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When to reveal and when to hide the truth. Illustration: depositphotos.com

When do we choose not to know – and when do we seek a painful truth?

Researchers at Tel Aviv University propose a model that explains how information avoidance and painful information seeking serve the same need: emotional regulation in the face of uncertainty.
Group fitness training. Why do some people love exercise? Illustration: depositphotos.com

AI Revealed: What Really Makes Us Move?

First-of-its-kind study uses AI to examine what motivates people to exercise
Science under a vortex. Illustration by Avi Blizovsky via DALEE

Even if you are not an American researcher, only receive funding if you sign to us that you are not involved in climate or diversity.

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Brown sea turtle. "The average mercury concentration in brown sea turtle eggs is higher than the average concentration we found in green sea turtle eggs." Photo: Reut Alon

Not just in thermometers: Mercury found in sea turtle eggs

Heavy metals were found in sea turtle eggs in record-breaking concentrations – according to a new Israeli study that may provide us with a broader picture of heavy metal pollution in the Mediterranean Sea.
Roadmap for AI Applications after the Era of LLMs

The era after the great language models

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New research suggests three key directions for advancing artificial intelligence: knowledge empowerment, collaboration between models, and joint development, with the aim of overcoming the limitations of existing large models.
Minister of Science and Technology Gila Gamliel and the head of the Isfaia Local Council, Munib Sabaa. Photo: Idan Media, for the Government Advertising Bureau

Oral bacteria linked to increased risk of stroke

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The lead researcher from the National Heart Disease Center in Osaka, notes: "In the future, if a rapid test is developed to identify harmful bacteria in the mouth and intestines, we could use this information to calculate stroke risk."
Light pollution in Israel as seen from space. Image: depositphotos.com

Is light pollution costing us more than we thought? The heavy price of the bright night

Ozenfik weight loss shot. Illustrating the knowledge site using DALEE. The image should not be seen as a scientific image

What do the celebs know about weight loss shots that we should also know?

A researcher at the Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University investigates whether we will soon be able to eat what we want without guilt?
What is needed to prolong life. Illustration: depositphotos.com

A new competition to stop aging with prizes of 101 million dollars

A new competition to stop aging with prizes of 101 million dollars
Stages in ringworm disease in women. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Pioneering research reveals: baldness due to illness or medical treatment has health, mental and social consequences

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The doctoral thesis of Dr. Liat Hooper from the Department of Social Work and the Faculty of Health Sciences revealed for the first time the existence of gender differences in the health and mental consequences of baldness, as a result of radiation against ringworm
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Airbus unveiled a concept for a space station with artificial gravity

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Airbus offers a "multi-purpose route module" known as the Airbus LOOP. The station includes three decks - and for the first time in the journeys of the human race outside the atmosphere and gravity of the Earth - also a centrifuge that will create gravity for
The weight maintenance system in the body is more complex than you thought. Illustration: pixabay.

The complex truth about weight loss and exercise

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Air pollution in Beijing. Photo: 大杨.

New window screens will filter air pollutants

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Friendly bacteria: Bacteria such as these lactobacilli, which are commonly added to yogurt and probiotic food supplements, help maintain a healthy environment in the intestines. Source: NIH.

Are probiotic products really effective?

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In the poorest and most densely populated areas on Earth, drinking water wells, dug to avoid the need to use surface water contaminated with bacteria, are poisoned by arsenic originating from groundwater. Now these too are in danger. Illustration: pixabay.

Death in the water: Arsenic is poisoning people around the world

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Whether you put in hours at the gym or stare at the TV for the same hours, your total calorie intake is the same. Illustration: pixabay.

The physical activity paradox

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Prof. Atzmon in his laboratory. Source: Courtesy of Haifa University.

A genetic mutation was found that contributes to longevity in men

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According to a new study by researchers from the Weizmann Institute, health breads are not necessarily healthier than white bread for everyone. Source: pixabay.com.

Whole wheat sourdough bread is not necessarily healthier than industrial white bread

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Bottles of insulin for injection. Source: Alan Levine.

Research: Insulin resistance is associated with an accelerated decline in cognitive functions

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The most serious environmental damage from food losses is caused precisely when we waste meat. Photo: Lukas Budimaier

Lost meat

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In the field of organic crops and the pesticides allowed for their use, there is much that is hidden over the visible. Photo: Alexandra Guerson, Flickr.

Calculated risk on the plate

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Dr. Shlomo Israel. Photo courtesy of him

High credit for good health

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Cup of milk. From Wikipedia

Consumption of milk and its products may reduce the risk of colon cancer

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From the right: Dr. Yigal Gat and Prof. Moti Hayblom

Tools combined in engineering, medicine and as a metaphor for integration between fields of knowledge

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Drink milk and live longer

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The green gym

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Polyphenols - lack of recognition outweighs the health benefits for humans

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The Israeli public is more interested in health news than sports news

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A 70% decrease in infant mortality rates in Israel from 1979 to 2004

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