Living

How did the human animal, a finicky creature with seemingly insatiable appetites for sex, food and conflict, evolve from a randy cave dweller in a loincloth to a Dockers-wearing stay-at-home Dad?

Some blessed unions don’t survive the honeymoon, others make it to celebrate 20th and 30th anniversaries before they implode, scattering half a lifetime’s worth of ups and downs with four words: I want a divorce.

Where did the phrase bikini body come from? And what exactly does it mean? Any woman can wear a bikini—as these plus-size gals recently made clear on the website xojane.com — though the phrase implies that doing so requires some kind of license or validation by a third-party certifying body.

Things to do, wear and see for the month of July. Plus a Canadian music playlist that will have your head bopping all summer long!

Herbert Benson, a Harvard-affiliated researcher, cardiologist and founder of the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, has been trumpeting the benefits of the ‘relaxation response’ for decades (via Harvard School of Public Health).