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אפריל 2012

The Thinking Man, Auguste Rodin's statue. From Wikipedia

Has a way been found to stop believing in God?

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The contestants of the Jeffery show including Watson - an IBM supercomputer

The voice of the skeptic - in 9595 / Michael Shermer

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Gossip Signs: A photo of a particle collision in the CMS detector shows the decay products of the Xi_b^* baryon. Among other things, you see two muons (the red lines). Photo: CERN

A new particle has been discovered at the Axon particle accelerator

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PaymLab 2011 finals. From right to left: Julia Tobias, Keren Lavia, Eitan Crane, Rafi Arzi, Usherit Yakna, the organizer of the competition at Hamada, and Michael Talias. Photo: Sivan Shavor

FayLab 2012 for science communication is underway in Israel for the sixth time

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Migratory birds over the Mehral vineyard. Photo: Yoav Dotan, GNU license from Wikimedia Commons (Wikishares)

Deadly towers

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Gladiators on the battlefield, in a painting by Jean-Leon Jerome from 1872

The Muscle Song XNUMX: Blood in the ring

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The summit of the Matterhorn as seen from the settlement of Zermatt. From Wikipedia

Global warming is putting heavy pressure on the mountain vegetation in Europe

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Sheep grazing in the Riverina region of Australia, during the drought of 2007. From Wikipedia

Forum - the next mega-drought / Peter H. Glick and Matthew Berger

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Space Station Crew 31 Commander Oleg Kononenko (left) and Crew 30 Commander Dan Burbank prepare to close the doors between the space station and the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft. Photo: NASA

Soyuz TMA-22 carrying the three members of the International Space Station's 30th crew landed safely in Kazakhstan

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Illustration of a human expedition to Mars. Credit: NASA

Next Call: Mars / Damon Landau and Nathan G. Strange

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The two parts of the brain (right and left) and the canal that separates them. From Wikipedia

The cerebral involvement in language processing depends on the characteristics of the language itself and its graphic symbols

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Tallit's SMS printer helps treat AIDS patients in Africa

A collaboration between the Israeli Tallit and a British company makes it possible to save thousands of babies in Africa from AIDS

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Prof. Haim Sider, Hebrew University

Spotlight: Epigenetics - heredity not only in genes / Dorit Ferns

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Three generations of Madimai robots - on the right Curiosity, on the top left - Spirit/Opportunity and below it Sojourner. Image: NASA

Mars, a curious look in / Peter H. Smith

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Prof. Avitar Nebo, University of Haifa

At the beginning of Independence Day, the winners of the 2011 Landau Science and Research Lottery Prize were announced * Among the winners is Prof. Avitar Nebo from the Center for Evolution at the University of Haifa

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Prof. Ralph Steinman, discovers immune cells. Winner of the 2011 Hovel Medicine Award. From the NIH

The Patient Scientist / Catherine Harmon

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Researchers at Georgia Tech are preparing rubidium for the Rydberg state - to release photons for quantum computing. Photo: Georgia Tech University

Efficient production of discrete photons for quantum computing

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Plastic zipper and nylon zipper. From Wikipedia

132 years since the birth of Gideon Sandbeck - the zipper key

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The wild bull - painting in Lescaux cave, France. From Wikipedia

Eating meat is responsible for the evolutionary success of the human race and the expansion of the world population

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Botox Botulinum toxin from Wikipedia

Brainwashing - Botox and cosmetic treatments / Yitzhak Ferns

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From the right: Dr. Dana Gantz, Dr. Lilach Gilboa and Tamar Langil. coordination. Photo: Weizmann Institute

A supportive environment

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Radar images of asteroid 1999 RQ36. Photo: NASA / GSFC / UA

NASA wants your help in finding asteroids

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Prof. Zvi Cheshin. Photo: Tel Aviv University

Prof. Zvi Cheshin from Tel Aviv University won the prestigious Benjamin Franklin Medal in the field of mechanical engineering for 2012

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Air pollution from a coal-fired power plant in the USA. The plant generates 2,900 megawatts and emits 14.5 million tons of carbon dioxide per year Photo: Greenpeace

Earth Day - at eight in the evening the light is turned off for an hour

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TNA molecule. A candidate as an alternative to RNA in pre-cellular life

Strange cousins: Molecular alternatives to DNA and RNA provide new insight into the origin of life

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