BY: DANIEL KORN About 500 light years away from Earth, within the constellation Cygnus, is a planet with the catchy name of Kepler-186f. This planet is about the size of Earth and completes its orbit around a red dwarf star—half…
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9 totally free adventures to take in America to satisfy your wanderlust
BY: ZOE MELNYK For some, adventure is all about the distance; the farther the destination the larger the experience. Adventure doesn’t necessarily need to be defined by the miles travelled. An expedition an hour away from home can be just…
Photos of Africa’s wildlife roaming free in the last protected areas of our world
BY: DANIKA MOIR Images by Laurent Baheux Laurent Baheux is a French photographer currently capturing images of animals in the last few protected areas on our planet. In 15 years, he travelled through East Africa and took pictures of the…
7 reasons why experiences will make you happier than material things
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Whenever I ask a friend if they would like to accompany me on one the magnificent trips I’ve planned in my head, the answers range from, “It’s just so expensive to fly anywhere,” to a definitive “I…
The simple reason why Norway has been named the best country for humans 12-years in a row
BY: DANIEL WATERBORNE For the twelfth year in a row, Norway has been named the best country on earth to be a human in. According to the Human Development Report, Norway ranks the highest in life expectancy at an average…
This electrician just turned one of Chevy’s classic trucks into the adventurer’s ultimate camper
BY: TREVOR HEWITT A truck rests in a California backyard, a tree growing out its pale blue back, along decades of rust. That’s what Russ Moen saw when he first found what would become one of the most badass personal camper…
Dutch company designs office-caravans to let you work on the road, off-the-grid, or in the wild
BY:MATTHEW CHIN In the Netherlands, a country with one of the highest workplace satisfaction rates in the world according to monster, one company plans to introduce natural scenery and nomadism to the office. Amsterdam-based KantoorKaravaan, which translates to Office Caravan,…
Portable wood-stove collapses small enough to fit in your backpack to heat tents, vans and tiny homes
BY: EDITORS Let’s face it, we are not all Bear Grylls. When the wind is as sharp as a knife, not all of us have the skills, or the willpower, to take refuge inside the carcass of some large land…
Why USB flash drives with mystery files are being cemented into walls of major cities
BY: LAURA ROJAS Berlin-based conceptual and multimedia artist Aram Bartholl started his project, Dead Drops, in 2010 during his time as an artist in residence at EYEBEAM, an art and technology centre in NYC. Dead Drops is essentially an offline…
10 iconic hippie vans (photos)
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP The Volkswagen Type 2, otherwise known as a microbus or camper, or known even more fondly as a hippie van, has been around since the 1950s. Since its introduction to the world it has only grown in…