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December 2016

The sand dune (Heterotheca subaxillaris). Photo: Janet Tarbox / flickr.

The invader who takes over the coastal strip

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One of the job fairs for scientists who want to return to Israel at the Academy of Sciences. PR photo

A record number of 3270 Israeli researchers and scientists registered at the Contact Center of the Academy of Sciences in order to be absorbed in working in Israel

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Background of the explosion of the SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher with the Amos 6 satellite on it on September 1, 2016. Screenshot USLaunchReport.com video

Director General of the Ministry of Science Peretz Vezan: The satellite operator must be Israeli owned

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Director General of the Ministry of Science Peretz Wezan (left) presents to Minister of Science Ofir Akunis the conclusions of the committee established following the explosion of Amos 6 on December 18, 2016. Right: Director General of the Israel Space Agency Avi Blasberger. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Minister of Science Akunis: "The Aerospace Industry will produce one satellite every four years"

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A bee controlled by a parasite. Photograph from: A, Runckel C, Ivers J, Quock C, Siapno T, et al. (2012). "A new threat to honey bees, the parasitic phorid fly Apocephalus borealis". PLoS ONE 7 (1).

Flying zombies

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The signing ceremony for the cooperation between IBM and BMW in the field of autonomous cars. PR photo

IBM and BMW announce a collaboration: will tighten the emotional and cognitive connection between drivers and their cars using the Watson supercomputer

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A typical satellite of the Galileo system. Photo: European Space Agency

Galileo, the European navigation satellite array has started operating

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Professor Lior Gepstein. Photo: Technion spokespeople

Israeli-Canadian development: a new biological pacemaker

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Pluto in a photograph with artificial color designed to highlight differences in its surface, taken by New Horizons on July 14, 2015. Source: NASA.

Pluto - summary of findings, part four

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Remains of a Roman amphitheater in Alexandria. From Wikipedia

It's hard to ask jealousy

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Sleeping hours. Image: pixabay.com

Creative people sleep longer, later and less quality

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Moving hands using virtual reality. Photo: Prof. Roi Mochmal and Uri Osami, Tel Aviv University

Researchers at Tel Aviv University managed to improve the performance of a hand movement without activating it at all with the help of virtual reality technology 

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Roald Amundsen and his team watch the Norwegian flag at the South Pole, December 14, 1911. From Wikipedia

Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition arrived there 105 years ago today

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A family of robots. Image: pixabay.com

Is there anything to fear from smarter robots than us?

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Science Minister Ofir Akunis in the space seat at the Globes business conference, 12/12/16. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Ben Gurion University's BGU SAT satellite and Space Pharma's medical trials satellite will be launched from India in the coming months

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Prof. Arel Avinari, head of the infrastructure systems engineering and management program at Afka College, and head of the Center for Infrastructure and Logistics. Photo: Niv Kantor

The smart car - the blessing and the curse

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Virtual Reality. Photo: pixabay.com

Virtual reality (VR) and chatbots will dominate customer-brand interactions by 2020

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Bleaching of corals as a result of the increase in seawater acidity as a result of the absorption of carbon dioxide by the oceans. Tropical species such as corals will be the first to reach the point of extinction, if we don't stop the emissions. Social changes are also expected according to an article published in Nature on September 10, 2013. Camilo Mora and colleagues. Photo: Yoko Stadner, one of the members of the research team

The effect of warming on life in the sea

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Two small seahorses from the coast of Italy. Photo: Stefano Carocci Ph/Shutterstock

Tail or half tail?

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The digital revolution. Copyright free photo

Israel lags behind the USA and Western Europe in the transition to the new economy based on digital transformation and applications

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Medicine shelf in a homeopathic medicine shop in India. Photo: from Wikipedia

Homeopathic medicines and treatments will be required to carry warning labels warning of their ineffectiveness

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

The truth about driverless cars

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Dr. Kai Sperling, Supp. Photo: Shaoli Landner

Consolidation of information about the patient is what enables the medical network that will save hundreds of deaths a day

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Illustration of a protoplanetary disc around a young star. Imaging: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle.

The tumultuous resume of the solar system

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X-ray of a healthy breast (left) versus a breast with cancer. Source: Wikimedia.

A winning medicinal combination

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