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July 2017

The first device in history to produce technetium 99mTc) 99m) for medical needs. Taken in 1958. Source: Brookhaven National Laboratory.

A shortage of a rare isotope is about to endanger the health of millions

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Honey bees. FROM PIXABAY.COM

A large-scale study confirmed: neonotinoid pesticides are the causes of the disappearance of the bees

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A health worker in Ethiopia puts a blood sample on a rapid malaria test kit, 2012. Photo: UNICEF Ethiopia.

Ideas that will change the world: cheap diagnostic tools on pieces of paper

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Eating simple carbohydrates increases the risk of developing retinal degeneration in mice. Source: pixabay.

on eyes and intestines

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The Long March 5 launcher takes off after the launch at the Wenchang Spaceport on Hainan Island in China, yesterday at 14:23 (Israel time). Source: Xinhua.

The launch of the Chinese Long March 5 missile failed

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A diagram of the evolution and expansion of the universe, with cosmic inflation visible at its very beginning. Is the theory of cosmic inflation, which tries to explain the properties of our universe, wrong? Source: r NASA/WMAP Science Team.

The theory of cosmic inflation is in trouble

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Tel Aviv. Do the problems that are considered facts for many Israelis actually exist? Photo: Gilad Avidan / Wikimedia.

Prejudices, misconceptions and the future trends that will move Israel forward

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Barack Obama drinks from Flint water after the end of the crisis. Photo: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza.

Deadly water

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Trump signs the presidential order last Friday. Photo: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani.

Trump signed an order resurrecting the National Space Council

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A graphic illustration depicting how sugar and carbon dioxide are converted into plastic. Courtesy of Georgina Gregory.

Plastic produced from sugar and carbon dioxide

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Illustration: pixabay.

And in a dream I saw

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Sandstorm in Iraq, 2005. Photo: Corporal Alicia M. Garcia, US Marine Corps.

The genetics of dust storms

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The Aedes aegypt mosquito, which is among the transmitters of the Zika virus. Source: James Gathany / PHIL, CDC.

The diseases spread by climate change

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