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אפריל 2013

A rainbow fish spits on top of food above the water in Prof. Ronan Segev's laboratory. Photo: Danny Machlis, Ben-Gurion University.

Basic attention processes in humans were discovered through a study of rainbow trout

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Doctor Shagiv Shipman (right) and Eyal Ben-David. Photo: The Hebrew University

Tomorrow the Krill Prize will be awarded to ten young scientists

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From the right: Alina Molchedsky, Gilad Landan, Naomi Goldfinger, Dr. Zohar Mochmal, Prof. Verda Rutter, Netta Mendelson Cohen, Dr. Amos Tanai and Amir Bar. adolescence

Epigenetics: It all depends on education

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Screenshot from a video by Katie Walter Anthony of the University of Alaska at Fairbanks of methane from thawed permafrost catching fire

Is global warming faster than expected? / John Kerry

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A photo of a sign hanging up prohibiting purchases in Jewish stores on the eve of World War II. Taken during a visit to the Anne Frank Memorial Museum in Berlin, March 2013.

A noticeable increase in expressions of anti-Semitism in general and violence against Jews in particular

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Current imaging of the Milky Way. Image: NASA/JPL

Astronomers estimate that there are 100 billion Earth-like planets in the Milky Way

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In the photo: Professor Hershko (from the left) and Professor Chakhanover. Photo: Technion spokespeople

Professors Avraham Hershko and Aharon Chachanover, Nobel laureates from the Technion, were elected to the Academy of the American Association for Cancer Research

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From the right: Dalia Ellinger, Dr. Yael Leitner-Dagan, Dr. Ziv Seville, Dr. Tamar Paz-Elitzur and Prof. Zvi Livna. Increased sensitivity

added risk

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Anne Frank Memorial Center used for tolerance education in Berlin, March 2013. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

How did we miss one of the most important lessons from the Holocaust?

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With the help of psychological experiments, it is possible to try and answer the disturbing question, how could it be that the Holocaust happened? How could it be that so many people knew about what was happening in the extermination camps and remained silent? Why did only a few try to help and save Jews?
Distribution of drugs in the body using nanoparticles. Image: University of Copenhagen

Medical ethics - are drug studies reliable? / Charles Zaif

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Illustration of a human expedition to Mars. Credit: NASA

Space - the spaceship "Humanity" / Cameron M. Smith

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the blood-brain barrier. Photo: Ben Brahim Mohammed via Wikimedia Commons

The gates of hope - it turns out that the AIDS virus can actually help introduce drugs into the brain

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Michael Gay Fox, one of the most famous Parkinson's patients. From Wikipedia

Dietary supplement against Parkinson's?

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AMS Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer facility of the type installed on the International Space Station. From Wikipedia

Scientists: first evidence of the existence of dark matter has been discovered

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Skin cancer (melanoma). From Wikipedia

Breakthrough: Cancer treatment without side effects has been tried in mice but promises benefits for humans

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The first Israeli nanosatellite, Inklajn-1, in the assembly room

A new venture will make satellite research cheaper

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Dr. Avi Treves, Sheba Medical Center

Ahead of the Israestem conference: Israel should invest in the field of regenerative medicine and stem cells, in order to maintain its leadership against countries that have decided to promote the field

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A grade school. Photo courtesy of Professor Douglas Eernisse

soft - hard?

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Scientists at IBM have developed a new technology at the atomic level for charging memory chips

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Visualization of a near death experience. Photo: Jesse Krauß from wikimedia commons

Memories of near-death experiences, more real than reality, but caused by the brain

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One of the many illustrations drawn by Maria Sibylla Marian. From Wikipedia

The 366th birthday of nature book illustrator and researcher Maria Sibylla Marian

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Dr. Jerome Bonnet, Stanford University

Biological transistors allow living cells to act as a computer

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The Soyuz TMA-8M spacecraft approaches the space station, March 28, 2013. Photo: NASA TV

The 35th crew arrived at the space station in six hours instead of the usual two days

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Dr. Yaniv Ehrlich, Whitehead Institute, Boston

The chromosome stays in the family

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Canyons in Titan's southern hemisphere, in a radar image from the Cassini spacecraft. Photo: NASA

Titan - part 4+5: rivers, atmosphere and climate

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