A new study claims that El Niño contributed to the great Permian-Triassic extinction, 250 million years ago.
From a record-breaking number of launches to the first private spacewalk, 2024 was a landmark year in space exploration. Highlights included significant progress with SpaceX's Starship, Boeing’s notable setbacks, and key advancements in lunar exploration. What lies ahead for the coming year?
Polar ice melting and rising sea levels are slowing Earth's rotation, significantly affecting the length of a day.
Transplanted stem cells helped restore lung function in mice with pulmonary fibrosis
Record-setting Solar flyby, privatized space communication, lunar age, educational astronomy, and a unique ring
The versatile neurotransmitter linked to diseases, learning, movement, satisfaction and addiction.
Otto Loewi, the neuroscientist who dreamt up the key to understanding nerve signal transmission.
Return of stranded astronauts delayed again, Chinese record, Japanese launch failure, and SpaceX’s complications.
How does our brain change throughout life, and how does this affect our functioning?
The 2024 Nobel Prizes underscore the impact of artificial intelligence, reflected in the physics and chemistry prizes.
The charge percentage displayed on our devices’ batteries is a key indicator of their performance. But how is this figure determined?
What scientific principles explain the expected changes in rainfall patterns in the Eastern Mediterranean?
Scientists have long known that genetic material from mitochondria, the intracellular organelles responsible for energy production, can integrate into the DNA within the cell nucleus. A new study reveals that this phenomenon also occurs in the brain, but seems unrelated to neurodegenerative diseases.
A European grant for an Israeli space company, repurposing Ingenuity, and risk of satellite collisions.
Celebrating 90 years since the birth of Carl Sagan, the face of science for the public through popular books and a hit TV series.
A simple inorganic molecule may have been instrumental in many processes that shaped life on Earth
Research reveals that substances naturally secreted in the body interact differently with receptors in males and females, potentially altering how each gender's brain perceives painful stimuli.
A new study focusing on ice melt in Antarctica and its effects, reveals that the impact of continental uplift on sea levels is influenced by the rate of glacier melting.
Natural metal nodules emit oxygen in the dark depths of the ocean, challenging the assumption that oxygen production requires photosynthesis.
Israel’s first president was also the chemist who discovered how to harness bacteria to produce acetone
135 years since the birth of Edwin Hubble, who revealed other galaxies, demonstrated the universe's expansion, and paved the way for the Big Bang theory.
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Dr. Gal Haimovich
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