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December 2014

Dr. Ravi Mehta uses smoke and lasers to study the flow patterns around an Adidas Brazooka ball ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Photo: NASA Ames Research Center.

New calendar year: the 20 most viewed articles on the Hedaan site in the past year: World Cup, landing on a comet and women in science

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A chimpanzee mother and her baby. Despite the difference in size, chimpanzees have many cognitive abilities similar to ours, with a few important exceptions. Photo: shutterstock

The hidden factor / Gary Stix

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Kenneth Shinozuka. Photo courtesy of him.

Safety in socks / Rachel Shir and I Sneed

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Artist illustration of "The Living Mars" Illustration by Kevin Gill, NASA

Students propose to "surface" Mars using blue bacteria

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This valve was not 40 years ago | Photo: from an article by Anthony Herrel and his colleagues from the journal PNAS (issue 105, 12)

Evolution, creation and the school: how biology should be taught

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This image is a comparison of the electron structure in graphene versus the structure in compressed hydrogen synthesized by Carnegie University researchers [courtesy of Ivan Naumov and Russell Hemley].

Can hydrogen be made to have the properties of graphene?

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Comet Siding Spring as it might have been seen from Mars. Figure: Indian Space Agency

Summary of the year 2014 Part II - Astronomy and astrophysics: a rare meeting between Mars and the comet 'Ben David' of the Earth and a supercluster

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Richard Feynman quote on reusable paper. Photo: University of California

Innovative reusable paper

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Dr. Chai Dvir. Photo: Technion

"It's a good idea to prepare a plan to return to Israel already when you leave for post-doctorate"

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A boy in Beijing wears a mask to protect himself from air pollution. Photo: shutterstock

Exposure to air pollution during pregnancy increases the risk of an autistic birth

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ISIS. Illustration: shutterstock

Forum - Extinguish ISIS from a distance / Jonathan Citrain

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Scientists return fair. Photo: National Academy of Sciences

2826 Israeli researchers and scientists abroad are interested in returning to Israel and being accepted for work

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The nucleus of Comet 67P Churyumov-Grasimenko as imaged by Rosetta's Navigation Camera, December 7, 2014

Summary of 2014 Part I - Man in space: the landing on the comet, the test flight of Orion and the space disasters

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Artist illustration of the MRO spacecraft. Credit: NASA

After midnight it's hot on Mars. Summary of findings of the MRO spacecraft, part one

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The first launch of the Angara launcher from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia, 23/12/14. Photo: Russian Space Agency

Russia successfully carried out the first launch of a new launcher - Angara

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An air conditioning system based on a person's location in the room. Illustration: Ben Gurion University

An air conditioning system based on a person's location

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Rolls of aluminum sheets. Photo: shutterstock

Using ultrasonic waves to produce aluminum alloys

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Qassem that hit Gaza village, November 2008. Photo: ChameleonsEye / Shutterstock.com

The fear of terrorism increases the risk of heart disease

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Photo of a fragment of the bracelet with the symbols of the menorah that was discovered near Yokneam, December 2014. Photo: Yuli Schwartz, Antiquities Authority

A fragment of a 1600-year-old glass bracelet, with models of a lamp on it, was discovered near Yokneam

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future evolution. Illustration: shutterstock

Where are we headed - and the evolution still continues (after so many years) / John Hawkes

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Students from the Technion break down the oil that leaked in Ein Evrona using bacteria. Photo: Technion

A group of students from the Technion will help restore the prairie using bacteria

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Prof. Alex Lubotsky. Photo: The Hebrew University

Five new members joined the Academy of Sciences

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Researchers and media people: this is how "Thoughts" affected me * One year after the death of Zvi Yanai

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The sources of vitamin K in adults. Children need reinforcement at birth. Photo: shutterstock

What is the vitamin K whose deficiency causes cerebral hemorrhage in babies?

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Biodiversity, a collage of plants and insects. Photos: shutterstock

Biological diversity - status report

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