Society

This month’s Perimeter Public Lecture tackles complex math with tasty treats—and we’re live-streaming it on April 5 at 7 pm ET

It may make some people understandably uncomfortable, but extending the right to assisted dying to the mentally ill is a compassionate solution

The former ’wonder drug’ led to miscarriages and babies with defects. Now it’s being repurposed—for cancer treatments

Parasites and pathogens are becoming resistant to pesticides and herbicides, and climate change means an influx of new pests

This week marks the 150th anniversary of Queen Victoria’s granting Royal Assent to the British North America Act

As fears of gene-editing technologies in the hands of amateur scientists grow, we should focus on genuine risks and not overreact to speculative threats

Here are the Canadian products that pushed the boundaries of innovation this year

Readers had a lot to say about Andrew Potter’s piece on the meaning behind Quebec’s snowstorm

Author Tom Nichols argues that people are angry at journalists for giving them what they want: pared-down stories tailored to them

Canadian men die earlier than women, and it’s not biological. What’s behind this deadly gap, and why doesn’t anyone seem to care?