Is morality a wild thing?
Some scientists believe animals are capable of sympathy, shame and compassion Tijn Touber | May 2006 issue Morality is usually seen as the exclusive province of humans with highly developed brains. But world-famous primatologist Frans de Waal believes primates like chimpanzees and bonobos are moral Read More...
The Manifesto of the Cloud Appreciation Society
Ode to clouds | May 2006 Read More...
Treat life as a workshop to find out who you are
By: Jurriaan Kamp, Editor-in-chief Nigerian novelist Ben Okri tackles the really big questions of our time: inequality, immigration, education and, yes, love. He does this by looking at the world and then deep inside himself until he touches the source of his own truth. We live in an age when sound Read More...
Animals, up close and personal
The story--and portfolio--of a wildlife photographer who never runs from a shot. Steve Bloom | May 2006 Read More...
From here to Africa
People trying to help the poor are often targets of criticism. They are not effective, their intentions are not pure. But once you've witnessed desperation in fellow humans' eyes, things change. Ralf Bodelier | May 2006 issue If Veronica Kuchikonde hadn’t called that November evening in 1999 I Read More...
The Disunited States of America
Looking a half-century into the future, a maverick businessman warns that America may fall apart as a nation. He believes the U.S. can avoid this fate--but that it will require some radical steps right now.Jurriaan Kamp | March 2006 issue In 1950 the United Nations had 50 members. Today there are Read More...
Gulag Pyongyang
New graphic novel paints daily life under North Korea's dictatorship Marco Visscher | March 2006 Read More...
Beware of the white man
Filmmaker Michael Moore is certain that most of the world's problems are caused by whites: 'Every time I see a white man coming towards me, I get nervous.'Michael Moore | June 2003 issue I don’t know what it is, but every time I see a white guy walking toward me, I tense up. My heart starts Read More...
...and nothing else
Urtekram, the Danish pioneer in organic food and natural-care products, has nothing to hide. The company considers it the most normal thing in the world to do good things in the world.Marco Visscher | March 2006 issueIntet andet reads the label of Urtekram products—“nothing else.” For all of Read More...
Editor's letter
There are no limits to ownershipJurriaan Kamp | March 2006 issueIn working on this issue’s cover story on ownership, we looked into the topic of “open source.” The term refers to an approach used in the software industry to make source codes for computer programmes accessible to everyone. Read More...