Everyday chemicals affect children's sexual development
Kim Ridley| Jan/Feb 2007 issue
Kids these days are growing up too fast— in more ways than one. American girls are reaching puberty up to a year earlier than in previous generations, with some children showing signs of sexual development as Read More...
Howard Schiffer and Vitamin Angels are saving the world one multivitamin at a time
Matt Kettmann| Jan/Feb 2007 issue
What the world needs now is not love, but vitamins. That’s what 40-year-old Howard Schiffer realized in 1994 after an earthquake hit the former vitamin salesman’s hometown of Read More...
A revolutionary new light bulb uses so little energy it can last decades
Tijn Touber | Jan/Feb 2007 issue
If Anton Philips, the man who co-founded the global electronics firm bearing his name in 1891, could see his great-grandsons today, he would surely be proud. His direct descendents, Frans Otten Read More...
Ben Okri offers a message from the house that was a country.
Ben Okri and Cynthia Jones| Jan/Feb 2007 issue
That country was a house with a gutter of earth in front of it. And the shallow gutter was clogged with things that made the air foul and terrible to breathe. There was a dead cow upended Read More...
And why, according to Deepak Chopra, that's a very good thing
Paulo Coelho | Jan/Feb 2007 issue
I'm sure that in their heart of hearts, most people wish God would stop interfering in everyday life. This is a concern that reaches far beyond religion. The U.S. president and other born-again Read More...
An alternative energy is ready to bloom
Craig Cox | December 2006 issue
Marlborough is a picturesque coastal city on New Zealand’s South Island known for wineries and whale-watching. But oddly enough it’s the town’s sewage ponds that are getting the most attention these days, as a company Read More...
Karen Tse makes a strong case against torture
Nynke Sietsma| December 2006 issue
Karen Tse couldn’t be more clear about her dream: She wants to eliminate torture in the world. It certainly doesn’t sound simple, but Tse says it could be. “We just have to make a decision as a global community Read More...
Nineteen eighty-six Nobel Peace Prize-winner Desmond Tutu talks to Ode about the necessity for forgiveness.
Lekha Singh | December 2006 issue
The Most Reverend Desmond Mpilo Tutu stands out as a man of conviction and compassion. Raised and educated under the racist South African government, as a Read More...
Throughout the 11 years Ode has been in print, the name Muhammad Yunus has often cropped up, and microcredit has been a recurring theme. Yet it took us until last year to track him down in Bangladesh for an extensive interview. Now that Yunus will receive the Nobel Peace Prize on December 10 in Read More...
Nutritional supplements are no substitute for a healthy diet
Tijn Touber| December 2006 issue
Green tea extracts, beta carotene, selenium, grape seed extract, high doses of vitamins E and C, aloe vera... if you want to take antioxidants in capsules or tablets, you’ve got a wide selection. And Read More...