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Hackathon for children - planning an amusement park in Titan. Courtesy of Tuvia Liran.

Does science fiction foster creativity? Space hackathon showed that it does

The "Titan 2100" hackathon, in which about 700 fifth-eighth grade students from about 20 schools participated, showed how engaging in science fiction based on the laws of physics can encourage imagination, creativity, scientific thinking, and teamwork.
A mathematical bot. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Haifa University developed a bot that generates customized math tasks: “He is the most creative student I have ever met”

After years of developing “literal math” tasks, mathematics education and artificial intelligence researchers have trained a model that can structure problems by grade, subject, and learning stage – including “teasers” that were difficult for humans to develop.
Maurice Kahn, second from the left: Presenting the model of the Genesis spacecraft to the Netanyahus, during the landing (and crash) event of the Genesis spacecraft, April 2019. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Maurice Kahn has passed away: The man who financed “Genesis” and pushed Israel to the moon * established a station for marine research

Kahn, a co-founder of Amdocs, was a key player in the SpaceIL project and Israel Aerospace Industries; the spacecraft reached lunar orbit in 2019 but crashed during a landing attempt, leaving an educational and infrastructural “effect”
A real danger to American academia and the economy as a result of the government's interference with the entry of foreign students. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The economic argument for foreign students is no longer convincing – and the damage to America is enormous

The American public has ceased to be impressed by the economic contribution of international students, while Trump's policies harm higher education institutions and endanger tens of billions in the American economy.
Studies of science, technology and hi-tech from a young age. Illustration: depositphotos.com

High-tech and science studies from kindergarten to high school

The Minister of Education and Higher Education, Dr. Yifat Shasha-Biton and the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Orit Parkash-HaCohen promote an inter-ministerial five-year program to make studies accessible from the content world of the high-tech world, promoting scientific thinking from an early age
Bloodhound's supersonic car. Photography: DANIEL JONES.

Will Oracle "fly" the supersonic car to a record speed of over 1600 km/h?