Miscellaneous
Protect yourself
Ask your doctor the right questions and don't leave before you have the answers.Bryan Hubbard | June 2003 issue * How long has this drug been on the market? As we have seen, many of the problems of drugs and their side effects are with the newer drugs that have been recently licensed, and that are Read More...
The recycled technology of Ranjana Mitra
Ranjana Mitra founded Share-IT, which keeps used computers out of the waste stream by refurbishing them and donating them to poor families. Launched in Toronto in 2004, Share-IT has so far given away more than 75 complete computer systems and kept 23,000 pounds of electronic waste out of landfills, Read More...
Where did the night go?
Light pollution is more than an aesthetic problem Carolyn Steel | March 2006 Read More...
Sick practices
The exposure of the true face of the pharmaceutical industry. Bryan Hubbard | June 2003 issue It was the end of another busy week at the offices of What Doctors Don’t Tell You, and everyone was keen to get their coats on and head for home for the weekend. Just then the phone rang, and each person Read More...
When bad art is good art
Now that we can make a 'perfect' design with a few mouse clicks the industrialised world is hankering for 'imperfect' designs. Artist and composer David Byrne on the importance of bad art. David Byrne | June 2003 issue Bad design is good design. And tasteful good design, likewise, is bad. Not Read More...
Asia in sight
Visionary Kevin Kelly travelled through Asia and documented a continent in photographs. | June 2003 Read More...
I gave the names
Adrian Leftwich, a political activist betrayed his friends and took responsibility for his past. | June 2003 Read More...
I think therefore I influence
Experiments prove that thoughts and feelings influence matter. | June 2003 Read More...
Smart city
Global urbanisation needs permanent solutions. Tijn Touber | June 2003 Read More...
The people's president
How Brazil's president Lula bridges the country's gap between its citizens and politicians. | June 2003 issue We need more than multinationals to achieve economic Read More...