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Ford To Replace Spark Plugs With Freakin’ Lasers by 2011

In a move that is sure to be a stepping stone to the flying car, Ford is currently testing a new type of laser...

15K Israelis Retrofit Hotrods, Cars and Trucks To Power With Propane

It's much less expensive than regular refined gasoline, and they won't let your car into a below ground shopping mall parking lot if you...

Tel Aviv Cyclists Use Their Hot Bodies to Protest the Naked Truth About Urban Cycling in Israel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNqEkIjLxdc Around two weeks ago, the Israeli Ministerial Committee for Legislation decided not to support a bill that would encourage bike riding as transportation.  The...

Looking for Green Innovation at the Paris Air Show

With the aviation industry reeling from increasing fuel costs, dipping profits and those pesky upcoming environmental regulations, airlines are scrambling to become more efficient,...

Peace Cycle Takes Bikers Through West Bank

We've posted here before about a Walk About Love, a hike for Israel and a bike ride to benefit Israel's environment. This October, get...

Go Hybrid and Pay Less Car Tax in Israel

The Israel finance ministry is planning new regulations on car purchasing, with special discount incentives for purchasing hybrid cars, according to Reuters. The new changes...

Anywhere You Go FreeGo, Electric Scooters in Tel Aviv

When it comes to transportation around Tel Aviv, there are a number of alternatives to driving a car. For longer commutes, riding public...

Zero S Motorbike Gives "Electric" Thrills In Cities and Sand Dunes

(Zero S electric road bike goes from 0 to 50 km/hr in just 2 seconds, and can maintain speed for 2 hours on single...

Israel's Ben Gurion Airport To Get Green Facelift

Not only are Middle Eastern airlines such as Qatar Airlines and airports getting involved in "greening up their act." Israel's Ben Gurion Airport, one...

As Better Place Tests Battery Replacement Technology in Japan, Is Better Place the Best Electric Car Company?

Shai Agassi’s Better Place electric car company seemed to be on the right track with their conception of a totally electric family sized car. The...

Lebanese Auto Dealer Signs On To Eliminate Its Carbon Footprint

Knowing how much carbon dioxide your company is producing is the first step to reducing it. Good news from this sphere in Lebanon: the...

Go On "Hajj" To Mecca and Medina On Saudi's New High Speed Train

Millions of Muslims go on the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina every year. A new high speed train planned by Saudi Arabia...

Will Israeli Hightech Workers Lose Their Leased Cars and Pay Taxes on Parking Spots As The Government Goes Green?

(View of parking lot below Azrielli Center in Tel Aviv) They giveth and then taketh away: The recently Annual Report issued by the Bank of...

Etihad and Qatar Airways Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Etihad Airways from the United Arab Emirates has signed an agreement with Masdar (the same group developing the world's first carbon neutral city), to...

Jerusalem-Tel Aviv Train To Cut Through Heart of Precious Nature Reserve

If all goes to plan, passengers will not get to see the beautiful Yitla Stream, or what is left of it, on the train...

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HelloFresh’s pride prepping ad raises a bigger question: we are we still outsourcing dinner?

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Black fathers live longer than non-fathers, new study

Researchers found that fatherhood was associated with lower rates of early death among Black men, while early fatherhood was linked to poorer long-term health outcomes.

Dan Zaslavsky’s energy tower dream is rising again in Iran and China

The Energy Tower idea never made the leap from drawings and engineering studies to full-scale construction. But nearly two decades after most people stopped talking about it, the concept is quietly evolving in two unexpected places: China and Iran. The concept let dreamers dream and doers do - figuring out more pleasing designs and engineering.

A visit to Amirim, Israel’s first all-vegetarian village in the Galilee

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