement.” In the face…
Chris McCandless’ sister reveals the real reason he went Into The Wild
BY: SINEAD MULHERN It’s been nearly 22 years since Outside magazine published Death of an Innocent, the story of a young man who left his home in a suburb of Washington D.C., travelled across the U.S., and disappeared into the…
This ex-business man moved to the wilderness at 29, and lived without money for years
BY: TED BARNABY Mark Boyle is one of the only men on earth who can claim an entirely money-free life—at least for a few years. Boyle’s moneyless journey began in 2008, spending the next two years living completely self-sustainably. He…
How these new technologies are killing your privacy and building a surveillance state
BY: DEXTER BROWN Would you allow someone to watch over you and hear your private conversations all day, every day? Well, with cameras and mics on everything from phones to tablets to computers, and even some video game controllers, you may…
In 2024, one of these five candidates may be selected to live and die on Mars (Video)
2024 is looking like it will be one of the most historically significant years in all of human history. Yielding over 200,000 applicants from all over the globe, and only 660 remaining, in the end only four will be given…