DNA Research Holds the Keys to Human History – but It's Being Weaponized by Politicians
As Netanyahu’s attempt to link the Philistines to the Palestinians show, DNA analysis of ancient humans is being harnessed for political purposes
Science & Technology
Comrade Trilobites Marched in Tandem 480 Million Years Ago
Arthropods from ants to lobsters migrate in orderly fashion but the emergence of the collective had been a mystery
Stressed Mothers Have More Girls — a Lot More Girls
New paper supports empiric discovery that after major quakes and terror attacks, more girls are born than boys
Trio Awarded 2019 Economics Nobel Prize for 'Experimental' Poverty Research
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo – the second woman ever to receive the prize – and Michael Kremer 'have introduced a new approach to obtaining reliable answers about the best ways to fight global poverty'
Nothing New Under the Sun: As the World Turns to Solar Energy, Israel Falls Behind
The sun may be shining, but Israel is far from reaching its goals of harnessing this powerful energy resource
Cell Research Trio Wins 2019 Nobel Medicine Prize
William Kaelin, Peter Ratcliffe and Gregg Semenza's discoveries 'revealed the mechanism for one of life's most essential adaptive processes'
Life on Mars, Moon Tourism and an Interstellar Ambush: What Space Exploration Has in Store
Space plans for the rest of the century include settlement on Mars, the establishment of a new space station and a voyage at one-fifth the speed of light to the neighboring star system, Alpha Centauri
A Project to Map All Human Cells Will Change How Disease Is Cured
Scientists from 64 countries are working on a project to map all the cells in the human body, so as to understand how they communicate and how they cause disease. To date, cells have been discovered that might improve the treatment of some types of cancer, Alzheimer’s and cystic fibrosis
Executive Offers Peek at Facebook’s Plans for Augmented Reality Glasses
Company unveiled project this week but officially has provided very few details
How to Cure Your Kids' Addiction to Technology
Nir Eyal, author of best sellers about technology addiction, says it’s time we took responsibility for our and our kids' behavior – and suggests a four-step plan for doing just that
This Creature Marched to Its Death Half a Billion Years Ago
An animal that looked like a cross between a trilobite and a wheat sheaf scurried around 550 million years ago, died and was fossilized in its tracks — thus throwing back the dawn of segmented Animalia
Iran Acknowledges Rocket Explosion, Says Satellite Launch Test Malfunctioned
Incident marks third failure for Iran's space program, raising suspicions of sabotage
Heatwaves in the Mediterranean Sea Are Bigger, Hotter and Last Longer
Water temperature anomalies can cover half the Mediterranean basin and last for weeks, decimating animals and fish – but in deep water, it’s even worse, a new study shows
Israeli Tech Pioneer Who Made It Possible to Talk on Skype and Watch YouTube Dies
Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and Virginia-based Internet Society’s hall of fame, Danny Cohen's name may not be well known, but his work helped shape how we use the internet
Scientists Discover Previously Unknown Species of Horseshoe Bats
The world might think that one was quite enough, but horseshoe bat species number beyond 100, scientists say
As Fracking Poisons the Air, Israeli Scientists Propose to Engineer Cows
Tackling methane emissions is the ‘low-hanging fruit to slow global warming,’ says scientist behind Cornell fracking study
Israel Navy, NATO Forces Conduct Exercise Simulating High-casualty Earthquake
The navies of nine other countries participated in the drill, on the understanding that Israel would need to bring relief assistance in by sea
Life Really Can Overcome Anything: How Bacteria Survive 250 Meters Under the Dead Sea
Scientists discovered new life in one of the most extreme environments in the world: Bacteria living on dead ancient microorganisms – which may have implications for finding life on Mars
'We Don't Know What 85 Percent of the Universe Is Made Of. Something Doesn't Add Up'
Dr. Hagar Landsman-Peles, a physicist specializing in astroparticles, is trying to solve the riddle of dark matter using a detector planted deep underground
Animals Can Be Engineered to Have Only Girls. That Won’t Help Crazy Dictators
Prof. Udi Qimron and his Tel Aviv University team mutate mice to have single-sex offspring; female or male. He explains why despots couldn’t use the technique to create an army
Analysis Is Big Tech’s Problem Competition, or Just a Bad Rep With the Elite?
There are legitimate grievances against Facebook & Co., but the U.S. Justice Department isn’t the one to address them with an antitrust probe
The Jewish Reporter Who Brought the 1969 Moon Landing Into America’s Living Rooms
Jules Bergman was the first network correspondent assigned to cover space full time, making him 'almost as much of a celebrity as the astronauts he covered'
Less and Less Women Are Taking the Pill, and for a Good Reason
In the Western world, the birth control pill is suffering from a serious image crisis. What made us suddenly doubt something we’ve been using all our lives?
What's Life Like in Shenzhen, According to an Israeli Who Sees Himself as a Local
Forty years ago it was a fishing village. Now it’s one of the world’s most important cities. Fifteen comments about life in Shenzhen, a Chinese melting pot and tech powerhouse
Tel Aviv Scientists Could Make Root Canals History
New nano-filling prevents the secondary tooth decay that takes place beneath cavities; could reach trial stage in a year or two
Mystery Object That Entered Our Solar System Isn't an Alien, Scientists Say
International team of researchers still uncertain how to classify the cigar-shaped object called Oumuamua that was spotted in 2017
Ancient DNA Solves Age-old Mystery of Philistine Origin
Analysis of skeletons in the Philistine city of Ashkelon answers the elusive question of just where the Israelites’ biblical archenemies came from
It Was Designed to Fight Terrorism. Now Spyware Lets Israelis Stalk Their Spouses
Surveillance software and apps, once intended to thwart terrorism and avert crime, have become tools in the hands of suspicious spouses, business competitors and paranoid employers
Mars-quakes May Be Caused by Auto-fracking, Scientists Suggest
ISS meanwhile comes clean about mold problem, inadvertently resurrecting the eternal question: Is there life on Mars? Maybe, but maybe we put it there
What Made Human Beings the Fat Ape
We may bemoan the human predisposition toward pudginess, but it may also be the key to our specialness