Magzine October 2007

LIFE

What the West can learn from the rest

The world is becoming One. But the game is being played according to rules set by the West. In process, we are seeing material gain and progress for developing nations - but also substantial loss. Ode asked leading opinion-makers in the developing countries what the West can learn that would improve Western life and create a better future for all humanity.

 

NEWS & MEDIA

School for social change

At a pioneering academy in Johannesburg, underprivileged Africans are learning to become entrepreneurs.

 

Textbook success

How a jobless young man became a world leader.

 

ENERGY

Welcome to the hydrogen age

Hydrogen fuel cells will never be a practical source of power, right? Wrong. The technology is set to take off sooner than you think.

 

HEALTH

First, do no harm

Hospitals are surprisingly unhealthy places. But some are making bold changes to help people heal.

 

SCIENCE

The real secret

Hit films like The Secret serve up a strange mix of New Age nostrums and quantum physics. Yet do they really understand what science and spirituality are all about, asks a prominent physicist?

 

SPIRIT

Life on the inside

A bold project at San Quentin teaches prisoners to confront the feelings that drove them to crime.

 

COMMENTARIES

From Viagra to steroids

Condemning drugs in sports is hypocritical.

 

COLUMNS

You know more than you think

A new study shows your body has a mind of its own.