June 14, 2024

2,000-year-old tefillin in the Antiquities Authority laboratories. Photo: Emil Eljam, Antiquities Authority

A new study states: 2,000 years ago, Tefillin were not dyed black

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Researchers from Ariel University, the Antiquities Authority, the University of Exeter in England, and the Weizmann Institute conducted a series of scientific tests on ancient tefillin houses from the Judean Desert, and discovered that - contrary to the accepted law, according to which the houses must be painted
A simulation of a possible explanation for the speed of an L substar named CWISE J124909+362116.0 shows it as part of a binary star pair that ended in a supernova explosion of the white star. Credit: Adam Makarenko / WM Keck Observatory

An extremely fast star has been discovered speeding through the Milky Way at a speed of 2.1 million km/h

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The planet was discovered thanks to the efforts of 80 participants in a citizen science project called "Rear Worlds: Planet 9" and a team of astronomers from all over the United States
Woolly rhinos were once common throughout northern and central Eurasia, before becoming extinct about 10,000 years ago. Credit: Mauricio Anton 

Solving an ancient mystery: paleontologists shed new light on the causes of the extinction of the woolly rhinoceros

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Advanced computer models estimate that continued hunting by humans contributed to the extinction of the woolly rhinoceros by preventing their migration to new habitats during post-Ice Age warming, highlighting the ongoing impact
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