We've all probably had the debate at least once in our lives over how much of our personality is driven by our environment and how much is driven by our genetics. "He was born with a fiery temper!" "She was raised to be a well-behaved lady!" Well, let me tell you a story... To ...read more

• By Justin Rosario
  Dec 21, 2018
• Opinion

Everywhere around us we see distorted expressions of masculinity -- from angry gym bros to Wall St traders, and a political culture that demeans and denigrates women.  But does our culture's distortion of masculinity have wider implications? What role does the feminine play in ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Dec 20, 2018

These past few weeks have not been great for the human race. Deadly police violence in America, political turmoil in Europe, rising xenophobia in Britain, a renewed civil war in Sudan and increased violence in Iraq have created a climate of anxiety and fear over our future. ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Jul 11, 2016

Newspaper photographer Rogério Soares caught a tragic, yet stunning moment with his camera on the coast of São Paulo in Brazil, capturing the precise moment when 36-year-old tourist Rosangela Biavati was struck by a lightening bolt while she ran towards the ocean. The sequence ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Feb 17, 2016

A cheeky and rather drunk guide from the Singita Game Reserve at Kruger National Park in South Africa thought it would be fun to charge at an elephant roughly 90 times his own size. The elephant got a bit of a fright and ran off, and the man returned to his friends a hero. The ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Feb 17, 2016