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אוקטובר 2012

XNUMXD satellite simulations of Hurricane Sandy. Photo: NASA

Follow Sandy from space

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Right: President of the Academy of Sciences, Prof. Ruth Arnon, Serge Arush, Minister of Science Daniel Hershkowitz and French Ambassador to Israel, Christophe Bigot, at the reception in honor of Arush, 28.10.12. Photography: Itai Nebo

Noble and flourishing

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This is a picture of the standard model. The particles are arranged according to their properties. Any such property should be explained with the help of symmetry or symmetry breaking. Today we know how to explain most of the properties of particles. In red you see all the particles carrying the force and in the other colors you see the particles of matter. In green you see a family of particles called leptons (in which the electron is found) and in purple another family of particles called quarks.. The standard model also predicted the Higgs particle, although it does not appear in this picture. Source: Wikishare

In search of the particle of God - a series of lectures by Nir Lahav following an article on the Hidan website to which a link from an ultra-Orthodox website has been deleted

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The inside of a home computer, courtesy of Wikipedia

Artificial intelligence - computers that think on their own / Yasser S. Abu-Mutzatpa

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The chief scientist at TMT, Dr. Avi Hasson

The Ministry of Finance will transfer NIS 120 million to the budget of the Office of the Chief Scientist at the Ministry of Science and Technology

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Embryonic stem cells that develop into gametes, from which the gene encoding the Utx enzyme has been deleted, are labeled with a bright green fluorescent protein. In each of the columns is marked (in red, purple or orange) a gene essential for the survival and development of the gametes. A comparison of the tenth day of cell development (top row) with day 12 (bottom row) shows that the expression of the four essential genes is stopped. As a result, the stem cells do not develop into sperm or egg cells, but die. Photo: Weizmann Institute

back to the Future

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Figure 3: What is meant by genetic mutation, and what is the chance of a sick offspring?

So what do you do there at the university? Chapter 10: On developing a research model for 'orphan' diseases

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The archaeological site Tak'alik Ab'aj where ancient finds of the ruler of the Mayan tribe were found. From Wikipedia

The oldest burial site of a Mayan ruler has been discovered

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Right: Dr. Iris Lavie, Prof. Yitzhak Hadar, Prof. Betty Schwartz. Looking for funding for clinical research in humans. Photographs courtesy of the Faculty of Agriculture, The Hebrew University

The mushroom of good hope

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genetically modified rice. There is no reason to think it is poisonous. From Wikipedia

Are genetically modified plants poisonous?

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Bill Nye in concert in 2010, from Wikipedia

"The literal interpretation of Genesis is not suitable for children" (video that has gained 5 million views)

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A sacred cow. From Wikipedia

A weekend of skepticism: doubting all the way to the truth

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Brain scan of an Alzheimer's patient. Decreased function of many areas of the brain. Photo: from Wikipedia

The voice of the skeptic - the soul of Aunt Millie / Michael Shermer - a weekend of skepticism

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Mad Scientist, from Wikipedia (CC license)

The hostility to science rears its head

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Akhenaten and his family worship the sun god. Are his wide hips the product of a hormonal imbalance?

Weekend of skepticism: Is an epileptic attack responsible for the creation of the monotheistic religion?

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The supernova SN 2005gl

Space - super-supernovas / Avishi Gal-Yam

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Felicia Wolf Simon and one of her colleagues near Mono Lake in California

between two molecules

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Dr. Nir Friedman, Weizmann Institute

Affirmative action

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From the program of the show Stampanio. Photo: The Chamber Theater

Stampanio: A glimpse into the normal life of the Jews in Europe before the Holocaust

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Paik Odeh, the chairman of the appointed committee Taiba and the Minister of Science and Technology Prof. Daniel Hershkowitz remove the lot from the center sign.

The Ministry of Science and Technology inaugurated the Ilan Ramon Space Center in Taiba

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Prostaglandins keep the stem cells young by increasing the expression of an inhibitory substance from mesenchymal cells in the bone marrow. The protein colored green (left) is a marker for mesenchymal cells. The inhibitor is colored red (center). Right: combined coloring of the two materials. It can be seen that treatment with prostaglandins (bottom row) increases the expression of the inhibitory substance. Illustration: Prof. Zvi Lapidot, Weizmann Institute

The bodyguard

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The genomics of the garbage

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Adv. Naomi Asia. Photo: People and Computers

The law firm Naomi Asia & Co. was accepted as the first Israeli representative in the prestigious IAG organization

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Saturn's Northern Hemisphere Jet Stream in Artificial Colors. Photo: NASA's Cassini spacecraft

A massive storm on Saturn

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From the right: Uri Livna, Oded Kluyer and Dr. Roni Paz. Full support. Photo: Weizman Institute

remember and forget

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