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Webb identifies candidate for 'star-like black hole' at cosmic dawn
Webb identifies candidate for 'star-like black hole' at cosmic dawn
The object MoM-BH*-1 appears as it did just 660 million years after the Big Bang. Analysis of its light indicates a young black hole enveloped in a vast, dense hydrogen shell, giving it the spectral appearance of
A common ancestral cell that diverges into two lineages of bacteria and archaea in a hydrothermal environment
All known life shares a single origin – but the independent cell may have been born twice
Machines are smarter, people are dumber – in memory of Oren Nahari
Machines are smarter, people are dumber – in memory of Oren Nahari
A green forest with dead trees in it due to drought and damage to the ecosystem
Fossil leaves reveal: Warming 56 million years ago thinned forest canopies
Gene duplications prolonged the development of brain connections – and may have contributed to human intelligence
Gene duplications prolonged the development of brain connections – and may have contributed to human intelligence
Solar storm hits Mars, removes ions from upper atmosphere
Giant plasma waves may help the solar wind strip away the Martian atmosphere
The Murdered History of Mark Bloch
The Murdered History of Marc Bloch – the Jewish historian murdered by the Nazis and buried in the Pantheon in Paris

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Space and astronomy

Light sails may open a path to the stars – but LHS 1140b is still hundreds of years away
Light sails may open a path to the stars – but LHS 1140b is still hundreds of years away
The largest 2D sky map includes nearly four billion objects
The largest 2D sky map includes nearly four billion objects
The Perseid Shower: The Light Show of the Summer Sky
The Perseid Shower: The Light Show of the Summer Sky (August 12-13)

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environment and energy

Same drought, different result: The timing of water shortages changes the flowering season
Same drought, different result: The timing of water shortages changes the flowering season
“Ofek”: New wheat line developed to cope with hot, dry climate in the Middle East
Collaboration between Israeli and Palestinian researchers: New wheat line developed to cope with hot, dry climate in the Middle East
Who will be the next fish to invade the Mediterranean Sea?
Who will be the next fish to invade the Mediterranean Sea?

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Computing and technology

How the United States plans to reinvent science
How the United States plans to reinvent science
The quadruped robot uses the APT-RL system to select between locomotion modes and cross terrain obstacles. Credit: Jun-Gill Kang et al./Science Robotics
A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles
An elastic sheet that creates an array of dimples and wrinkles due to a geometric constraint
New geometric law explains why large surfaces suddenly start to wrinkle

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Biology and Medicine

Reconstruction of cainodonts from the Triassic period, including a pregnant female and a female nursing offspring
236-million-year-old fossil may predate the beginning of live birth by 95 million years
Artificial intelligence has designed functioning viruses that infect bacteria – but it hasn't created life from scratch yet
Artificial intelligence has designed functioning viruses that infect bacteria – but it hasn't created life from scratch yet
Living alongside humans has changed a dog's body—and the way its brain reads us.
From sledding to recognizing smiles: How life alongside humans shaped dogs

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Society and history

A healed jaw injury from Qafza Cave suggests violence more than 90 years ago
A healed jaw injury from Qafza Cave in the Lower Galilee suggests violence more than 90 years ago
Karl Schwarzschild: The scientist who solved Einstein's equations from the front
Karl Schwarzschild: The scientist who solved Einstein's equations from the front
Beneath the destroyed school: The heart of Vilnius' Great Synagogue revealed
Beneath the destroyed school: The heart of Vilnius' Great Synagogue revealed

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Science in Israel

Stand Up for Science expands to Europe amid fears of populist victories; in Israel, the fight for scientific independence is already in full swing
Stand Up for Science expands to Europe amid fears of populist victories; in Israel, the fight for scientific independence is already in full swing
Physics class at the Hebrew University of Mount Scopus, 1935. The article reignites the debate over whether the primary role of most lecturers is to research or to teach. Credit: Zoltan Kluger, National Photo Collection; Public Domain.
Should most academic research be stopped? Controversial article calls for professors to be brought back to classrooms
Prof. Hussam Hayek from the Technion will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom for 2026
Prof. Hussam Hayek from the Technion will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom for 2026

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