Compostable, Cannabis Coffee Pods

San Diego-based company Brewbudz has announced it’s planning to launch cannabis coffee pods, so Mary Jane enthusiasts can have an extra early morning buzz. Expected to cost $7 each, each pod will contain 10 milligrams of THC for those sipping recreationally (but up to 50 milligrams will be available for medicinal users). Perhaps most excitingly, these single-serve pods are 100% compostable—unlike so many on the …

The Dark Historic Associations of Gingerbread

From violent literary associations to war-driven distribution, the history of gingerbread cookies happens to be tinged with darkness. According to historians, ginger first entered the European world of baking in the Middle Ages, after centuries of use as a medicine, due to The Crusades. Those fighting in the Middle East brought it back and centuries later it became a confectioner’s ingredient used to make hard, …

Photos of Cuba Through the Lens of Its Youth

Days before Fidel Castro died, National Geographic met with 21 young Cuban people (from students to professionals) and talked about what it means to them to be Cuban. The discussion was part of a National Geographic Photo Camp whose aim was “to teach Cuban youth how to tell their own stories through photography, to challenge them to show us their world in a way no …