This is what life looks like through the eyes of an optimist vs. a pessimist
BY: ROBERT AMOROSO “A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.”…
Extreme mountain camping and tree tents are the solution to your adventure-lust
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Most people get queasy looking over the edge of a balcony on a tall building. Fortunately, professional free climbers Tommy Caldwell…
Elon Musk and SpaceX want you to design the tube transportation system from Futurama
BY: DANIEL KORN Futurama—at least its original four season run—does exactly what good science fiction should do—comment on our present by exploring our possible…
Before he died, Van Gogh wrote a letter to his brother explaining how a true artist must live
BY: MATTHEW CHIN At 37, Van Gogh shot himself and died in his brother’s arms, but before his death, he struggled with philosophical concepts…
Doing Laughter Yoga with complete strangers was awkwardly enlightening
BY: MOLLY SANDERS They say laughter is the best medicine. But even in the funniest of life’s memorable moments, a good tear-jerking laugh lasts…
Tinker’s Bubble is a sustainable forest community living almost entirely off the wilderness
BY: MATTHEW CHIN On the southern part of the United Kingdom, tucked away in the thick of a 40-acre woodland in Somerset, England, lies…
Watch New York City’s most influential buskers reveal why they sing to strangers
BY: MELISSA GONZALEZ I race to the subway, balancing a dripping tray of coffee while glancing anxiously down at my wristwatch. Already I’m late…
This activist is fighting the decline of the honey bee with explosive city street art
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Louis Masai hates the label “street artist.” In fact he rejects any label or stereotype that corners him into a specific…
This couple bought a cave for $1 and turned it into an incredible tiny home
BY ZOE MELNYK With a steep housing market and difficulty finding a stable job, young people are turning to cave homes for a more…
The top 5 vacation destinations for travellers addicted to the rush of adrenaline
BY MATTHEW CHIN This is not for the faint of heart, the couch-potatoes or the worry warts. This is for the bold, for the…