A New Year resolution that’s good for you and the planet: stop eating meat

Raising beef cattle requires 160 times more land and causes 11 times more greenhouse gas emissions when compared to crops like wheat, rice or potatoes Choosing to live a life with less in an eco-friendly way goes far beyond what you consume, what you drive or whether you use plastic bags. It can also be […]

What Its Like To Be In Love When You Have Depression

No one will love you until you learn to love yourself is an easy enough phrase to believe is true. But its terrifying, especially when you have depression. What if you never learn? As a teenager, it made me fear for my life as an adult. I was certain I would never be capable of […]

So Coconut Oil Is Actually Really, Really Bad For You

Youd be hard pressed to find someone who doesnt like coconuts. They are furry spheres of deliciousness, after all. Coconut water though is pointless it doesnt have any clear health benefits and its just a saltier version of normal water. Then theres coconut oil. Its the latest cooking fad, and people all over the Web […]

Using Architecture To Explain 16 Mental Illnesses And Disorders

Federico Babina has just released a new project called Archiatric, which depicts 16 different conditions as works of architecture in various states of repair. The designs are chillingly abstract, but for anyone living with the agony of mental illness, they’re all too accurate. An animated video posted to the Barcelona-based digital artist’s YouTube page further […]

Atheist Actor Andrew Garfield Falls in Love With Jesus During the Making of Silence

“That was the most remarkable thingfalling in love, and how easy it was to fall in love with Jesus.” Andrew Garfield has come a long way since his days as The Amazing Spiderman. In his newest film, Silence, Garfield plays Sebastian Rodrigueza role in which he had to lose more than 40 pounds to play. […]

With 1 male left worldwide, northern white rhinos under guard 24 hours

Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya (CNN)At first glance, Sudan looks like any other northern white rhino: stout and agile, with square lips. He grazes under the hot sun, his massive head lowered to the ground, at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in central Kenya. When he’s not napping in his enclosure, he waddles around the sprawling savannah, […]

What If Physical Diseases Were Treated Like Mental Illnesses?

One in four of us will have a battle with mental illness at some point in our lives. In this past week alone, one in six adults have had a mental health problem. But despite its unbelievably widespread prevalence, mental illness is still surrounded by misconceptions and stigma. Today, it could be time to change […]

18 After-School Rituals That Kids Born After 1995 Will Never Understand

1.Saying good bye to your friends and knowing that you probably wouldn’t be talking to any of them until tomorrow, because nobody had cell phones and it was kind of definitely great. Other than some light AIM chatting, you were free to spend the evening decompressing. 2.Racing into your pantry to get first-pick of the […]

Me and my penis: 100 men reveal all

From the sex addict to the vicar, men open up about their manhood Every one of Laura Dodsworths penises is unique: introvert and extrovert, straight and bendy, wobblers and bobblers, growers and showers. There are contented penises that have led full lives, and disappointed penises that have let down their owners or been let down […]

Red meat cancer risk to be revealed by WHO – BBC News

According to the latest survey of the British diet, the average adult eats around 71g of red meat a day. Dr Louis Levy, head of nutrition science at Public Health England, said the agency would consider the report once it was published. “In the meantime, official advice is that people should consume no more than […]