Animals

Save the turtles – from people!

There is a vast number of captive turtles kept as pets in homes, and it is up to their owners to give these wild...

Golan wolves make local farmers howl with rage

Wolves are largely a protected species in Israel and are not creatures that one would expect to find in this part of the world. However,...

Please do not feed the sharks

But despite all the efforts, researchers believe that the emerging shark tourism might have negative effects. For this very reason, Ziv Zemah Shamir, a doctoral student at the Morris Kahn Marine Research Station, established by the Charney School of Marine Sciences at the University of Haifa, devoted his doctoral thesis to examine the effects of people on sharks. 

Filling in the mystery of the newly discovered ghost whale

The map on where to find the world’s most newly discovered large whale species is rapidly beginning to be filled in. A new research...

Can anti-freeze materials found in nature make stronger ice?

New research shows that some antifreeze proteins can do both Antifreeze is life’s means of surviving in cold winters: Natural antifreeze proteins help fish, insects,...

Tests for oil and gas kill dozens of giant sea turtles

Israel’s Sea Turtle Rescue Center rescued 15 sea turtles in recent weeks after dozens were found washed up on shore on Israeli beaches after...

Farting cows directly linked to global warming

Global warming and climate change weather patterns which may be causing monster hurricanes and typhoons are more than ever being brought to our attention as...

Holy cow! Prophecy fulfilled after red heifer is born at Temple of Israel

Last week in Jerusalem a baby cow was born. Watch the adorable infant scamper around her mother in a short video released on YouTube...

Oman gives wild leg Arabian Tahr a new leg

The first prosthetic leg replacement procedure for an Arabian Tahr has been carried out in Oman by an Omani veterinary team, the first such surgery successfully performed in the Arab World.

Meet the real Catwoman and her mission to protect California’s strays

A California woman riffed off that old saw of "turning a sow's ear into a silk purse" when she chose to rebound from a...

The Arabian Sea’s Deadzone is Bigger than Florida, and it keeps growing

New research from the University of East Anglia has confirmed a dramatic decrease in oxygen in the Gulf of Oman part of the Arabian...

Put some faith in gardening with Piebird’s dirt church greenhouse

Anywhere you live, whether it's the hot, dry desert, or the more temperate states like New York or anywhere in Canada, when you want...

Cruel Cat Woman deported from Abu Dhabi

An Abu Dhabi court has ordered the deportation of a woman who kept 40 cats in a crammed room in her private villa. All the...

Researchers say we can’t ignore Internet cats anymore!

There are more than 92 million cat videos posted on YouTube, and they attract more views per video than any other category of YouTube...

Israel’s 10 surprising eco contributions to the world

OK, so we know quite a bit about Israel; start-up capital of the universe; uber-friendly to vegans; and offering a portfolio of natural and...

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AIR ONE electric flying car is getting closer to your garage

Israeli eVTOL startup AIR has moved beyond prototypes, with a new Florida production facility, eight aircraft in production and about $50 million raised. How close is AIR ONE to your garage?

Stardust’s solar geoengineered $10 billion plan to blot out the sun

Israeli-American startup Stardust Solutions has raised $75 million to develop technology that could cool the Earth by reflecting sunlight. Is solar geoengineering becoming a real industry? Or could it be a new threat?

Mantle8 takes its natural hydrogen hunt from the Pyrenees to Dubai

Mantle8 is taking its hunt for naturally occurring hydrogen from beneath the Pyrenees to the Middle East, opening a Dubai hub after raising €31 million. But finding hydrogen underground is one thing; proving it can be produced cheaply and at scale is another.

Does Starbucks use lab-grown milk? Here’s what we found

Does Starbucks use lab-grown milk? Starbucks tested precision-fermented milk from Perfect Day in 2021, but is it hiding in your latte today?

Alien chemistry crashed through a roof in New Jersey

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AIR ONE electric flying car is getting closer to your garage

Israeli eVTOL startup AIR has moved beyond prototypes, with a new Florida production facility, eight aircraft in production and about $50 million raised. How close is AIR ONE to your garage?

Stardust’s solar geoengineered $10 billion plan to blot out the sun

Israeli-American startup Stardust Solutions has raised $75 million to develop technology that could cool the Earth by reflecting sunlight. Is solar geoengineering becoming a real industry? Or could it be a new threat?

Mantle8 takes its natural hydrogen hunt from the Pyrenees to Dubai

Mantle8 is taking its hunt for naturally occurring hydrogen from beneath the Pyrenees to the Middle East, opening a Dubai hub after raising €31 million. But finding hydrogen underground is one thing; proving it can be produced cheaply and at scale is another.

Does Starbucks use lab-grown milk? Here’s what we found

Does Starbucks use lab-grown milk? Starbucks tested precision-fermented milk from Perfect Day in 2021, but is it hiding in your latte today?

Alien chemistry crashed through a roof in New Jersey

meteorite crashed through a New Jersey roof carrying ancient salts, organic compounds and amino acids. After a few too many visits to Ontario’s Crystal Cave — and my own mysterious fireball in the forest — I have questions about the alien chemistry falling around us.

Adidas wanted to sell one shoe. Then it stepped into a global culture war

Adidas Israel featured amputee runner Shalev Biton in its Single Shoe campaign, designed to let people who need only one shoe buy one instead of a pair. The local campaign has since sparked international boycott calls and an apology from Adidas.

Scientists make lead-free perovskite solar cells that can weather the elements

Scientists have developed a “raincoat” for lead-free tin perovskite solar cells, helping them withstand air, moisture and heat while maintaining high efficiency.

Europe’s mountain plants are paying off an extinction debt

Europe’s mountaintops may look richer in plant life, but rising species numbers are masking the disappearance of alpine specialists as temperatures climb.
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