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אפריל 2015

On January 31, a major winter storm swept across the central US, leaving a trail of snow from Arizona to Wisconsin. Image prepared by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center from data captured by NOAA weather satellites.

The Jet Stream Gets Weird / Jeff Masters

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Credit: Wikipedia, adapted from an illustration by the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Reflections - scientists and research under test / Bracha Reger

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A picture depicting the separation of oil from water: when the net is placed horizontally, the water passes through it and flows down, while the oil remains on top of the net; The oil can then be collected in a separate container.

Nanometric coating for cleaning oil spills

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A DSP chip activates a smart watch. Illustration: Siva

A smart watch that turns itself off when you are not looking at it will be presented at the ChipEx conference

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royal crown Illustration: shutterstock

The Hasmoneans Chapter XNUMX - Peace, Lord King

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A centriole as photographed with an electron microscope. Photo: © Pierre Gönczy/EPF

Beyond genes: do centrioles carry biological information?

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Climate change denial. Illustration: shutterstock

The voice of the skeptic - to forge the doubt / Michael Shermer

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Durbar Square in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, following the earthquake of April 25, 2015. From Wikipedia

The earthquake in Nepal - part of a chain of tremors in the collision zone between the Indian plate and the Eurasian plate

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A symbol of the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope. Image: NASA

The Hubble Space Telescope has changed and continues to change our perception of the universe for 25 years

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smart city Illustration: shutterstock

"If the security problem is not solved, we will not be able to enjoy the promise of the Internet of Things revolution"

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remote analysis. Image: University of Washington in Seattle

Robots for remote analysis, and cyber risks - researchers hacked into remote analysis systems to illustrate the risk

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Printed circuit board and central processing unit, Moore's Law enabled a major revolution in scope from the Industrial Revolution. Illustration: shutterstock

50 years of Moore's Law: "The most significant development in modern times"

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A woman uses a polyurethane gun to repair a wall. Illustration: shutterstock

Vegetable oils for making bioplastics

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Shelling pots in the tundra

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A family of woolly mammoths in the snow, during the last ice age. Illustration: shutterstock

The complete genome map of the woolly mammoth - may provide an explanation for its extinction and help in its restoration

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"The Ministry of Health confirms: Haifa leads in the number of lung cancer patients". The HM in the Kal-Bo newspaper, 13/3/87

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Radio radiation from a black hole. Figure: ESO

Huge magnetic fields are found near black holes at the centers of galaxies

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The sky map shows the radiant of the Lyrid meteor at dawn on April 23, 2015

Tonight (22/4) is the peak of the meteor shower for the fairs

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The first map of the Dark Energy Survey traces the distribution of dark matter over a large region of the sky. The colors describe the effective mass density. (Image: Dark Energy Survey)

Scientists have mapped the dark matter around millions of galaxies

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To spill the guts - and rebuild them

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Pictured are modern dolphins and an ichthyosaurus, an extinct marine reptile. Each came from a different land group, but independently they adapted to life at sea. image courtesy of Lindgren et. al, Nature Publishing Group

The repeated evolution of land creatures that move to the sea depends on changes in the marine environment

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The MIT researchers' device, based on chemically modified carbon nanotubes, is able to detect amines emitted from spoiled meat. [Courtesy of Sophie Liu]

A new sensor for detecting spoiled meat

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Bio fuel. Illustration: shutterstock

Engineered bacteria produce ethanol for biofuel from agricultural waste

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The orientation of the octopus's body and the direction of movement are controlled separately and the crawling lacks any sign of patterns in the coordination between the arms. Credit: Levy et al./Current Biology 2015

How do octopuses manage to coordinately move their arms to move in the desired direction?

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gene browser. Screenshot, University of California at Santa Cruz

New technology for paving gardens

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