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Shai Agassi Leaves Better Place Board Over Dispute With Parent Company

A few days after we praised the new Better Place electric car pricing model in Israel (a lease plus charge plus 1000 km for...

Shai Agassi Fired from Better Place Electric Car Company

Israel's iconic CEO Shai Agassi has been fired from his position at the electric car company Better Place. He will be replaced by Evan Thornley, the current CEO of Better Place Australia.

Drive a Better Place EV for $510 a Month, Including Charge

The best news to come from Better Place is an attractive $510 leasing plan per month which includes 1000 km. Israel's Better Place, headed by...

Fourteen Percent of Tel Aviv is Biking to Work or School

There's been a huge jump in Tel Avivians riding on two wheels in the last decade. When I first visited Tel Aviv about 12 or...

Abu Dhabi Turns to Natural Gas Green Transport

Abu Dhabi cars to run on compressed natural gas. The Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority (ADFCA) has converted 20 vehicles in its fleet of 500...

Tel-Aviv Bike Sharing: Green Prophet Hits the Road (VIDEO)

Two weeks ago Green Prophet decided it was high time to put Tel Aviv's bicycle sharing program to the test, since we are such...

Tel Aviv Bids for Artificial Island International Airport At Sea

Fly into Israel? Land at sea first on this 250 acre platform runway proposed for international flights. There has been talk for a couple...

Tel Aviv Goes on Bike Impounding Rampage

Bikes blocking traffic or crosswalks are being impounded in Tel Aviv. From the first time I visited Tel Aviv more than a decade ago,...

Why white colored cars are a better investment

It keeps the blazing heat back, and white is the best car color for holding value, according to the UK Daily Mail In the market...

How Much Gold Goes into a White Gold Mercedes Sports Coupe?

Is this McLaren SLR Mercedes Sports Coupe Really White Gold? It Must be at US$ 2.5 Million Super luxury sport cars such as solid gold...

Israel’s Better Place Electric Car Network Bleeds Capital

Last month Israel's Better Place rolled out their all-electric vehicle network to the Israeli public with much fanfare. Of the hundreds of civilians that...

Is This Runner Electric Scooter A Poor Man’s Better Place?

Not a thing of beauty, but the Runner will zip you around town at 70 kph - Photo via Haaretz/ David Bachar It's not a...

Better Place Sets Electric Car Record – 1172 Miles in 24 Hours

The 2012 summer Olympics are over but electric car marathons are beginning to heat up.  Israel's Better Place smashed the 24 hour distance record...

Abandoned Jag, BMWs and Mercedes Gather Dust at Abu Dhabi Airport

A fleet of fancy cars are gathering dust in the short-term parking lots at Abu Dhabi airport. The car parks, walking distance from the terminals,...

Teaching Old Planes New Energy Efficiency Landing Tricks

A simple change in operations gives aviation an environmental win-win-win. Continuous Descent Arrival (CDA) is an aircraft operating technique in which arriving planes descend in...

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The Lost Art of Jewish Herbalism: How Plants, Memory and Diaspora Kept a Living Tradition Alive

Jewish herbalism is experiencing a revival as educators like Naomi Spector uncover centuries of plant knowledge preserved through the diaspora. Blending the wisdom of Maimonides, Ashkenazi and Sephardi traditions, and remedies passed from generation to generation, this forgotten ecological heritage reveals how Jewish communities adapted to new landscapes while keeping their cultural identity rooted in the natural world.

Finding Your Sea Legs Aboard the Neptun of Marstal

The Neptun of Marstal is more than a restored Danish sailing ship. Operated as a non-profit sail-training organization, it invites people of all ages to swap screens for sails, learn traditional seamanship and discover how caring for the sea begins by experiencing it firsthand. Along the way, strangers become crewmates, old maritime skills are kept alive, and the voyage offers a powerful lesson in environmental stewardship, cooperation and the enduring value of learning by doing.

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Six beluga whales have begun leaving Canada's shuttered Marineland, but they aren't returning to the wild. Here's why the park closed and where the whales are going.

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The Lost Art of Jewish Herbalism: How Plants, Memory and Diaspora Kept a Living Tradition Alive

Jewish herbalism is experiencing a revival as educators like Naomi Spector uncover centuries of plant knowledge preserved through the diaspora. Blending the wisdom of Maimonides, Ashkenazi and Sephardi traditions, and remedies passed from generation to generation, this forgotten ecological heritage reveals how Jewish communities adapted to new landscapes while keeping their cultural identity rooted in the natural world.

Finding Your Sea Legs Aboard the Neptun of Marstal

The Neptun of Marstal is more than a restored Danish sailing ship. Operated as a non-profit sail-training organization, it invites people of all ages to swap screens for sails, learn traditional seamanship and discover how caring for the sea begins by experiencing it firsthand. Along the way, strangers become crewmates, old maritime skills are kept alive, and the voyage offers a powerful lesson in environmental stewardship, cooperation and the enduring value of learning by doing.

Canada’s Beluga Rescue Is No Free Willy. Those Whales Will Never Go Home.

Six beluga whales have begun leaving Canada's shuttered Marineland, but they aren't returning to the wild. Here's why the park closed and where the whales are going.

What Qualities Help Nurses Thrive in Their Careers?

Decisiveness is also essential. As their first point of contact, nurses are generally best positioned to notice a sudden change in a patient’s condition. When they do, they need to quickly analyze the situation, determine whether escalation or immediate action is required, and execute that confidently.

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efore exploring treatments, it helps to understand why hair falls. Hair loss isn't one condition — it has different causes, and those causes affect which treatments actually work.

Dead Sea Scroll mystery may be solved by a calendar that lost touch with the seasons

The 364-day calendar did not disappear entirely. Instead, it may have survived as an ideal: a memory of perfect time at Creation and perhaps a calendar to be restored in the End of Days.

Mysterious metal space balls wash up on Australian shore

Mysterious metallic spheres dubbed "space balls" washed ashore on Forrest Beach in Queensland, Australia. The objects were identified by the Australian Space Agency as pressure vessels from a space launch vehicle that re-entered Earth's atmosphere, and crews successfully removed the safe debris.

Kansas City’s Second Attempt at a Conversion Therapy Ban: What the Proposed Ordinance Does and Why It’s Being Rewritten

Kansas City is attempting to revive protections against conversion therapy with a new ordinance carefully designed to withstand recent First Amendment challenges. Rather than banning conversion therapy by name, the proposal targets harmful therapeutic practices linked to increased risks of depression and self-harm, creating what supporters hope could become a legal model for other U.S. cities.
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