The Bygone Candle Co.

Handmade from soy wax to remind you of seasons past

Founded last year in White Plains, NY, Britt Dignan’s Bygone Candle Co. produces candles that boast lush fragrances made to remind users of seasons past. Dignan decided to start the business after failing to find candles that were seasonally appropriate—they were all too sweet or unnecessarily complex, and she wanted rich but subtle perfumes. Her resulting collection features three candles per season, with scents that …

Unlike Trump’s Wall, Tecate Wants One Made of Beer

In time for the first debate and 41 days until the election, Tecate released a clever TV spot that’s funny, but political. The commercial proposes a wall between Mexico and the United States, but unlike Trump’s proposed wall, this one would encourage bringing people together for a beer. It was appropriately shot outside Tecate, Mexico—a boarder town; and in the true spirit of togetherness, the …

How Early Humans Migrated From Africa

Three recently published papers suggest that “modern non-Africans originate from a single out-of-Africa migration.” This is believed because the three studies analyzed genomes from 787 people who come from over 270 populations all over the world—and the similarities across the board mean that there was probably a single exit from Africa. Fascinatingly, it’s believed that our ancestors began splitting up into separate groups some 200,000 …