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The Coolest Father’s Day Gifts of 2026
Lifestyle
The Coolest Father’s Day Gifts of 2026
By Cool Material
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Lifestyle
Laphroaig’s New Whisky Comes With No Tasting Notes And a Chance to Hang with Willem Dafoe

The brand's second Dafoe collaboration is a 14-year single malt with no official tasting notes. Write the best one, and you could end up on set with the legend himself.

By Andy Vasoyan
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Lifestyle
The Ancient Art of Cooking Dinner Beneath Your Feet

Across nearly every continent, cultures have discovered the same thing. The earth makes a pretty incredible oven.

By Lola Méndez
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Lifestyle
The Anti-Instagram Cocktail Era Is Here

Why bartenders and drinkers are ditching the garnish circus and getting back to minimalistic cocktails.

By Christopher Osburn
Food
Noori Modular Grill

Born a couple short years ago in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Noori--which means "my fire, my light"--is a modern combination of traditional knowledge, grill science, ecology and integrated design that translates old school cooking into current age meals with modern ingredients, technology and observations. In practice, that means converting the traditional…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Marine Plastic Recycled Coca-Cola Bottles

You might not think the folks at Coca-Cola slum it anywhere near the cutting edge of environmentalism, but they've just unveiled the world's first plastic bottle using marine litter for beverage packaging. 300 bottles (an infinitesimally small number in relation to Coke production) symbolize their efforts to make the world…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Want to Look Your Best? Do These Six Things

Listen. We get it. Between meetings, spreadsheets, conference calls, employees, and day-to-day operations, you have a lot of things going on. But none of those obligations mean you shouldn't be taking care of yourself in the meantime. There are hundreds of how-to articles that detail thousands of ways for men…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Supertramped Co. Mercedes-Benz T2 Camper Van

This is the kind of vehicle that makes you want to abandon the office life forever. The folks at UK-based Supertramped Co. have turned a second-generation T2 transporter van into the ultimate surfing camper van with just about all the creature comforts you need to live life at or near…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
2021 Toyota Mirai Sedan Concept

If you haven't laid eyes on the world's ugliest car yet, just take one look at the current Toyota Mirai fuel cell vehicle. It's only for sale in the state of California due to the limited hydrogen fuel infrastructure, but if you've seen the damn thing, you're probably grateful it…

By Amos Kwon
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