BY: SAMANTHA TAPP When you see an airplane overhead, what do you think about? Do you consider the sheer volume of work that goes into each flight? Are you jealous of the people that are travelling somewhere? Most likely, you…
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Five bone-chilling true crime podcasts that are guaranteed to keep you up at night
The popularity of true crime podcasts is due to more than just morbid curiosity. True crime podcasts have to balance facts with sensationalism while staying true to their storytelling. Due to their ability to reach people far and wide, they have the power…
The death of the tweet and why I don’t believe Twitter was ever the platform
BY: NADIA ZAIDI I hate Twitter. Yes, I know I’ve spoken against the gospel of social media, but it’s my opinion and I own it. I respect the revelation it’s ignited, paving the ability to instantaneously share breaking news and…
The cost of pollution isn’t just the environment, it’s our health and wallets too
In an effort to increase awareness (and instigate action) of ways pollution is infiltrating and affecting human lives, a recent study was conducted by The World Bank in conjunction with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), entitled Air Pollution: Strengthening the Economic…
How Will Brexit Affect Ireland’s Economy?
The credit crunch of 2008 had a detrimental effect on a number of EU economies. The bursting of the so-called ‘American Housing Bubble’ triggered a domino effect of economic events that hit hardest in the economies of Southern Europe. The…
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 house in San Francisco is home to over 33,000 sheets of LSD
Nestled deep within San Francisco’s Mission district lays a white, two-story house with heavy black curtains shrouding the windows. Unbeknownst to casual passersby, inside this house there are over 33,000 sheets and individual tabs of LSD blotter paper on display. This…
This artist spent $16 Million of his own money to build this.
By: Andrew Uyeno Artist Christo Vladimirov Javacheff has given us all the chance to finally walk on water. The Bulgarian artist has finished one of his greatest masterpieces yet, on the Lake Iseo in Italy. They are calling it “The…
The Creators project is bridging the gap between art and technology
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Creativity and innovation is a wicked combination. That’s why The Creators Project is giving those individuals who have a passion for technology and the arts a platform to be seen and heard, but most of all,…
Once poached and left for dead, a rhino gets reconstructive surgery and a fresh start
By: Andrew Uyeno We were only given one planet. While more and more of us are getting behind animal rights and the protection of endangered species, it’s not enough, as the destruction of natural habitats and poaching are still…
The world’s first app-enabled urn sees your deceased loved one return to life through nature
BY: DANIKA MOIR Ever thought about what happens to your body after you die? I have. If you choose to be buried, you end up rotting in the ground in a box. If you’re cremated, you could either be put…
How supermarkets trick us into buying more than we really need
By: JACK M. Gone is the day when a grocery store was a place where you’d just go to pick up your weekly groceries. Times have changed, and today’s supermarkets use every trick in the book to get you…
Bernie Sanders’ latest campaign video will make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck
BY: EDITORS They told us we were categorically confined to traits that we inherited, had us check off boxes in census surveys, as if what we were could be contained inside a pie graph. They told us we were separated…
Incredible photos capture the hunt for the Himalayan blue poppy among the peaks of Tibet
‘Discovered’ in 1928 by the famous Austrian-American explorer Joseph Rock, the three 6000m peaks of Yading in eastern Tibet are one of Asia’s most spectacular and pristine mountain sanctuaries. Sanctified over 300 years earlier by the fifth Dalai Lama, local…
The sleep patterns of 21 highly successful people show us how to maximize our time
BY: ALISA HELLY What is the one thing that all of us are constantly running out of? Let me give you a little hint; it doesn’t matter if you’re rich or poor, healthy or frail, happy or unhappy, young or…
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…
13 essential on-the-road philosophies for the broke, but passionate, shoestring traveller
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Follow Rob on Instagram A year of cooking my retinas on the white glare of my laptop and a never-ending rotation of office-work had turned my life into a dried and packaged version of itself. It was…
This is my secret to not letting your life decay while you’re still living
BY: TYLER FYFE Grayscale existence is the most common modern illness. You can spend your whole life counting the cracks in the sidewalk, while failing to see the sparkle among the rows of panelled glass. In doing so, you will…
This 32-year-old biked across 30 countries to show his OCD who’s boss
BY: LAURA GARRIDO It is not uncommon for many of us to feel trapped in the world we were born into, consumed by the idea of following a cookie-cutter narrative for our lives. Despite the fact that these planned-out lifestyles…