Hashima Island has a complicated history. But what's abundantly clear is that when humans leave, buildings will crumble and nature will flourish.Wikimedia CommonsHashima Island in 2008. About nine miles from the city of Nagasaki sits an abandoned island, void of inhabitants but steeped in history. Hashima Island, once a mecca for undersea coal mining, was a sharp representation of Japan‘s rapid industrialization. Also known as Gunkanjima (meaning Battleship Island) for its resemblance to a Japanese battleship, Hashima functioned as a coal facility from 1887 until 1974.

Joe Fig makes art of artists making art. Have a headache yet?The artist’s studio is akin to the scientist’s laboratory. It is a space for ideas to take physical form; it is a place for innovation and–pending the occupant’s mental state–alchemy. It is also deeply personal, simultaneously reflecting and shaping the artist’s creative process. Knowing this, American sculptor Joe Fig utilized his own talent to create miniature dioramas of famous artists’ studios and workspaces, recreating in great detail whole rooms in which they allowed their genius to germinate.

Delays on the mountain caused by the influx of climbers — many of whom are inexperienced — have led to exhaustion, dehydration, and now, death.Facebook/Nirmal Purja MBE: ‘Project Possible – 14/7’These traffic jams, caused by inexperienced climbers and dangerously loose regulations, have already claimed the lives of 11 people this year. It was only a week ago that we reported on Kami Rita Sherpa climbing Mount Everest twice in one week for a total record of 24 ascents.

Recent studies have shown how psilocybin has been highly beneficial to end-of-life patients or those who suffer from depression and PTSD.Johns Hopkins Psychedelic ResearchA psilocybin therapy session conducted at Johns Hopkins University. Advocates for psilocybin as an effective method for the treatment of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder have made huge strides in recent years. The psychoactive substance, psilocybin, has traditionally been dismissed as merely a recreational drug but has recently garnered enough clinical credence for state and local governments to consider legislation around legalizing it for medical purposes.

When hijackers took Pan Am Flight 73 hostage in September 1986, Neerja Bhanot bravely helped passengers escape and was ultimately killed while shielding three children from a hail of bullets.Neerja Bhanot was working as a senior flight attendant for Pan American World Airways when tragedy struck on the morning of Sept. 5, 1986. While on a routine stopover in Pakistan, Pan Am Flight 73 was hijacked by four armed Palestinian terrorists.