Power of the placeboStudies are showing that placebos prescribed to unknowing (and knowing) patients actually work
Aretha Franklin on Martin Luther King, Barack Obama and Halle BerryFrom 2011, our conversation with the queen of soul before she put on a show at the Toronto Jazz Festival
The women shortage and why a surplus of men is bad for all of usIn her book, Unnatural Selection, Mara Hvistendahl investigates the effects of sex selection of babies
Why we should consider flogging over prisonThe author of ’In Defense of Flogging’ on lashings, chain gangs, and minimum prison sentences
Mellissa Fung and her captorsThe CBC reporter held in Afghanistan resisted, defied and then forgave them
The day Prince William married Kate MiddletonCouple, family, Queen and country came together in a ceremony that is being called the saviour of the monarchy and marriage
Mister FascinatorFrom 2011: Canadian milliner David Dunkley explains the allure of those whimsical hats
What to expect when she’s not expectingA man who’s lived through it has advice for men whose wives can’t get pregnant
How to get groceries for (almost) freeCoupon clipping is time-consuming, but the savings deliver ’an exhilarating high’
We’ve been misled about how to grieveWhy it may be wise to skip the months of journalling and group talk we’ve been taught we need