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Excavations at Toda Cave, 2019. Credit: Robert Spengler

9,200-year-old find challenges theories about the origins of agriculture

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bats Illustration: depositphotos.com

Eyes closed: Bats are able to navigate long distances using sound alone

The researchers found that they were also able to produce a sound map of the area in their minds
A study of medieval warrior monks at the castle of Zorita de los Canes has revealed their lavish diet and violent death, including the unexpected discovery of a female warrior among them, expanding our understanding of gender roles in historical military orders. A skull found at the archaeological site of Zorita de los Canes. Credit: Crema Risk, URV

Were women also knights? Archaeologists have made an unexpected discovery in the burials of warrior monks from the Middle Ages

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Of the 25 skeletons studied, 23 showed signs consistent with a violent death. By studying the proportions of the bones, she realized that among the warriors was a woman.
Tiny, self-propelled robots kill bacteria and can help make water drinkable. Figure: American Chemical Society

Swimming robot bacteria can eliminate real dangerous bacteria in drinking water

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From right to left: Prof. Zion Fahima, Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa Michal David, Department of AI Studies and Archaeology, Bar Ilan University Prof. Avraham Korul, Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa Prof. Ehud Weiss, Department of AI Studies and Archeology, Bar University Ilan Dr. Shariel Hovner, M.G.L., Tel Hai Academic College Dr. Uri Davidovitz, Institute of Archeology, Hebrew University. Photo: Yoni Reif, Bar-Ilan University Spokesperson

Barley domestication began in Israel in the Galilee region

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The image on the left taken in infrared shows the field of view of the Parkes radio telescope with the area where the event occurred marked in red. On the right, a successive series of close-ups of the area. At lower right is the visible-light image of the galaxy where the burst occurred, as taken from the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii, with the elliptical regions showing the location of signals that faded over six days as seen with ATCA Credit: © D. Kaplan (UWM), EF Keane (SKAO)

The discovery of fast radio bursts reveals the missing matter in the universe

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Fetus in his mother's womb. Illustration: shutterstock

Researchers have discovered a fetal source of mood swings and bipolar disorder

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Image 3: Gold surface as scanned by STM. The image circles are sealed! Image source: Wikipedia.

So what do you do there at the university? Chapter 15: A bit like touching atoms, on an electron tunneling microscope

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A mobile laboratory in Tzafit. Photo: Weizmann Institute

The Weizmann Institute of Science and the German "Max Planck Society" are establishing a joint research center for archeology and anthropology

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Nanometric motor. Illustration: IBM

The smallest steam engine in the world

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A planet from another galaxy (right) and its star (left), the yellowish star HIP 13044 in the lower right and its planet HIP 13044 b. This solar system is a remnant of a dwarf galaxy that was engulfed by the Milky Way billions of years ago. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada

A planet without a galaxy

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Eretz Yisraeli Loop in the Jerusalem Mountains

The intoxicating smell lies

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The star cluster ngc 3603 as photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope, 2010

Hubble perceives restlessness in a compact and compact cluster

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

Hubble watched the birth of a tiny galaxy

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