Society and history
- Guest article
- April 27, 2022
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To what extent did refugee Jewish scientists contribute to the creation of the atomic bomb? And how close did the Nazi scientists in Germany come to creating such a bomb? Professor Alex Gordon from the Department of Mathematical Sciences - Physics and Computer Sciences at Oranim College Oranim College explains and discusses the various and inaccurate versions created around the affair, which was the biggest secret of World War II, after the war
- Dr. Yahyam whistles
- April 27, 2022
- 2 תגובות
From harp and violin, through bells, trumpets and of course up to trumpets - each instrument had special instructions during the Second Temple period
- Avi Blizovsky
- March 29, 2022
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As part of its deadly attack on Ukraine, Russia has taken the rare step of using intellectual property rights as a war tactic. In early March, the Russian government issued a decree according to which Russian companies are no longer obliged to compensate owners of patents, service models and industrial designs from "unfriendly" countries. Intellectual property experts explain what the decision means
- Guest article
- March 21, 2022
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The author is Professor Alex Gordon, Oranim College tells about the anti-Semitism that accompanied the famous Jewish researchers, about Einstein's recommendation for Rosen to work in Kiev, about Podolsky's double loyalty, about Prof. Lev Strom who was executed near Kiev Begin - "collaboration with the Gestapo" and more about The difficult history of the Jewish scientists in the USSR
- Science site The Conversation
- March 21, 2022
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The first casualty of war, says historian Ronald Sonny, is not just the truth. Often, he says, "but what's left out." He explains why Russian President Putin is not accurate in the statements he gave as a pretext for war
- The Hebrew University
- March 19, 2022
Researchers from the Hebrew University found that nitrogen pollution caused by human activities has a direct effect on the decline in the variety of species in about a hundred sites in the world, including Beit Govrin: "Not enough efforts have been made in Israel to gauge the severity of the problem"
- Dr. Yahyam whistles
- March 12, 2022
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In the second temple in Jerusalem, sacrifices were made, twice a day, for the peace of the emperor and the peace of Rome, as a practice that spread from the time of the emperor Augustus onwards - a period corresponding to the reign of King Herod) and was associated with bravery in music, in a way that until then was considered as foreign worship
- The Hebrew University
- March 9, 2022
Although we are mostly familiar with viruses that harm us, it turns out that some of them are actually good and beneficial, both for humans and plants. A virus discovered in Israel in the XNUMXs helps tomatoes grow in a harsher climate
- Tel Aviv University
- March 9, 2022
The urge to collect in the prehistoric world: the desire to preserve the connection and memory with their ancient ancestors
- The Technion
- March 9, 2022
Last year Asil Naama, who was then studying for a bachelor's degree in the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering at the Technion, discovered two new asteroids. This is within the framework of NASA's "Asteroid Hunting Campaign".
- Avi Blizovsky
- March 2, 2022
- 4 תגובות
The Academy expresses its concern in view of the planned reform in the studies of the compulsory subjects in the field of humanities in the state education system (history, Bible, literature, citizenship, Tosheba), and wonders about the way in which it was decided
- Avi Blizovsky
- March 2, 2022
- 2 תגובות
Each of them will receive an award of $300,000 for achievements in researching the past and as support for their future work * An additional $300 was allocated to a new international post-doc program for history subjects at Tel Aviv University * The ceremony - at Tel Aviv University in May
- Dr.Roey Tsezana
- February 28, 2022
At the beginning of the year 2022, three astrobiologists ran a fascinating thought experiment: they claimed that the entire Earth was about to become an intelligent organism. The meaning, as you can understand, is not that there is a mind at the core of the planet that makes decisions for the creatures living on it. Exactly the opposite: in the future they describe, all living beings on earth will participate together in a process that amounts to the creation of one collective intelligence
- The Hebrew University
- February 24, 2022
The study modeled over 1000 test sites and found that in 25% of them there is contamination from drugs that harms the water quality. "Even the most efficient purification plants are not able to eliminate the pollutants before they reach the rivers. The pollution is only going to get worse because the use of medicinal solutions for every disease is increasing"
- The Hebrew University
- February 24, 2022
A combination of personality characteristics such as reliance on self-intuition, belief in conspiracy theories, "need for chaos" and lack of intellectual modesty, along with an unusual state of persistent social mistrust, leads to people simultaneously rejecting any existing, well-founded and reliable information and embracing new, completely unfounded information , just because it is an alternative
- The Hebrew University
- February 23, 2022
The spider, which was discovered for the first time in the Arava region, prefers soils free of oil pollution and thus constitutes a biological marker
- The Hebrew University
- February 21, 2022
Prof. Zvi Peleg: "The constant increase in demand and the suitability of the sesame for growing under high temperatures associated with climate change, led to an attempt to return it to agriculture in Israel. Finding the connection between the timing of flowering and the components of the crop, could help in the future to adapt this crop to deal with climate change, and together with other developments in our laboratory , to transform the cultivation of sesame from a traditional-local cultivation to a modern and global cultivation''.
- Avi Blizovsky
- February 14, 2022
Two of the grant winners are from the Hebrew University and the others from Bar Ilan University
- The Hebrew University
- February 11, 2022
The cargo, which contains metal ingots and stone anchors dating back to about 3500 years ago, proves that there were significant trade relations between Cyprus and distant Sardinia
- The Hebrew University
- February 4, 2022
A new study reveals that an increase in the frequency of storms, along with a decrease in evaporation about 20 years ago, were likely significant factors that enabled the transition to permanent settlements and an agricultural society
- Avi Blizovsky
- February 2, 2022
- 13 תגובות
The incoming president of the Israeli National Academy of Sciences, Prof. David Harel, is trying to dispel this dichotomy. In a conversation with the science website, he explains that, among other things, he intends to reduce the gap between those who support science and those who despise it
- The Hebrew University
- February 1, 2022
Today's vehicles are connected to the Internet, so cyber hacking of vehicles is no longer science fiction. How should cyber risks be dealt with? What is the role of the state authorities and how will the insurance companies operate?
- Young Galileo
- January 24, 2022
- 2 תגובות
Yes ma'am! Astronaut Peggy Whitson was the first woman to be appointed mission commander to the International Space Station, was the first woman to command two missions to the space station, and is to be the commander of the second mission to be launched by the private space companies Axiom Space and SpaceX with space tourists
- Tel Aviv University
- January 21, 2022
The book published by Magnes, describes the scientific revolution that led to the understanding that the dome of the sky is only an optical illusion
- The Hebrew University
- January 18, 2022
A study carried out by a researcher from the Hebrew University reveals an alleged connection between the compensations for Holocaust survivors and compensations given to Germans from ethnic minorities, who took over Jewish property in Eastern and Central European countries and were deported from there at the end of World War II