Society

Before David Letterman turned cranky host, he ran TV’s edgiest show—and changed a generation

Alice may be a better bet than North, but really, anything could win

Our war with invasive species has been as futile as the war on drugs. Witness the 30,000 Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades.

A cult show/podcast featuring the fictional city of Newbridge, N.J., sees a revival

Historian Jonathan Zimmerman on why teachers hate sex ed and democracy is terrible for it, and how a history of the subject is like Seinfeld

Parks Canada divers explored the sunken remains of HMS Erebus.

Colby Cosh on deciphering data on missing and murdered Aboriginal women

How a small country became a land of big people in stunningly short order

Worried about Big Brother watching you? Meet Little Brother: Twitter’s new live video-streaming app

Rachel Browne on the future faced by Yazidi women recently released from Islamic State captivity