Astronomers Spot Ghost of Disrupted Tadpole Galaxy
A billion years ago, a dwarf galaxy started to lose its stars to two giants next door. A team of scientists, including two Israelis, have found its remains in the endless night of space
Science & Health
The Middle Eastern Particle Accelerator Is Gearing Up, Handmade Parts and All
Less than 70 particle accelerators exist in the world, nearly all in Europe and the United States. In May, Jordan got one. The idea of building this kind of research facility in the Middle East was an outgrowth of the Oslo Accords. Will it draw Israeli scientists?
How Freud Made Clear We're ‘Nothing but a Band of Murderers’
World War I, which ended exactly 100 years ago, bolstered Freud’s view that war doesn’t awaken violent impulses but rather tears off the thin veil of civilization and makes us confront the savage within
Birds Inherited Colorful Eggs From Dinosaurs, Scientists Prove
Maniraptors that evolved into birds had exactly same pigments in their eggshells as today’s avians, while triceratops and sauropods had none
Pythons Invading Florida Are Evolving Unexpectedly Fast... Offering Hope for Surviving Climate Change
Burmese giant snakes shouldn’t have survived icy weather – but they did, because they evolved really fast, scientists discover
Could Beer-drinkers End Climate Change Denial?
How many bottles of beer will be lost from the wall if climate change isn’t checked? 30.3 billion a year at the least, Haaretz calculates based on groundbreaking study on barley yield
Blind Somali Cavefish Reveals That First Mammal Survived Dinosaurs by Hiding in the Dark
A genetic repair system activated by light turns out to exist in everything from germs to animals – except for mammals and eyeless cavefish in Somalia
Obesity Genes Evolved 450 Million Years Ago, Shark Study Reveals
Scientists have finally sequenced the shark genome, revealing that humans and sharks derive genes for reproduction, sleep and obesity from the same early fish
Astronomers Detect Monster Moon in Constellation 8,000 Light Years Away
Neptune-sized exomoon can’t have formed from a primordial cosmic collision because like its home planet, it isn’t rock, it’s made of gas, astronomers say
Nobel Prize for Medicine Goes to Professors for 'Landmark' Discoveries in Cancer Treatment
James Allison's and Tasuku Honjo's work has led to new approaches in harnessing the immune system to fight cancer, award-giving body says
Breastfeeding With a Grain of Salt: Study Fails to Link Directly to Infant Health
Breastfeeding does correlate with positive health outcomes, but causality hasn’t been demonstrated: better information and health care could be key, new study says
Dark Matter Chocolate Identified as Vitamin D Source
Of course, you’d have to eat half a kilo of dark chocolate a day for your daily dose, but wait for it: sugar-free cocoa pasta
Martian Moons Created by Catastrophic Collision, Says New Theory
Old theory had been that the misshapen, dark-colored moons were captured asteroids, new one is they’re ejected volcanic crust
WATCH: Moth Drinks the Tears of a Sleeping Bird in a Rare Video
Also: Butterflies drink crocodile tears and bees drink the tears of turtles
French Fries in Belgium Are Shrinking Thanks to Climate Change
European potatoes are shrinking because of declining rainfall in recent years and mounting temperatures: Bad news for fries eaters who will get a shorter version this year
There Are Only Four Personality Types, Psychologists Say
The rough and ready, the bold and beautiful and the teen humanitarian will be appalled to learn that they don’t exist, according to new data
Newly Discovered Extreme Deepwater Fish Get Cotton-candy Names
At some point the sea snails found 7,500 meters beneath Pacific surface will get real nomenclature, but for now science just calls them Pink, Purple and Blue
The ‘Devil’s Teat’: A Brief History of the Clitoris
Physicians once believed its removal helps avert hysteria, and the inventor of corn flakes suggested smearing it with acid. With 8,000 nerve ends – twice as many as the phallus – the clitoris is apparently the only human organ whose purpose is to cause pleasure
Extreme Acne Cure for the Daring: Stick Your Face in a Bear’s Mouth
Or buy soap – but meanwhile science has found a staph-killing bacteria in the Siberian brown bear’s saliva
Israeli Researchers Develop New Leukemia Drug That Selectively Destroys Cells
Researchers are seeking permission to conduct the first clinical trials on humans after the drug dramatically shrank tumors in mice
Scientists Find Missing Turtle Link: 230-million-year-old Monster Had Beak but No Shell
And now they’re even more confused, because an even earlier turtle had a shell but no beak
Research Led by Israeli Scientist Finds Method to Fix Manufacturing Process for Cancer Meds
Research reveals that lab cultures of cancerous cells that are used to test cancer drugs often go through a mutation process, and are thereby not a faithful representation of the tumors the medicine is meant to treat
Blocking Sunlight to Cool the Planet Could Hurt Key Crops, Scientists Warn
Trying to save ourselves from global warming through geoengineering the stratosphere with reflecting aerosols could boomerang
Naked Mole Rats Defy Biology by Living Longer if They Breed
Conventional wisdom is that procreation is physiologically onerous and parents die young, but the naked mole rat breaks this rule too
Sharing Your Stash With Your Rat Will Ease Its Nausea
Link proven between nausea and the brain receptor for cannabinoids, in rats, which could be good news for human chemotherapy patients one day
Worms With Waze: They’re Doing Math to Find Food, Say Hebrew University Researchers
You smell a brownie and follow the scent, finessing your route as you go. So does the nematode, claim Dr. Alon Zaslaver and his neurology team
There's Water on Mars: In First, Huge Underground Lake Discovered
There may not be life on Mars, but there is water: Liquid reservoir 20 kilometers across found beneath the south pole glaciers
Sheer Speed of Global Warming Is Decimating Birds, Say Scientists
Birds turn out to be doubly as affected as mammals from the rate of climate change
Finally, Scientists Bring Hope to Mice Embarrassed by Baldness
In groundbreaking study that might help people too one day, scientists in Alabama accelerated aging, then reversed it
10 Moons Orbiting Jupiter Discovered, One 'Oddball' on a Collision Course
In 2014, the same team of scientists found the object with the most-distant known orbit in the Solar System and was the first to hypothesize the existence of a putative planet popularly called Planet X or Planet Nine
Pakistan's Deadly Paradox: It Can't Combat Climate Change, but It Has No Choice
Already buffeted by serial catastrophes, Pakistan is well aware of the deadly trouble it faces but seems overwhelmed by inability, corruption and a neighbor blowing smoke in its face
Science Figures Out Why the Tree Shrew Eats Red-hot Peppers
It's a mutant, say Chinese researchers
Why Do Zebras Have Stripes? One Theory Shot Down, 17 to Go
Despite challenging lack of sun and zebras, Swedish scientists debunk hypothesis that the interchange of black, white stripes created mini-climate on animal's fur
MSG-spiked Soup Helps Make Better Food Choices, Says Report
Chicken broth with monosodium glutamate found to trigger brain sites associated with restraint, and wiser food choices
Secrets of Flying Spiders Revealed by Scientists
How do spiders and their silk balloons become airborne when there's no wind? The answer is electrifying
We Do It Better First Animals Caused Global Warming Half a Billion Years Ago
It took early complex animals 100 million years to change the climate, new study shows; humans have achieved the same in just 100 years. We win
Planet Birth Caught on Camera for First Time, Providing a Glimpse Into Solar System Infancy
Baby's a monster: Planet PDS-70b is much bigger than Jupiter, and twice as hot as Mercury despite being really, really far from its star
Narrow Channels on Mars Were Formed by Rainstorms, New Study Claims
Mega-floods from groundwater may have formed the largest Martian channels, but rainstorms eroding the surface seem to have created narrow gully networks 3.7 billion years ago
Scientists Auction Off Right to Name New Species of Snail-sucking Snakes
The newly discovered mollusk-munchers are already endangered but now they're living on land bought with the proceeds of the naming auction
Ribbit Me This: What Do 99-million Year Old Frogs in Amber Found in Myanmar Tell Us?
Extremely rare specimen from a quarter-billion years of evolution sheds light on the environment preferences of early amphibians
