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By Tobias Carroll Have you ever watched a movie with great driving scenes — maybe Drive or Bullitt, maybe one of the Fast & Furious films — and thought, “damn, those stunts look cool”? Perhaps you’ve even been tempted to take one of them through the pa…

By Kirk Miller A record-breaking 311-liter bottle filled with rare Scotch is about to go up for auction, and it may fetch up to $2 million. The Intrepid, from the auction house Lyon & Turnbull and The Macallan, officially became the world’s largest bot…

By Tanner Garrity Adults tend to discourage daydreaming. Elementary-schoolers are reprimanded when they stare out the window during a lesson; kids are handed iPads when they declare themselves “bored” at family functions, and across the board, children…

By Tobias Carroll What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you read this sentence: Do you have a moment to talk about your car’s extended warranty? If your reaction was an immediate rush of anger, followed by the urge to throw your phone or compu…

By Nila Do Simon If you’ve never fallen asleep to the soft lullaby of undulating ocean waves or breathed in wafting salt air in the morning, then it’s time to reconnect to nature with a seaside camping trip. The ultimate form of self-medication, beachs…

By Kirk Miller It’s pretty easy to get very personal information about almost anyone through a simple internet search (try it on yourself and be instantly horrified). Thankfully, Google now lets users request the removal of personally identifiable info…

By Kayla Kibbe You don’t need me to tell you this, but you should be wearing sunscreen — and no, this isn’t like that Baz Luhrmann thing (which technically isn’t really a Baz Luhrmann thing at all). The sunscreen here isn’t a rhetorical appeal to humil…

By Tobias Carroll Some archaeological finds abound with splendor — the location of the burial site of a ruler, for instance, or the home of a wealthy merchant that’s been lost for centuries, if not longer. But plenty of archaeological work involves muc…

By Kayla Kibbe You literally can’t miss it: a bubble gum pink temple nestled very obtrusively among the low-key bistros and late-night food joints that line the first block of Orchard Street. A bright pink storefront with hearts in the windows, you mig…

By Alex Lauer “You haven’t used the Mirror yet? Go take a foam roller class right now!” That was my own mother a few months ago when I went over to my parents’ house for Sunday dinner. Well, Sunday snacks, followed by board games, drinks and then dinne…