Science & Culture

Medical marijuana advocate Montel Williams was speaking recently in the basement of Washington, DC's Israel Baptist Church to a group of 150 residents of the neighborhood. The mission of the popular former US talk show host and sufferer of multiple sclerosis? To gain the support of the residents for his plan to open a medical marijuana facility on a nearby street.

Read more: Israel’s medical marijuana program wins praise

A young Israeli has gotten international recognition for his unique initiative of using construction toys to inspire tomorrow's engineers.

This year's Youth Business International (YBI) Entrepreneur of the Year competition (www.youthbusiness.org/entrepreneur-of-the-year.aspx) award went to an Israeli startup that teaches children the fundamentals of engineering and robotics as they play with toy building sets.

Read more: Building engineers, one LEGO brick at a time

A groundbreaking study in Jerusalem is evaluating a new therapy using a patient’s own enhanced stem cells to fight a deadly neurological disease.

The muscle wasting caused by Lou Gehrig’s disease -- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) -- is quick and fatal, with many not surviving five years after diagnosis. Internal organs eventually shut down, leading to respiratory failure. But promising stem cell research from laboratories

Read more: Stem cells to slow ALS?

Yuval Sharon had a dream to spread the comics culture throughout Israel. With his business partner, Danny Amitai, he opened a small Tel Aviv shop, Comics N' Vegetables, selling comic books, graphic novels and related paraphernalia. That was in 2001. Read More...