Israel green lights hundreds of wind turbines in north
Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz vowed that Israel will move into a coal-free era of power production by the end of 2025, five years earlier than originally targeted.
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This archive collects solutions-journalism stories and milestones from or about Israel — covering advances in science, technology, health, environment, and civic life. Each entry highlights concrete progress worth knowing about.
Israeli scientists find way to treat pancreatic cancer in 14 days
A new treatment developed by Tel Aviv University could induce the destruction of pancreatic cancer cells, eradicating the number of cancerous cells by up to 90% after two weeks.
Israeli scientists develop novel nano-vaccine for melanoma
Tel Aviv University researchers have developed a melanoma vaccine that prevents the development of melanoma and treats primary tumors and metastases in mouse models.
First-of-its-kind study finds cannabis oil ‘significantly’ improves the symptoms of Crohn’s Disease
In a randomized, placebo-controlled study, researchers from Israel have shown that cannabis can produce clinical remission in up to 65% of individuals after 8 weeks of treatment.
Tughril and Chaghri Beg establish the Seljuk Empire across Central Asia
Seljuk Empire founders Tughril and Chaghri Beg, two brothers from a nomadic Turkic clan near the Aral Sea, captured Merv and Nishapur in 1037 C.E. and built a state that eventually stretched from the Aegean to the Hindu Kush. Rather than dismantle Persian civilization, they governed through it — a pattern of cultural fusion that echoed across later Islamic empires.
Phoenician civilization rises from the Canaanite coast of the eastern Mediterranean
Phoenician traders were plying the eastern Mediterranean from cities like Byblos, Tyre, and Sidon as early as 2750 B.C.E., exchanging cedar and purple dye for goods from Egypt and beyond. Around 1050 B.C.E., they refined a 22-letter alphabet that became the ancestor of Greek, Latin, Arabic, and Hebrew — the quiet root of nearly every script we read today.
Humans begin farming, setting off the Neolithic Revolution
The Neolithic Revolution began around 12,000 years ago, as small groups across Mesopotamia, East Asia, Africa, and later the Americas independently started planting crops and tending animals instead of following them. Archaeologists have identified at least 11 separate regions where this shift happened on its own. It was the quiet groundwork for villages, writing, and nearly every civilization that followed.
Humans bury their dead with intention at caves in what is now Israel
Around 90,000 B.C.E., anatomically modern humans at Qafzeh Cave near Nazareth buried their dead with red ochre, animal bones, and deliberate grave goods — some of the oldest evidence of ritual burial ever found. These acts suggest symbolic thought, grief, and the deep human need to make death mean something.