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Why I am proud to be an American
Ode's executive editor Jay Walljasper on why real patriots are in the streets, not in the White House. Jay Walljasper | July 2004 issue As a child learning lessons at school, I believed that my country was the greatest in the world. We had defeated Hitler in World War II, and we were now ridding Read More...
Vaccine against cancer
Oncologist Robert Gorter is seeing success in using patients' own "killer" cells to battle cancer. Ode visited his clinic in Cologne, Germany. Tijn Touber | September 2006 issue Six months. That was how long 59-year-old Joe Pacini was expected to live—at least according to the doctors who were Read More...
Confessions of a sloppy mystic
Is your house an oasis of order-or a cesspool of clutter? A lifetime of disorganization finally caught up with journalist Anne Cushman. The messes around her house were driving her to despair, and she realized it was time finally to do something about it. She bought two self-help books to learn out Read More...
Baby steps
Classroom visits with infants make children emotionally literate Marco Visscher | March 2005 Read More...
Playing together
The father of the industry emphasizes the social value of games | September 2006 issue “The video game business has taken a turn that is not typical. Typically games were social. You played games together with others, at a party or at home. Then the video games came. We’ve seen the rise of many Read More...
"Hey guys, wake up!"
Writer Sagarika Ghose shakes up India's social and political conventionsTijn Touber | Jan/Feb 2005 Read More...
Superfungi
The efforts by Paul Stamets Jay Walljasper | November 2004 issue The future of human civilization might increasingly be dependent upon the new technologies of “mycoremediation” and “mycofiltration.” If that sounds uncomfortably futuristic, or even frightening in a science fiction horror Read More...
We are here to grow gods
For more than twenty years he researched the healing methods of South American shamans. And now that he has unlocked these mysteries, he wants to introduce them into Western medicine. His goal is healing: healing humans, healing spirit, healing society. An interview with a man with amazing stories Read More...
Exercises to do at home
HeartMath research suggests that meditation is much more effective when the exercise is geared not towards the head, but the heart. The "Heart Lock-In" exercise serves as a buffer against stress. The "Quick Coherence" exercise is a powerful emotion refocusing technique that connects you with your Read More...
Do you know what you're saying?
There is a subtle layer of violence tucked away in everyday conversations. Here's some advice on how to communicate non-violently. Yoeke Nagel | December 2005 issue One Saturday evening my 14-year-old daughter had promised up and down she’d be home by midnight. At 1.30 a.m. she still Read More...