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A humpback whale in the Mediterranean Sea. Photo by Aviad Sheinin
A rare sighting in Israel's deep sea: Two humpback whales were recorded west of Ashdod
Researchers at the Maurice Kahn Marine Research Station at the University of Haifa have located two tadpoles in the deep sea, shortly before they were forced to halt an acoustic survey due to the security situation. This is only the second time since 2022 that
An EPFL chip based on an ultrafast laser operates in a laboratory experiment. The device generates extremely short laser pulses directly on the photonic chip. From the study
Femtosecond laser scaled down to a photonic chip
Cover of the United Nations University report on the environmental cost of AI's energy consumption, carbon emissions, water and land. Credit: UNU-INWEH
UN report: Artificial intelligence consumes not only electricity, but also water, land and metals
Prof. Yaakov Nachmias, Prof. Hussam Hayek and Prof. Tal Dvir, three Israeli researchers who have been added to the National Academy of Inventors in the United States.
Three Israeli researchers were added to the National Academy of Inventors in the US
An illustration of our solar system. The asteroid belt lies between Mars and Jupiter, dividing the solar system into what we call the inner and outer regions. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Did Jupiter help keep the ingredients for life near Earth?
Illustration illustrating the location of the hippocampus. Illustration: depositphotos.com
A “switchboard” in the hippocampus may explain how the brain learns without erasing memories
A screenshot of the White House's Aliens.gov website with a design reminiscent of UFO movies and a message about immigration enforcement.
Why do many Americans believe in UFOs – even though there is no evidence of aliens?

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A sky chart showing Venus and Jupiter close together above the western horizon after sunset, with Mercury next to them lower in the sky.
The two brightest planets in the evening sky are getting closer: Venus and Jupiter will be visible side by side after sunset
The Crew Dragon spacecraft is docked at the International Space Station above Earth.
NASA has ordered five astronauts to prepare for evacuation from the space station following an air leak that has been fixed in the meantime.
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS in Webb's infrared observation, with mapping of water, carbon dioxide, and methane
Webb Detects Methane in Interstellar Comet: Hint at Chemistry Formed in Another Solar System

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environment and energy

Plastic packaging waste on the beach. Illustration: depositphotos.com
Global study: Food and beverage packaging is a major source of plastic pollution on beaches
A simulation of an asteroid impact on the ancient Earth, an event that may have created warm lakes that supported early microbial life.
Asteroid craters may have been havens for early life on Earth
A deer fearfully watches a hiker on a trail. Illustration: depositphotos.com
Wild animals change their behavior also because of the mere presence of humans.

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Computing and technology

Shifters autonomous ground robot in a simulated operating environment. Photo courtesy of
Shifters Raises $10.2 Million to Develop Autonomous Ground Robotics
Designing chips with the help of artificial intelligence. Illustration: depositphotos.com
Artificial intelligence accelerates the search for new chip materials
Portrait of the French mathematician Jacques Addams, one of the central figures in the history of modern mathematics
Jacques HADAMARD: The Mathematician Who Connected Scientific Genius with Moral Commitment

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Biology and Medicine

Bacterial resistance to antibiotics. Illustration: depositphotos.com
Menicomycin: An Antibiotic Candidate That Attacks Bacteria at a New Exit Point
A California two-spot octopus in front of a mirror at the Dartmouth Octopus Laboratory. Credit: Mary Kieseler, Dartmouth.
Octopuses have learned to use their eyes to find hidden prey.
Researchers in the lab simulate the evolution of the coronavirus to identify dangerous variants
A fast-moving pandemic: Researchers simulated an entire pandemic in the lab – and predicted how a dangerous variant might emerge

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Society and history

Excerpt from the Sarajevo Haggadah, 1906. From Wikimedia Commons
Who are you, Gamaliel?
A simulation of a collision between planetary bodies, similar to ideas currently used to explain giant impacts in the solar system. New research suggests reading the fall of Satan in Dante’s “Inferno” through a similar lens of impact physics. Credit: Hernan Canellas/ASU
Did Dante's "Inferno" describe a celestial body's impact centuries before modern science?
The Shiloh Pool. Illustration: depositphotos.com
Research on an ancient dam in Jerusalem indicates that water crises were being dealt with as early as 3,000 years ago

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Science in Israel

The late Prof. Yitzhak Appluig. Photo by Shlomo Shoham, Technion Spokesperson
Research Professor Yitzhak Appluig, former president of the Technion, has passed away
Images of islets of Langerhans in a mouse pancreas taken with a confocal microscope. Green GFP (marker for mutant beta cells lacking the ADAR gene), white IBA1 (marker of macrophages), red CD3 (marker of T cells), blue DNA.
When the pancreas signals a non-existent virus: New study examines a possible pathway for the development of type 1 diabetes
Prof. Yehudit Berman. Photo: Tel Aviv University Spokesperson
Two Tel Aviv University researchers elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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