How a volcanic eruption made 1816 the year without a summer
Out of utter devastation, came great enduring art including Frankenstein and Dracula
The Vault
The dangers of older dads
Older moms get the blame for genetic defects in offspring. Turns out aging dads may be an even bigger problem.
A former NRA man on his conversion to gun control
Former competitive shooter and anti-gun activist Tom Diaz on school murders, political indifference and how the NRA is a paper tiger
Prince Harry: His Royal Scoundrel
From 2013: Let’s hear it for Harry, the most huggable Windsor in history. Forget the heir, long live the spare.
Lessons in conflict resolution from traditional societies
Eminent American geographer Jared Diamond on what we can learn from small-scale, politically independent societies that existed throughout human history before the rise of states about 5,400 years ago.
5 Canadian-born American religious figures
From Catholic missionaries to evangelical pastors, Canada has supplied American Christianity with many notable figures
The woman who coined the ’End of Men’
Hanna Rosin says women are avoiding men, and men are becoming childish
The secret to a good night’s sleep
How animals do it, the real Olympic advantage, and why men rest easy
Two against one: The stigma of being single
A Toronto professor fires a volley into the culture war
Inside the twisted world of Luka Rocco Magnotta
From 2012: Nicholas Köhler and Martin Patriquin on the eerily public life and times of a twisted murder suspect