Society

We’re safer, richer, healthier—and more miserable—than ever before. What new research reveals about happiness. And how to find it.

This book explores what humans have won, and lost, with the decline of polygamy

Michal Schwartz, who pioneered the field of neuroimmunology, makes links between immune-system health and Alzheimer’s

Maclean’s readers write letters to the editor

Watch our stream of the Perimeter Public Lecture as theoretical cosmologist Katherine Freese discusses what we know about mysterious dark matter

After a #YearInSpace—340 days, to precise—on the International Space Station, Scott Kelly is back on Earth with Mikhail Kornienko

A mechanic with a memorable laugh, he devoted his free time to his children, fishing and hunting at their remote family cabin

Israel’s chief scientist explains why the country has the highest concentration of startups in the world. Are there lessons for Canada?

We all know invective-spewing racists on Twitter aren’t going to get us more diverse voices. The Buzzfeed/ Scaachi Koul firestorm reveals why the yelling progressives aren’t either.

Yogourt is king of the dairy aisle. But cottage cheese isn’t going to just take its lumps.