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The Dead Sea Scrolls written by members of the Essene sect. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Am Yisrael Sher 17: The special role of music in the circle of the Essenes

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From the right, Shimon Sherid from the association's director, Or Netaf, Sahar Peretz, Julia Saleh, Ruth Persol and Lee Alpert. Photo: Eran Akerman

The Persol Foundation and the SpaceIL association have selected the candidates who will be integrated into a joint program to empower women in the field of space.

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Two of them will be integrated into the development of the Genesis 2 mission which is expected to be launched in 2025
Earth's population. Image: depositphotos.com

8 billion people: why trying to control population is often futile - and harmful

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"Instead of wondering if we have too many or too few people, we should ask how we can sustainably meet the needs of the people who are already alive"
The website of Alex Jones, who spreads conspiracy theories. Image: depositphotos.com

An alarming trend of an increase in the circulation of conspiracy theories that deny attacks that took place

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Worse than that, there is a huge increase in the number of injuries to the families of victims of attacks by people who were convinced that the attacks were a production and that the victims were actors
Prof. Aharon Meir's research team from Bar Ilan University at work on the "Underground City" site of Gat Philistim.

Gath, the city of the Philistines, at its greatest

Researchers have been excavating for 25 years and are discovering the secrets of the lower city of Tel Tsfit / Gat during the Iron Age
Colon cancer treatment. Image: depositphotos.com

Meeting with a patient - as a warning bell

Doctors who see a bowel cancer patient tend to refer more patients to tests for early detection. Is this a correct response?
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Maloney. Image: depositphotos.com

What is the difference between a populist and a dictator? The ancient Greeks have answers

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The first basic principle is that tyranny is defined by the distribution of power within the state and not by ideology or behavior * The second basic principle is that power corrupts and the distribution of power determines behavior

Looking for a way to reconcile

Thomas the Locomotive - A version of the locomotive operating in Pennsylvania. Image: depositphotos.com

Do we have free will - and do we want it? Thomas Hector offers clues

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Thomas is a locomotive and his movements are determined by the shape of the track, his operation as a locomotive and the railway workers. So is his free will just an illusion? And what does this mean about humans in reality?
Male Yael in the Negev. Image: depositphotos.com

Ancient Jews Music 16: The music of the temple is organized in connection with the holidays (Third) - the Shofar

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The shofar that stars on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur was a central instrument among the wind instruments in a temple. next to the trumpets. It was transformed from its previous roles as an announcer of important events - coronations of kings and wars and became a ritual instrument, and from the horn of Yael it was preceded by the horn of Eyal
Roman millstone in Ankara. Image: depositphotos.com

History by the side of the road

The road signs illustrated the power and domain of the Roman Empire
Corona virus inside a palm pointing to the XNUMXth cellular generation. Two conspiracy theories in one fell swoop. . Image: depositphotos.com

On the origins of the conspiracies

Taxi drivers and many others tend to believe any theory as long as it does not appear in the mainstream media but on fringe sites that profit - financially or politically - from these theories
Quantum entanglement. From the explanation on the Nobel Prize website.

Nobel Prize in Physics for 2022 to three scientists in the field of quantum entanglement

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Pechiots and pechiots from the ring base family that were placed on the dead body. Tel Aviv University tests found traces of opium in these vessels. Photo: Assaf Peretz, Antiquities Authority

The earliest evidence known in the world for the use of the hallucinogen opium from the Canaanite period

The remains of the opium were found in pottery excavated at Tel Yehud, in an excavation conducted by Ariola Yakoel on behalf of the Antiquities Authority. The pots that contained the opium date to the 14th century BC, and they were found in the tombs of Canaanites and were apparently used as part of the local cult of the dead
The treasure of gold discovered in Banias. Photo: Dafna Gazit, Antiquities Authority

A cache of 44 gold coins that are about 1,400 years old was discovered in the excavation of the Antiquities Authority in the Nahal Hermon Nature Reserve

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The treasure is evidence of a dramatic moment in the country's history - the conquest of the Byzantine Empire by the Umayyad House. Archaeologist of the Israel Antiquities Authority, Dr. Yoav Lerer: "Whoever buried the coins in a wall must have performed a miracle on his soul in the hope of returning and collecting his property, but he was not successful."
Figure 3. Pabo's discoveries provided important information regarding the population of the world at the time Homo sapiens migrated out of Africa and spread to the rest of the world. Neanderthals lived in western Eurasia while Denisovans lived in eastern Eurasia. Breeding between the different species occurred when the Homo sapiens spread across the continent, leaving behind treasured remains in DNA. Illustration from the explanation for the 2022 Nobel Prize for Medicine. From the Nobel Prize website

Nobel Prize for Medicine to the Swede Svante Pavo, the discoverer of the Denisovan man and the decipherer of the genome of extinct human species

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Santa Febo is a Swedish evolutionary geneticist, one of the founding fathers of the field of paleogenetics, leader of the international project to map the Neanderthal human genome, and co-discoverer of Denisovan man
Happy New Year fee. Image: depositphotos.com

The face of history is the face of the letter

On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, Dr. Zuriel Rashi, from the School of Communication at Bar-Ilan University, tells how the "Shanah Tova" letters reflected the events of the Jewish people throughout history
The dog, part of the family. The Jewish one too. Image: depositphotos.com

Things that donors know: why is there a kosher stamp on dog food?

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Surfer X wondered: why is there a kosher stamp on dog food? Even so, there are no ultra-Orthodox who raise pets
Human trafficking. Image: depositphotos.com

Has the international fight against human trafficking failed?

Only about 5% of the victims of trafficking in the world were treated. Most of the victims were left without a response and assistance
King Charles III and Queen Camilla. Image: depositphotos.com

What is the future of the British monarchy?

Is the British monarchy in the midst of an existential crisis? Tel Aviv University researchers are investigating the issue
Cohen blows his trumpet. Next to him on the steps of the temple are the rest of the musical instruments. Image: depositphotos.com

Ancient Jews Music 15: The connection between the temple and the holidays in the light of music (b)

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The music in the temple was an important element in the celebrations of the three pilgrimages, with the many pilgrims who arrived in Jerusalem
Alien. Image: depositphotos.com

Frank Drake has passed away, but his equation with alien intelligence is more important than ever

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The Drake equation is not a law of nature, but an educated estimate of the number of intelligent civilizations we can discover, but it is enough to stimulate the imagination.
The worsening of political polarization in the US. Are the Republicans killing their voters? Image: depositphotos.com

"Mortality gap" - Republicans die at higher rates than Democrats

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In Democratic districts, death rates have decreased by 22% since the beginning of the century, while in Republican areas they have decreased by only 11%
A virtual recreation of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Screenshot from Dassault Systèmes' XNUMXD project

Walk through the Colosseum and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

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Dassault Systèmes' "Living Heritage" program restores six historic sites in the virtual world for posterity * Student groups from Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands and the USA used Dassault Systèmes' 3DEXPERIENCE platform to create a virtual twin for each of the sites
The famous relief on the Gate of Titus in which the temple vessels looted from the Temple in Jerusalem appear. On the right side - the trumpets. Image: depositphotos.com

Ancient Jews Music 14 - The connection between the temple music and the holidays (a)

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One of the cardinal areas that highlighted the image of the second temple was the pilgrimage three times a year. The Ascensions, both as a framework and as a means, in which the many areas of the people's attachment to his temple were expressed and revealed. Much of the music in the temple focused on these days of pilgrimage
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