The shoe fits
Natalie Dean creates stylish footwear even vegans can love.

Blowing against the wind
Five myths that threaten the future of wind power Tijn Touber

If games had come before books...
In his book Everything Bad Is Good For You, Steven Johnson contends that video games and television programs are making us increasingly intelligent. What if video and computer games had been invented first, he wonders, and books had come later?

Medical miracles
Spontaneous recovery is common among patients, but rarely talked about by doctors Tijn Touber

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

Playing together
The father of the industry emphasizes the social value of games

Reading, writing and playing The Sims
What video games can teach educators about improving our schools Marco Visscher

Watch out for that cancer cell!
A shooting game that makes young cancer patients healthier

We can save the world!
Humanity faces a choice between collapsing into chaos and evolving into a sustainable, ethical global community. There's never been a more powerful moment in all history to make a difference in the world. Ervin Laszlo

Chief Confidence Officer
In war-ravaged Macedonia, conflict mediator Elena Gulmadova makes a career of building trust between Muslims and Christians.

True dharma confessions
Anne Cushman recounts her adventure seeking romance online through the Buddhist singles Web sites Anne Cushman

The top 200 cities in the world
From Amsterdam to Zanzibar Town, Lonely Planet ranks the best.

What my son is actually doing
A mother discovers how her teenager is making friends online