Writer: Karin Kloosterman

A nation of cyclists

With a $30 million infusion, Israel’s cycling scene is experiencing a renaissance as the bicycle trend catches on big-time with locals and tourists alike.   Picture

Quenching your thirst with the sea

An Israeli company is making seawater potable for millions of people worldwide, with 400 desalination plants in 40 countries, producing 2,000,000 cubic meters of water a day.

Mending military minds

Israeli-American psychologist Dr. Edna Foa, honored by Time Magazine as one of the most influential people in 2010, is healing traumatized war veterans in the

A birth control pill for men

By jamming the biochemical machinery of sperm, an Israeli professor has created a new pill that could finally place the responsibility of birth control with men.

Who says old folk can’t drive?

An Israeli research team finds that older drivers are more sensitive to potential hazards, while younger drivers tend to focus only on the road ahead.

Cool use of the sun

Heatwaves can lead to energy blackouts as customers turn their air-con on. Now an Israeli company is proposing to use the sun’s heat to cool

A drug discovery boutique

There’s new hope in the fight against diseases ranging from arthritis to liver cancer and glaucoma from Israel’s biotech drug developer Can-Fite.   Building a

Cooped up with Vertigo

A Jerusalem dance company splits in two and reinvents itself as an ecological art village inspired by dance and a dance group inspired by ecology.