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Three innovative projects took top honors in Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s year-long Business for Peace Competition, last week. The contest invited contestants to come up with innovative ideas to bridge the gap between Israelis and Palestinians and provide financial benefit to both sides.

Two young Israeli entrepreneurs have set an ambitious goal for themselves – promoting world peace. Using a video chat platform on Facebook, their system matches people from conflicting backgrounds to interact and find common grounds.

Algae is more than just nasty green guck, it's a source for biofuel and a "superfood" which contains plenty of protein. Now, kids from an Israeli highschool are perfecting an algae growing system so that algae farms can be made in communities in Africa to wipe out malnutrition

Israel is no stranger to chess: In the latest world championship, Israeli Grandmaster Boris Gelfand finished second. Now, Gelfand is partnering with the University of Haifa in a unique program that will study the game's effects on child brain development.

A recent study conducted at Tel Aviv University has demonstrated a clear link between racism and a general lack of creativity. As it turns out, people who possess racial essentialist beliefs are more prone to creative blockage.

The nomadic Bedouin tribes have always had a romantic and mystical aura to them, in part because of their ancient herbal medicinal secrets. One Bedouin woman has decided to share some secrets with the world with her unique cosmetic brand.

Is it too late for Bibi, Livni, Shelly and co. to switch from somewhat empty promises to good old knock-knock jokes? According to a recent study, if you want to influence people's belief, you have to make 'em laugh!

Roughly a quarter of the world's population still suffers from tropical diseases, largely neglected in richer countries. Students from Ben Gurion University traveled to Africa to help battle the deadly diseases.

Following a popular YouTube video last year calling on people to befriend him on Facebook, Israel's President Peres has now launched a new campaign, which includes a Facebook application, urging young Israelis to go to the polls on January 22nd.

Despite the abundance of violent content, both real and fictional, in the world today, a mathematical model constructed in Tel Aviv University actually proves that as humanity progresses – violence is on the decline.

Would you pay someone $1,000 to climb up the empire state building? How about if he did it for charity? Israeli startup Moolta is doing just that by enabling users to raise money for charity using crowdsourcing – in exchange for recording themselves doing crazy stunts.

Researchers at Ben Gurion University have discovered that the best indication for a student's success in class is their "best friend" in that certain class. Moreover, researchers found that cheaters are more likely to get lower scores overall.

For kids studying for exams, Facebook is the ultimate distraction. So instead of trying to ban the social network, why not use Facebook as a tool to learn? Two Israeli entrepreneurs have launched the Facebook project 'Making History' to do just that.

What started as a 16-year-old Israeli girl's attempt to find her disabled friend a social outlet, quickly became "Krembo Wings" - the first youth movement in Israel for kids with special needs kids The organization now includes 19 branches.

Six Israeli 14 year-olds have come up with a clever idea for storing cold products on the go. The FreezeStick is an efficient little contraption, that can keep things cool when ice packs have long melted.