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Gray Whale Moved to Israel

Researchers were stunned last week when a gray whale was sighted in Israel. It is believed to be the first such sighting outside the Pacific Ocean in 300 years! Typically, gray whales are only found in the Pacific Ocean. After years of hunting, they vanished in the North Atlantic around the 17th or 18th centuries. [...]

Israeli Firm Creates Energy from Road Traffic

If you remember New Energy Technologies and their electricity generating speed bump, you may now rest assured that they’re getting some help. They’d probably see it as competition, but Israeli firm Innowattech has successfully tested its own method of generating electricity from road traffic. The test took place on a 10 meter stretch of Highway [...]

Israel Becoming Regional Organic Food and Remedies Center

Already known as an international leader in vegetarian food products, Israel is now becoming a major organic food and medical remedy supplier as well. Organic and whole foods consumers welcomed the opening in 2007 of two major whole and organic foods supermarkets, Eden in Netanya, and Teva Castel in the upscale Herzliya Petuah community, a [...]

Algea Energy

Huge Gas Reservoir Found Off the Coast of Israel

Israel’s energy grid relays mostly on coal burning. Several years ago, a large gas reservoir had been found off the coast of Ashkelon, and related construction is still under way to utilize it. However, today it was announced that a natural gas reservoir, three times bigger than that off the coast of Ashkelon, has been [...]

Is there such a thing as good radiation?

Well, we should always be careful when exposing ourselves to radiation! However, there are several spots on Earth where exposing ourselves to the sun’s radiation has become a healthy practice. One such spot is the Dead Sea (actually a lake), which lies in the desert between Israel and Jordan in the Middle East. The Dead [...]