Today’s Solutions: April 18, 2024

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ADHD: The hyperactive diet

ADHD: The hyperactive diet

Marco Visscher | September 2005 issue Whenever Sam dug into the candy jar, he became completely unruly. He was aggressive and picked fights with his older brother Jack. “Our son had changed from a normally calm, cooperative and loving child to something resembling a wild, obnoxious beast,” Read More...

Pioneer of Urdu rock

Pioneer of Urdu rock

Pakistan's leading rock star writes songs about love and reconciliation. His embrace of social causes has invited comparisons with Bono. But many mullahs want to ban his music. Marco Visscher meets up with Salman Ahmad, the first rock legend in the Muslim world. Will he show that music can be more Read More...

Dance with your shadow

Dance with your shadow

Carnival fills the human need for a time-out. A reflection upon a worldwide historical phenomenon. Jay Walljasper | Jan/Feb 2005 Read More...

Banking on change

Banking on change

You can't think of any institution more devoted to the status quo than banks. Banks don't reform society; they protect people's money. Yet money is needed for any project that aims to change society. That's why we need a new kind of idealistic bank. And that bank exists in the Dutch town of Zeist. Read More...

Don't be afraid

Don't be afraid

Every parent understands the fear that something terrible will happen to his or her child. But how realistic is it to be afraid of what ultimately rarely happens? A mother launched her own investigation. Sarah Scott | October 2004 issue Just imagine: terrorists are planting bombs in mailboxes near Read More...

Profile: Rokia Traor

Profile: Rokia Traor

Rokia Traor Ton Maas | September 2004 issue Across Africa, there is considerable discussion over he question of who is the greatest male vocalist—Youssou N’Dour or perhap Salif Keïta? But when it comes to the greatest female, there is little debate. The young Malinese singer Rokia Read More...

Kids reveal the future of the

Kids reveal the future of the Internet

Social networking sites like MySpace are reshaping cyberspace--and the business world Craig Cox | October 2006 issue Social networking sites like MySpace are reshaping cyberspace—and business Next time you’re feeling a bit annoyed by your teenager’s obsession with MySpace, consider this: She Read More...

…t-i-c-k…

...t-i-c-k...

High-tech gurus invent ultra slow clock to stimulate long-term thinking. Marco Visscher | July 2004 issue Our civilisation has shifted into an unnaturally high gear. Nothing gets the unhurried attention it deserves. So a handful of key high-tech thinkers in the San Francisco Bay area decided Read More...

Nine amusing ways to stay out

Nine amusing ways to stay out of the therapist's office

| December 2004 issue   · Try not to take yourself seriously. Stand in front of a mirror and make funny faces, even in public. · Get a pet that suits you and give it a strange name. Don’t forget to take care of it. · Get some exercise. Squash and badminton are very civilized sports that Read More...

A Kogi way of knowledge

A Kogi way of knowledge

To save Western civilization from downfall we clearly can't go back to the past; to a world without modern technology and science. And yet we can learn something from native peoples: how to live in harmony. The French researcher Éric Julien | June 2005 issue 1. All action is rooted in Read More...