Hope stays afloat
Runa Khan brings medical care to under developed and often-flooded regions of Bangladesh - by boat. Max Christern

How insurance can fight poverty
Why crop insurance is needed to reduce poverty. Marco Visscher

Save the trees so the trees can save us
Save the trees, buy a forest. Andrew Tolve

What the West can learn from the rest
The world is becoming One. But the game is being played according to rules set by the West. In process, we are seeing material gain and progress for developing nations - but also substantial loss. Ode asked leading opinion-makers in the developing countries what the West can learn that would improve Western life and create a better future for all humanity.

School for social change
At a pioneering academy in Johannesburg, underprivileged Africans are learning to become entrepreneurs. Fred De Vries

Textbook success
How a jobless young man became a world leader. Fred De Vries

Welcome to the hydrogen age
Hydrogen fuel cells will never be a practical source of power, right? Wrong. The technology is set to take off sooner than you think. Jerry Brown, Rinaldo Brutoco and James Cusumano

First, do no harm
Hospitals are surprisingly unhealthy places. But some are making bold changes to help people heal. Kim Ridley

The real secret
Hit films like The Secret serve up a strange mix of New Age nostrums and quantum physics. Yet do they really understand what science and spirituality are all about, asks a prominent physicist? Peter Russell

Life on the inside
A bold project at San Quentin teaches prisoners to confront the feelings that drove them to crime. Tijn Touber and Helene de Puy

From Viagra to steroids
Condemning drugs in sports is hypocritical. Marco Visscher

You know more than you think
A new study shows your body has a mind of its own. David Servan-Schreiber