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March 16, 2021

Excerpts from the Teri Asherash scroll were uncovered in the Yehuda desert operation before they were preserved. Photo: Shai Halevi, Antiquities Authority

Fragments of new scrolls, the skeleton of a 6,000-year-old girl and the oldest complete basket in the world were discovered in David Yehuda

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This is the first time after about 60 years that fragments of scrolls from the books of the Bible have been discovered in excavations. The fragments, rewritten in Greek, include remnants of the books of the Ten Prophets, among them Zechariah and Nahum * The remains of the scroll and other rare finds were discovered by archaeologists of the Antiquities Authority in a challenging national project and dramatic, designed to eradicate the looting of antiquities in the Judean desert
Final checks in the clean room. The nanosatellite TAU SAT1. Photo: Tel Aviv University spokesperson

The TAU-SAT1 nanosatellite was successfully released from the International Space Station into orbit

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The satellite was received strongly and clearly by 4 ground stations in Israel connected by a network between them: at Tel Aviv University, at the Science Center in Herzliya, at the Negev Gate and in Biruchem. In the coming days, it will be rerouted to its fixed orbit
A wormhole - a tunnel between distant regions of the universe. Illustration: shutterstock

Physicists: The existence of (tiny) wormholes is possible

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Physicists from Germany are examining the theoretical possibility of the existence of tunnels in space-time, but only particles can pass through them, and they will immediately close
viper snake Filmed in Rajasthan, India. Image: depositphotos.com

A new model for predicting snake bites may save lives

The World Health Organization strategic plan that aims to reduce by 50% the damage from snakebites by 2030. Researchers from Tel Aviv University are also members of the international group studying the field
The CIT laboratory at the Hebrew University. Photo: Hebrew University Spokesperson

Could the development of the CIT test (with an AI algorithm) replace the polygraph in the near future?

The results of the experiment show that brain reactions of suspects can be analyzed using an algorithm in real time, with great accuracy, even when there is an effort on the part of the subject to hide the information. The researchers are sure that the new method was able to solve historical crime mysteries such as the Damianiuk affair
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