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Science Panorama

The Medicine That Makes The Difference

For years, medical treatments were prescribed with no regard to the differences in physiology between the sexes. The solution is gender- and sex-conscious medicine

Picture of Prof. Marek GlezermanProf. Marek Glezerman12 minOctober 1
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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
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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
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Brainwash - What is an Integral?

What is Cobalt? Where is the dermis located and which mammal has the shortest pregnancy? Scientific Trivia

Picture of Ettay NevoEttay Nevo2 minSeptember 6
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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
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Brainwash - What is Inertia?

Where would you find Lycopene? What is the Persian Trough? 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
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A Lie Has Legs - Detox Foot Pads

Claims that "detox" foot pads remove toxins from our body have no scientific basis

Picture of Noam LeviatanNoam Leviatan12 minAugust 20
Brainwash

Brainwash - What is an Anaconda?

What is the function of the eye’s retina? What lies under the Earth’s crust? And what is a host plant? A Challenging Scientific Trivia

Picture of Ettay NevoEttay Nevo2 minAugust 16
Science Panorama

What is a Biological Weapon?

From the worst epidemics to anthrax envelopes - all about biological weapons

Picture of Ori TaichmanOri Taichman12 minAugust 14
Science Panorama

The Amazing Math of Potato Chips

We all like playing with our food - especially when it’s potato chips. Let’s discuss its mathematical properties

Picture of Tal SokolovTal Sokolov5 minAugust 11
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The Cell’s Production Line

The Endoplasmic Reticulum and the Golgi produce proteins and fat molecules, dispatching them to their destinations

Picture of Nadav GoldbergNadav Goldberg7 minAugust 4
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On Pride, Prejudice and Monkeypox

Outbreak of the disease in the western world – the need to provide health information to the public vs. the concern of harmful stigmas

Picture of Noam LeviatanNoam Leviatan12 minAugust 4
Science History

The Genius Who Invented Algebra and the Algorithm

One cannot fathom current-day mathematics without the unique contribution of Muhammad al-Khwarizmi in the ninth century AD

Picture of Michael GorodinMichael Gorodin7 minJuly 28
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Brainwash - Why Do We Sweat?

Where would we find Loess soils? Which units are used to measure weight? And what does a Turing machine do? A Challenging scientific trivia

Picture of Ettay NevoEttay Nevo2 minJuly 28
Science History

The Monk Who Discovered Heredity In a Grain of Pea

The 200th birthday of Gregor Mendel, who revealed the basic laws that govern how traits are passed down through generations

Picture of Abigail LondonAbigail London6 minJuly 20
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Brainwash - What is a Magpie?

What is BA.2? How hot is it at the Sun’s core? A challenging scientific trivia

Picture of Ettay NevoEttay Nevo2 minJuly 18
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״But, Everyone Knows It’s True!״ - On Scientific Consensus

A proven scientific theory can become consensus, but consensus could also have negative aspects

Picture of Amit PandoAmit Pando7 minJuly 14