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May 2014

Space Archaeology: A spacecraft launched in 1978 is trying to come back to life

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A drawing from 1967 depicting the MOL space laboratory that ultimately did not come to fruition. From Wikipedia

MOL - a military space laboratory that was not launched

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Imitation of nature - Leonardo da Vinci's flying machine. Photo: shutterstock

Biomimicry at the system level - Interface Company

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A 19th century cartoon depicting Darwin as a monkey

Opinion - Is there meaning in a world without God?

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Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, unveils the Dragon V2 spacecraft, SpaceX's next-generation spacecraft designed to carry astronauts into space (Photo SpaceX).

Elon Musk introduced the first civilian manned spacecraft: SpaceX's Dragon V2

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Space elevator. Illustration: shutterstock

A "space elevator" will be built in the "Technorush" competition at the Technion

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From left to right: The Dean of the Faculty of Engineering Sciences at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Prof. Yossi Kost, the Rector of the University, Prof. Zvi HaCohen and the Academic Director of MIT, Prof. Christine Ortiz, sign the agreement.

Ben Gurion University: collaboration with MIT and expansion of collaboration with the University of Chicago

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Amateur swimmers in the sea. Photo: shutterstock

The song of the muscles MH: Bathing and swimming

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A rice field in the Philippines. Photo: shutterstock

By the year 2050 there will be a substantial lack of zinc and iron in food plants to the point of a health hazard for humanity

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A phenomenon they did not think could exist in the male brain. Research student Eyal Avraham. Photo courtesy of him

Father is a bit like mother too

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Disposable plastic bags endanger the planet. Illustration: shutterstock

Minister Peretz submits the law to ban the free distribution of disposable bags

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The large galaxy in Andromeda (M81). Photo: shutterstock

The "gamma ray burst" in the Andromeda galaxy turned out to be a false alarm

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Cancer cells drift in the bloodstream. Illustration: shutterstock

Glowing proteins that reveal cancer cells in the blood

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Ziv Belfer, CEO of PTC Israel. PR photo

PTC signed an agreement with the Technion to establish a robotics and digital design center

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Rumination - increasing mental rumination. Illustration: Ben Gurion University

Using computer training can help reduce the tendency to dwell on negative thoughts which can lead to depression

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The brain and the nervous system leading to the leg. Illustration: shutterstock

Rewired Bionic Limbs / Gary Sticks

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Rachel Carson on a 1981 US stamp. Photo: Solodov Alexey / Shutterstock.com

Thanks to Rachel Carson, the green movement arose

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Professor Michael Glickman. Photo: Technion spokespeople

The Technion researchers discovered that the mechanism that removes damaged proteins "goes on hiatus" in times of stress

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A car skeleton based on the turtle shell. EDAG PR photo

What is the connection between a turtle, Leonardo da Vinci and a XNUMXD printed car chassis?

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Moon colony. Illustration: shutterstock

Russia wants to establish a manned colony on the moon in 2030, the US wants to establish greenhouses on Mars in 2021

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The main cells in the brain: in yellow neurons (nerve cells), in orange: astrocytes, gray: oligodendrocytes, in white, microglia or brain cells. Illustration: shutterstock

Open the blood-brain barrier

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Mitochondria. Illustration: shutterstock

Where did the paternal mitochondria go?

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A bright meteor in the Giraffe Shower, May 24, 2014, as photographed from Duluth, Minnesota. Photo: Bob King, universe today

Report from the US: Giraffe meteor shower was sparse but produced some beautiful slow meteors

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Minister of Environmental Protection Amir Peretz at the 2013 Pratt Award for Environmental Communication ceremony, which took place in May 2014. Photo: Hashel Center

Environmental reporters are the 'Bedouin guard' like the one who revealed to the residents of Emek Halla the reason for the excavations in their yard

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Confino, editor of the Guardian Sustainable Business. Photo: Heschel Institute

"The fate of human culture hangs in the balance, sustainability is not just a matter of choice, it is a necessity"

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