With a new bionic Leg Chompy the Sea turtle bid farewell to his doctors and returned to sea after a year and a half in rehab.

President Shimon Peres, Israel’s eternal child has joined the 2.0 revolution.
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An Israeli research team finds a stem cell cure for macular degeneration.

Photo: Getty Images We’ve made a big deal on this site about the critical acclaim that has met Israeli wines. We’ve said less about about an equally popular beverage–beer. While the country may not yet be recognized as home to some great beers of the world, JPost today offers an introduction to the industry. The [...]

Life can be tough for people with Parkinson’s disease. It’s a degenerative condition characterized by tremors and impaired balance, among other symptoms. As reported by Haaretz and Israel21C, Israeli therapist and martial arts expert Alex Kerten has developed a method to help Parkinson’s patients live a better and more fulfilling life. You can learn about [...]

Photo:Getty Images To note tomorrow’s celebration of love on Valentine’s Day, CNN World Report is featuring a piece on several Israeli scientists working on enhancing the sensory experience of giving flowers. They’re hoping to improve the scent of flowers, those perennial gift of affection, so that they smell as nice as they look. This story [...]

Photo: Wikimedia Commons With today marking the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, we thought it would be fitting to note the impact his theory of evolution has had on research in Israel. Of course, the theory of evolution underlies much biology research today, but this is, after all, a blog exploring the latest in [...]

The residents of Sderot have been at the forefront of Israeli music for a long time (in fact, we blogged about here it about two years ago). Now, there’s a movie coming out about this phenomenon! It’s a really positive way for kids to deal with the difficulties they face–and allows kids to have fun [...]

Photo: Getty Images Since the dawn of their profession, surgeons have been bedeviled by the suturing process. A wound closed using traditional methods invites inflammation, scarring, and occasional infection. Now a team at Tel Aviv University headed by Professor Abraham Katzir has refined a novel approach using lasers to bond tissue layers. This is not [...]

Photo: Israel ministry of Tourism With the environment rising on the list of global concerns, people everywhere are taking the extra step to make their lives a bit greener. For the new town of Nurit, in the Galilee, those considerations are part of the town planning process. Among other ideas, the town will be powered [...]