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Aqua Soft’s Drone Plane Collects Water From Air, Drops It As Rain

A hovering unmanned plane powered by solar energy that harvests water from the air and drops it to the ground as rainwater.

Tooth Enamel Biomimicry Inspires Lighter, More Fuel Efficient Planes and Spacecraft

It's been a mystery: how can our teeth withstand such an enormous amount of pressure, over many years, when tooth enamel is only about...

How Israel's NewTECH Is Watering The Economy

Water is fast becoming the new oil. Without it, nations starve and conflicts ensue, like the piracy off the Somali coast we've written about....

Every Day is Like Sunday Solar Energy

The 1980s pop icon Morrissey said that every day is like Sunday, silent and grey. But an Israeli solar energy company has taken the...

NATO Science for Peace Supports Desalination Water Project Between Jordan and Israel

The NATO Science for Peace Program and the Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC) recently awarded grants to researchers at Ben Gurion University of...

Global Warming Effects in India Hit Jordan and Israel's Dead Sea Potash

 A recent article in Israel's Globes financial newspaper, explores how Israel's valuable exports of Dead Sea mined potash to India will be reduced this...

Voltaire's Switching Computers Onto Green Power

Computers need resources. Whether it's logging on at work, sending Tweets from the train station or powering big laboratory ideas, firing up all those...

Israel's Clean Tech Industry: A Broad Brush Overview

Water technology, solar innovation, Israel's electric cars: I'd originally written this story for ISRAEL21c a few months ago when we were planning on launching...

NASA Abandons Flying Cars for Greener Flight with a $1.5m Prize for Green Plane Innovation

Last month, after my search for green innovation in aviation turned up empty, I proposed that the aviation industry needed its own Steve Jobs...

Qatari TV Program "Stars of Science" Focuses on Environmentally Friendly Innovations

(Image from the final episode of Stars of Science: Contestants run to Bassam Jalgha after being announced winner. Courtesy of Porter Novelli) Stars of Science,...

Biofuels Spark Regional Cooperation Between Israel, Palestinians and Germany

Being oil-poor may be more of a blessing than a curse for both Israel and Jordan. A joint Israeli-Jordanian project-based on the production of...

Turkey Lands World Bank's First Smart Grid

Although Smart Grids (electric networks based on renewable energy) are going up in the US and Europe, the World Bank is only now investing...

Siemens On A Solar Streak With Investment News Around Arava Power

It's the second Siemans-Israel solar news in as many months: the German energy giant Siemens, according to the Israeli business newspaper Globes, is not...

Kaiima Doubles Chromosomes To Make More Plant Power

Biofuels are alternative energy fuels produced from living organisms or metabolic byproducts . If we could just find a more efficient way to unlock...

David Anthony from 21Ventures on the Future of Israeli Clean Technology

Many articles have been written claiming that Israel can become a leader in clean technology over the next ten years. Maybe, maybe not. Defining the...

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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.

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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.

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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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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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