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Ask the Expert

Is the sky darkest just before dawn?

The popular belief is that darkness is especially deep just before dawn. In reality, it actually depends on the moon and the nearby city lights.

Picture of Guy NirGuy Nir5 minMay 9
Science Panorama

Eating meat without killing any animals

Is it possible to eat a steak while leaving the cow intact?

Picture of Dr. Noam LeviatanDr. Noam Leviatan15 minMay 9
Science Panorama

What makes a vegetarian diet healthy?

What are the benefits of this diet and what should one be wary of?

Picture of Dr. Bat Chen WolfDr. Bat Chen Wolf10 minApril 16
Science Archive

The wondrous story of chocolate

the science behind chocolate and chocolate making

Picture of Dr. Ran TivonyDr. Ran Tivony20 minApril 9
Leave room for doubt

Sugar and Scare Tactics

A response to common arguments against food scares, following a report on the Israeli TV

Picture of Dr. Bat Chen WolfDr. Bat Chen Wolf25 minApril 2
Science Panorama

Forgotten Breakthrough Women Scientists

On ‎International Women's Day we remember three important female Israeli scientists ‎that are still somewhat anonymous

Picture of Ettay NevoEttay Nevo7 minMarch 25
Science news

The Deadly Mechanism of Amyloids

Technion researchers discovered the structure of the protein ‎through which a violent strain of bacteria kills our cells

Picture of Dr. Iddo MagenDr. Iddo Magen7 minMarch 19
Science Panorama

The Dangers of Zero Gravity

Astronauts suffer from many health problems in space. Despite these, how can they safely return to Earth after prolonged missions to space?‎

Picture of Dr. Iddo MagenDr. Iddo Magen7 minFebruary 27
Science news

Navigation: a New Israeli Discovery

WIS researchers identified brain cells ‎that evaluate the direction and distance from a target

Picture of Dr. Yonat EscharDr. Yonat Eschar7 minJanuary 25
Science Panorama

Male-Killing Bacteria

Wolbachia bacteria switch the sex of males and kills them in a variety of ways, so that they can use the females for their own needs

Picture of Dr. Noam LeviatanDr. Noam Leviatan15 minJanuary 18
Ask the Expert

Who Needs Fathers?‎

Do we still need men in order to have children? Maybe not, but it is ‎certainly easier that way

Picture of Etty HaramatyEtty Haramaty5 minDecember 22
Science Panorama

The Secrets of Black Holes

The fascinating phenomenon that was previously considered purely theoretical but ‎is now providing ground-breaking data in many fields of physics

Picture of Guy NirGuy Nir15 minDecember 20
Science Archive

Why are Cigarettes More Addictive Nowadays?‎

Cigarettes are addictive there is no doubt about it, but are substances added to ‎make them more addictive? And if ingredients are added to only “improve the ‎taste”, do they in actual fact only improve the taste?‎

Picture of Dr. Avi SaigDr. Avi Saig15 minNovember 24
Science History

On this Day: The Maritime Bridge to India

147 years to the inauguration of the Suez Canal, probably the ‎largest and most important engineering project of the 19th century

Picture of Rami ShalhevethRami Shalheveth7 minNovember 22
Science Panorama

Evolution's Rival

Gene Drive - the new genetic engineering technology promoting the rapid ‎spread of genes into a population. The problem: how to prevent it from ‎spreading out of control?‎

Picture of Alex KertserAlex Kertser10 minNovember 20
Ask the Expert

Why are Stars Spherical?‎

It is true that most stars are spherical, but there are also some that are ‎‎“squashed”, and some that even look like a peanut or a funnel. How does this ‎happen?‎

Picture of Guy NirGuy Nir5 minNovember 13
Science History

The Brilliant Rocket Scientist to Come Before His Time

134 years since the birth of Robert Goddard, the father of rocket ‎science, who was never really taken seriously

Picture of Lihi GiborLihi Gibor15 minNovember 12
Science Panorama

To Infinity and Beyond!

Even the most sophisticated of spacecraft can barely reach the edge of the solar ‎system. Could we one day break this boundary and send fellow humans to distant ‎solar systems?‎

Picture of Ettay NevoEttay Nevo15 minNovember 11