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An opportunity that will never come again: This is how we can bring the best Israeli researchers home

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How a comprehensive national program will attract research experts back and ensure Israel's future strength, just before scientists are kidnapped by other countries that are after them
Beit Shean Antiquities. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Architectural blueprints of thousands of ancient dwellings reveal horrifying patterns of inequality throughout human history

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A global database of over 55,000 ancient residential floor plans reveals how inequality developed in pre-industrial societies and when inclusive governance succeeded in curbing it
Exodus from Egypt with elements from the Bible such as the Ten Commandments and Miriam's drum. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The Myth of the Exodus: Tradition, History, Propaganda – and Everything in Between. Reading List

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The story that never happened – but shaped the identity of an entire people and religions. Articles published on the Hidan website over the years
A vast spiral galaxy alongside the Milky Way for a scale comparison of the universe. Credit: Bagchi and Ray et al/Hubble Space Telescope

Monstrous jets from black hole in spiral galaxy may foretell Milky Way's terrifying future

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A giant spiral galaxy with powerful jets from a black hole has shocked scientists, because it shows that even galaxies like ours can release dangerous radiation at some point.
The cat is associated with ancient Egyptian culture. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The Cat in Israel's Sources 1: Going Back in Time

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From the prehistoric cat to the domestic cat – this is how the nocturnal creature became a constant companion of man, a sacred animal in Egypt, identified with demons and symbols in the Passover Haggadah, and mysterious even in the eyes of the Talmudic sages.
Motor learning process in the brain, VTA and M1 are connected, dopamine in the learning process.

Brain researchers at the Technion: Dopamine – the key to acquiring motor skills

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Collaboration between two researchers at the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine reveals that local release of dopamine in the motor cortex is a key to acquiring new motor skills
Impact structure in Amelia Crater, Australia. Credit: NASA

600 million years ago, an asteroid impact shook the Earth – and its effects may still linger

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How an ancient impact on Australia may have triggered global changes in climate and ocean chemistry
Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore upon their arrival at the International Space Station. Photo: NASA

The two astronauts stranded on the space station have returned to Earth.

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Sonny Williams and Barry Wilmore complete a mission that extended from an initial eight-day plan to nine months.
For a century, astronomers have devoted their energies to studying Barnard's Star in the hope of finding planets around it. First discovered by EE Barnard at Yerkes Laboratory in 1916, this star is the closest single star system to Earth. Now, astronomers have discovered four sub-Earth-mass planets orbiting this star. One of the planets represents the discovery of the lowest-mass planet ever detected using the angular velocity technique, marking a turning point in the search for small planets in close proximity to stars. Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Marenfeld

Four tiny planets revealed in neighboring solar system after a century of search

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The planets were discovered orbiting Barnard's Star, one of the closest stars to the Sun.
Prof. Helmut Schwarz, Technical University of Berlin, winner of the 2025 Wolf Prize in Chemistry. Photo courtesy of the Wolf Prize Foundation

Wolf Prize in Chemistry for 2025 to German researcher for characterization of the gaseous state in electrolysis processes

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The 2025 Wolf Prize in Chemistry is awarded to Professor Helmut Schwarz of the Technical University of Berlin for the quantitative characterization of active gas-phase intermediates to solve fundamental problems in catalysis.
The artificial intelligence software must decide what to do based on input received from sensors, such as cameras, lasers, radar, and more. A Tesla electric car. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Autonomous cars: What could go wrong?

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Sometimes the autonomous car's recognition system does not recognize an emergency vehicle with flashing lights stopped on the side of the road. What technological solutions to this problem do the researchers intend to develop?
The moment of the malfunction that caused the Starship spacecraft to break apart during the eighth test, March 6, 2025. Screenshot, SpaceX

SpaceX Starship explodes again

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SpaceX Starship explodes again
The Athena spacecraft during preparations for landing on the moon. Photo: Intuitive Machines

The Athena probe landed near the moon's south pole, but communication with it is problematic

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Melting glaciers are slowing the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the world's strongest ocean current, researchers have found. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

The Great Ocean Slowdown: How Antarctic Ice Loss Is Reshaping the Climate

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New research finds that melting ice in Antarctica is weakening the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) and could lead to worsening climate extremes, disrupting marine ecosystems, and reducing the ocean's ability to absorb carbon by 2050.
US President Donald Trump and his personal advisor on demolitions Elon Musk. Illustration prepared using ideogram.ai

Attack on Science: How the Second Trump Administration Shaped the Fate of Science in the US in 30 Days

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The damage to scientific infrastructure and international collaboration networks—especially in the fields of biomedical and climate research—could be irreversible, and undermine the United States' ability to maintain its position as a global leader in science and innovation in the coming decades.
A view of the Utopia Planitia region on Mars which is believed to be the site of an ancient ocean. ESA/DLR/FU Berlin, CC BY-SA

Scientists discover 3 billion-year-old beach buried on Mars

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Researchers have found evidence of a beach on the Utopia Plain on Mars, strengthening the hypothesis that an ocean once covered a large part of the planet and its influence may have been evident for a longer time than previously thought.
Artist's illustration of the SPHEREx spacecraft. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA launches SPHEREx, a space telescope that may rewrite the story of the universe's origins

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The SPHEREx telescope will create the most colorful map of the entire sky ever. Launching this weekend from Vandenberg Space Center in California, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
Layoffs in US scientific agencies. Image prepared using DALEE

Bad week for science: sudden cuts to the National Science Foundation, the Gene Bank, and climate

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Science reports another disastrous week for Trump and his demolition contractor Elon Musk. US cuts funding for IPCC climate impact report
Green chemistry. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Green Catalyst: A Breakthrough in Sustainable Chemistry

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Researchers from Tel Aviv University develop phosphorus-based catalyst for hydrogenation – a green alternative to polluting metals in the chemical industry
Divers explore the coral reef in Eilat. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The coral reef in Eilat has temporarily "shut down" due to sea level change

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New research from the Hebrew University and Bar-Ilan University reveals that the coral reef in the Gulf of Eilat experienced a temporary "shutdown" about 4,500 years ago due to falling sea levels. The researchers identified a recovery after about 3,000 years and found
"Floating drilling platform for extracting lake sediment cores, Alaska." Credit: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / Weihan Jia

Global warming and mass extinctions: What can we learn from plants from the last ice age?

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Innovative methods of analyzing ancient DNA reveal how warming affected plant species during the transition from the Ice Age – a clue to what may happen in the future
The president of the University of Haifa, Prof. Gur Elroy. Photo: Haifa University Spokesperson

The establishment of the School of Medicine at the University of Haifa was approved

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Figure 1: An olive tree with a showy appearance growing in the wild in Atlit. Photo: Elad Ben Dor

To the origins of the olive; the journey to identify the wild olive population in the Kurkar Ridge in Atlit

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A statue of Julius Caesar, a symbol of ancient Rome, reminds us of how history repeats itself. From Wikimedia

Climate change, epidemics, and groundwater pollution in ancient Rome: Will the disregard for science and the climate crisis lead us to the fall of the West?

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Two new studies (January 2025) reveal how natural climate change and lead water contamination shaped the social and health development of ancient Rome, highlighting the need to incorporate health aspects into climate risk assessment

Islam's attitude towards evolution and curriculum changes in Syria

Excavations will be avoided. Photo: Tel Aviv University

Contrary to popular belief - the copper industry in ancient times did not create pollution on a large scale

According to a research team, the environmental pollution from the mining activity was spotty and minimal, and did not pose a danger to the residents of the area then or now
The quantum computer laboratory at the Hebrew University. Photograph of the Aerospace Industry

Blue-white superconductor quantum computing

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A quantum computer developed in superconductor technology was launched in Israel as part of a groundbreaking project in collaboration with the Aerospace Industry, the Hebrew University and the Innovation Authority. The project places Israel at the forefront of the world in the field of quantum computing
The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft will perform an acceleration maneuver near Mars and also explore it. Figure: European Space Agency.

The engines of the spacecraft Hera were ignited on its journey towards the asteroid Didymus

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Hera - the European Space Agency's asteroid exploration mission will once again reach the asteroid it visited and which was diverted by the DART spacecraft
Transferring the calculation from the memory to the processor itself. The image was prepared using DALEE and is not a scientific image

Researchers at the Technion have developed a software package that allows the calculation to be transferred from the processor into the computer's memory itself

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This is an important step towards the development of computers that will perform calculations in memory, without the need to transfer the information between the various components - a transfer that takes a lot of time and consumes a lot of energy
An example of a cylinder stamp (left) and its design impressed on clay (right) Credit: Franck Raux © 2001 GrandPalaisRmn (Musée du Louvre) CREATIVE COMMON

The origin of writing in Mesopotamia is related to designs engraved on ancient scroll seals

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A group of researchers from the University of Bologna identified a series of connections between the designs engraved on these seals, which date back about 6,000 years (4000 BC), and some of the signs in the proto-cuneiform writing that appeared in the city of Uroch, located today
Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Before the US elections: how can we identify "fake news"?

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Searching for life in the TRAPPIST1 system. Illustration of the knowledge site using FLEX-1

A new technique enables the discovery of extraterrestrial communication between planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system

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The cover of the book Secrets of Encryption for children by Stav Alber

Encryption secrets for children - a book by Stav Alber

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Image: This artist's rendering of a planet-forming disk surrounding a young star shows a swirling "pancake" of hot gas and dust from which planets form. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, the team obtained detailed images showing the layered, conical structure of the disc's winds - streams of gas blowing out into space. Credit: National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)

Winds of Change: The James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Elusive Details in Young Star Systems

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Astronomers have discovered new details about gas flows that shape planet-forming disks and shape them over time, offering a glimpse into how our solar system likely formed
This collage shows a small selection of regions of the Milky Way captured as part of a map created from the most detailed infrared wavelength imaging of our galaxy. Here you can see, from left to right and from top to bottom: NGC 3576, NGC 6357, Messia 17, NGC 6188, Messia 22 and NGC 3603. All are clouds of gas and dust in which stars are formed, with the exception of Messia 22, which is a very dense group of ancient stars. Photo: European Southern Observatory ESO

The most detailed infrared map of the Milky Way has been published

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The images were taken with ESO's Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope (VISTA) in Chile and its VIRCAM infrared camera
roots. Image: depositphotos.com

Podcast: Botany — Thinking Like Plants (Episode 1)

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Prof. Yasmin Maroz from the School of Plant Sciences and Food Safety in the Faculty of Life Sciences at Tel Aviv University talks about the secret world of plants in the Tel Aviv 360 podcast of Tel Aviv University

Who will win the Nobel Prize in Physics this year? All predictions

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The Nobel Prizes are announced at the beginning of October every year, and about a month before that rumors, predictions and speculations are spread about the identity of the candidates and the chances of winning. In recent years, using innovative data analysis tools, forecasting experts
The image shows the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1559 as seen by the James B. Space Telescope. The galaxy contains a clear central region with a distinctive open pattern in the loose spiral arms. NGC 1559 is about 35 million light-years away in the little-observed southern constellation, the Reticulum. Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Leroy, J. Lee and the PHANGS team.

The light of knowledge: a new look at the grief into the southern group of the hunting net

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The Hubble Space Telescope photograph of NGC 1559 shows the active star formation regions of the galaxy using special light filters
Comparing the effects of fasting on the health of the digestive system. The image was prepared using DALEE and is not a scientific image

Intermittent fasting: health benefits alongside an increased risk of cancer

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A spectacular sunset over an observatory in a sky full of colorful clouds.

An unexpected discovery of new celestial bodies in the outer solar system amazes astronomers

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A satellite returns to Israel, hot and glowing, with illuminated fragments of space in its vicinity.

Goodbye Cluster: A ground-breaking mission ends in a spectacular fireball over the South Pacific

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After 24 years of research, the Salsa satellite (Cluster 2) burned up in a controlled entry into the atmosphere, (thereby) marking the end of the mission and strengthening our understanding of the magnetosphere and space
This artist rendering shows NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft in orbit around Jupiter. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Europa Clipper spacecraft: Large solar wings power NASA's largest planetary spacecraft ever

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Heavenly music. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Am Yisrael sings 33: heavenly music

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Music in ancient times was not only a means of pleasure as it is today but also had mystical and heavenly effects.
3D visualization of a leg in the digital design process before personalization. PR photo, Dassault Systèmes

ASICS and Dassault Systèmes present a personal shoe fitting studio in Paris

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The success of the model can improve the study of bird migration. Pelicans, photo: Reot Alon

Podcast: A billion birds migrate in Israel a year

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The Starliner spacecraft is attached to the International Space Station. Photo: NASA

NASA has decided to return the astronauts stuck in the SpaceX spacecraft; the Starliner will return to space unmanned

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Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, which flew NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sonny Williams on a manned test flight to the International Space Station, is seen docked at the front dock of the Harmony Module. The image was taken from the window of SpaceX's Dragon Endeavor spacecraft docked in the port adjacent to the Starliner. Credit: NASA A

Is the Starliner spacecraft stuck in space? NASA answers frequently asked questions about the status of the astronauts' return

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NASA is expected to make a decision by the end of August when and how to return the two astronauts stuck on the space station
Engineering model of the Genesis 2 lander. Courtesy of SPACEIL

The Knesset Committee for Public Enterprises is discussing the rescue of the Genesis 2 project that was damaged by the war

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Prof. Dan Bloomberg, chairman of the Israel Space Agency: "We faced a crisis of students in the STEM fields - which resulted from changes in Israeli society. A project like 'Bereshit' motivates students to become interested and end up studying engineering
Photomicrograph of a biopsy from a patient's lungs. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Towards a new generation of treatments for old age diseases

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[:he]Wounded people enter the emergency room, experiencing pain and injuries, with a clear emergency sign above them.[:]

Gender bias in pain management in emergency rooms

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