HEALTH [ more » ]

Rx for Readers: Living in an unsterile world By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH 'Disinfect' a shopping cart handle? Not I. Likud MK Akunis butted for proposal to stub out anti-smoking laws By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH "Small neighborhood bars," MK insists, should let young people light up. Bone repair 'breakthrough' at Hadassah By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH Jerusalem research team develops stem cell-based therapy to accelerate the healing of fractures.

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT [ more » ]

Easy rider By SAM SER An Australian oleh wants Israel to get to know - and become known for - an electric-powered, shotgun-resistant folding bicycle. Israel No. 4 in scientific activity worldwide By ABE SELIG Number of scientific publications per citizen in Israel just behind Switzerland, Sweden and Denmark. Return to the source By KARIN KLOOSTERMAN/ISRAEL21C - SPECIAL TO THE JERUSALEM POST Yaron Zinger, an engineer from Kibbutz Palmahim, has developed a water harvesting and treatment system to collect and clean urban rainwater.

INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY [ more » ]

Stellar Startups: Connecting the computer dots By DAVID SHAMAH Or rather disconnecting them. Lights, camera, action! By DAVID SHAMAH Remember the old high-school slide show, where the teacher would douse the lights while some nerd clicked a button and advanced slides of whatever the subject of discussion was, while the teacher gave a 'voice-over' explanation of each picture? Digital World: E-book shuk By DAVID SHAMAH If the Kindle 2 is good enough for the Andorra and Belarus, it should do for us, no?