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September 2016

The site of Rosetta's crash landing on the comet as photographed on the spacecraft's path to it. The craters from which bubbles bubbles material that later evaporates and joins the comet's halo, allowing a glimpse of the internal composition of the comet's nucleus. Photo: European Space Agency

The historic journey has ended: the European spacecraft Rosetta landed on the comet it was studying

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Edit the mushroom

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The swamp carps. Photo: Shimi Raf

summer seeds

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The awarding of an honorary doctorate degree at the Technion to Shimon Peres, 1985. Photo: Technion Spokesperson

From nano technology to brain research. Shimon Peres and his contribution to science

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Nerves. Source: MR McGill / flickr.

to the end of the cell and back

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A virus-like envelope capable of delivering therapeutic genetic material into human cells [courtesy American Chemical Society]

Development of the smallest artificial virus

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Screenshot of the Codester application. Photo: Channel 13 - Albany

Innovation and creativity in teaching psychometrics

Insomnia. Photo: shutterstock

5 essential tips for a psychometric student

Tips from the old and experienced psychometric teachers, which will help you pass the course safely
Visualization of the "Interplanetary Transportation System" (ITS) against the background of Jupiter's Great Red Spot. According to Musk, the system's motorized landing capability could allow it to reach even the distant moons of Jupiter, anywhere in the solar system. Source: Spice X.

Will Elon Musk and SpaceX establish the first human colony on Mars?

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Google's driverless car drives down the road in California. Source: Wikimedia / Michael Shick.

Who is responsible when the wheel is in the car's hands?

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autism. Illustration: shutterstock

Researchers from Ben-Gurion University discovered a unique evolutionary signature in autism genes

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Prof. Virginios Shikshinis, University of Vilnius, one of the discoverers of CRISPR/CAS9. Photo by Vilna University PR

"We researched how the yogurt bacterium protects itself against viruses, we did not plan in advance to develop a gene editing system"

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A drilling rig for oil shale gas production in Pennsylvania. From Wikipedia

A new type of bacteria has been found in hydraulic fracturing wells

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Fleece jackets. Up to 110 kilograms of fiber per day. Photo: thinkretail, Flickr

Are our clothes poisoning the sea?

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The boat development team. Above from right to left: Or Neuberg, Oren Rizinski; Below from right to left: Yahav Moskovitz, Prof. Daniel Rittel and Prof. Netai Dreamer. Photo: Nitzan Zohar, Technion Spokesperson

A boat in a stormy sea

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Scientists from the University of Texas have succeeded in developing an innovative microscopic method for three-dimensional imaging of nanoscale biological structures, a method that is analogous to using a luminous rubber ball to obtain an image of a chair in a dark room. [Courtesy of Jenna Luecke]

An innovative microscope for creating XNUMXD images

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Protest against the use of fossil fuels in the Philippines, 2016. Source: AC Dimatatac / Break Free Batangas

Climate change is coming to court

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Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope and a trick of nature have confirmed the existence of a planet orbiting two stars in the OGLE-2007-BLG-349 system, located 8,000 light-years away toward the center of our galaxy. The observations are the first in which a three-body system has been discovered using the micro-cleaning technique

The Hubble Space Telescope discovered a planet orbiting two stars at the same time

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The launch of the Ofek 11 satellite from Palmahim base, September 13.9.2016, XNUMX. Photo: Director Mafat - Ministry of Defense

The Ofek 11 satellite is back in action and has sent the first images

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Elephants run away from the sounds of angry bees. Source: University of Oxford.

Convention on Life (CITES)

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Shinjuku Ward, which is one of 23 wards in Tokyo. Greater Tokyo contains 35 million people and functions as a megacity. The number of megacities in the world will increase by 2030, and sixty percent of the human population will live in cities. From Wikipedia

Doomsday catch

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It is not yet clear whether recycling of lithium-ion batteries on a large scale will be economical. Photo: Kārlis Dambrāns, Flickr

Why do we need electric bikes around?

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Development of the nervous system in the fetus

Anger Management

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Pit in the ground: Homo Naledi fossils were discovered in a cave in South Africa, in an area known as the cradle of the human race. (Photograph courtesy of John Hawkes of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the University of the Witwatersrand)

The mysterious ancient man

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Genomic medicine. Photography: FoundationOne ©2012 Jon Chomitz Photography

Cancer treatment is taking a turn thanks to genomic medicine

Cancer medicine is moving to personalized treatment: patients will receive treatment that is specifically suited to their tumor
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