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Life is Good Like Strawberries

The perfect balance between sweet and sour - Strawberry Science

Picture of Dr. Dafna MandlerDr. Dafna Mandler7 minNovember 23
Science news

COP27 Climate Change Conference - Summary

An Ambiguous Compensation Agreement, No Progress on Weaning Off Fossil Fuels

Picture of Dr. Yonat EshcharDr. Yonat Eshchar7 minNovember 22
Science Panorama

An Explosion of Life

About half a billion years ago a rapid increase took place in the diversity of life on Earth. How did this happen and how does it affect life today?

Picture of Ori BermanOri Berman10 minNovember 19
Brainwash

Brainwash - What is Smog?

Where is the conjunctiva found? When did humans start using fire? A Scientific Trivia

Picture of Ettay NevoEttay Nevo2 minNovember 13
Science Panorama

How Did Scurvy Help the Sicilian Mafia?

The history of organized crime would have looked different if it weren't for citrus fruits

Picture of Rami ShalhevethRami Shalheveth7 minNovember 11
Brainwash

Brainwash - What is Salmonella?

What is the role of the pancreas? Why do mosquito bites itch? A Challenging Scientific Trivia

Picture of Ettay NevoEttay Nevo5 minNovember 3
Ask the Expert

The Codebreakers: Caesar Cipher

Julius Caesar is said to have used a substitution cipher to transmit messages to his army's commanders

Picture of Lior WeitzhandlerLior Weitzhandler3 minNovember 2
Ask the Expert

The Secret of Baking Soda

Baking soda is recommended for use as deodorant, toothpaste and stain remover. Does it actually do all these, and if so - how?

Picture of Lavi BigmanLavi Bigman4 minOctober 27

Brainwash - Where Is The Arctic Circle?

What is a Neutrino? Where would you find obsidian? And what is streptococcus? A Challenging Scientific Trivia

Picture of Ettay NevoEttay Nevo2 minOctober 19
Science news

The 2022 Nobel Prize - the Genetics of Human Evolution

The prize will be awarded to Svante Pääbo, for his discoveries in the field of genomes of extinct species in human the lineage

Picture of Dr. Yonat EshcharDr. Yonat Eshchar5 minOctober 6
Science History

The Man Who Compared Quantum Particles to Football

Commemorating the 137th birthday of Niels Bohr, physicist and one of the fathers of quantum mechanics

Picture of Yiftach DivonYiftach Divon7 minOctober 3
Science Panorama

Gender Conscious Medicine

For many years, the majority of medical research was carried out on men and treatments were prescribed with no regard to the differences in physiology between the sexes. The solution lies in medicinal approaches that are conscious of gender and sex

Picture of Prof. Marek GlezermanProf. Marek Glezerman12 minOctober 1
Ask the Expert

The Chemistry of Gel Nail Polish

What are the differences between regular and gel nail polish, why is there a need for a UV lamp, and what one should be careful about?

Picture of Tamir ForshtTamir Forsht7 minSeptember 21
Leave room for doubt

The Complex Link Between Depression and Serotonin

A study concluded lack of evidence that depression is caused by low serotonin levels

Picture of Tal FisherTal Fisher7 minSeptember 15
Brainwash

Brainwash - Where is the Spleen Located?

Where would you use Linux? What is Iodine made of? And what is a Feldspar? Scientific trivia

Picture of Ettay NevoEttay Nevo2 minSeptember 14
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The Dark Side of Research: Scientific Fraud

Elisabeth Bik, who gave up a research career to fight scientific fraud, tells us about the battle for scientific integrity

Picture of Jonathan BerkheimJonathan Berkheim10 minSeptember 8
Brainwash

Brainwash - What is an Integral?

What is Cobalt? Where is the dermis located and which mammal has the shortest pregnancy? A challenging scientific trivia

Picture of Ettay NevoEttay Nevo2 minSeptember 6
Leave room for doubt

Selling Anti-Cellulite Treatments

The lumpy looking skin caused by cellulite bothers many. What is known about this subcutaneous fat and what can we do about it?

Picture of Alex AvrutinAlex Avrutin12 minAugust 31
Brainwash

Brainwash - What is Inertia?

Where would you find Lycopene? What is the Persian Trough? Which animals are ruminants? A Challenging Scientific Trivia

Picture of Ettay NevoEttay Nevo2 minAugust 25
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Storehouses of Heredity - The Chormosomes

A human cell contains 23 pairs of chromosomes - what is their structure and function?

Picture of Nadav GoldbergNadav Goldberg5 minAugust 24