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‘Biggest Yet’ Stalactite Cave Discovered in West Bank

A large cave featuring spectacular speleothem “rock growths” that formed over thousands –and possibly millions – of years has been discovered by the West Bank settlement of Ofra about 30.

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On Both Climate and Security, Israel Mistakes the Absence of an Existential Threat for Stability. It’s Wrong

Current section Israel News The climate is changing, reshaping our landscape, our economy, and our way of life, creating new risks and intensifying old ones. We must plan for this.

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Solving humanity's two biggest problems: The epic story of Palestinian-American Nobel winner Omar Yaghi

An interview with groundbreaking chemist Omar Yaghi, who grew up in a poor refugee family of 12 in Amman, and became the first Palestinian to be awarded a Nobel Prize.

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Moss Spores Survived 9 Months in Outer Space. Can They Help Save Us All?

Moss is tough. Its ancestors emerged from the oceans almost half a billion years ago, and it thrives to this day in some of the most objectionable environments on the.

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Love It or Hate It: Circumcision and Its ‘Reversal’ in the Ancient World

Circumcision is one of the oldest elective surgical procedures. It may go back to prehistory, and certainly predates the emergence of Judaism, the religion with which it is most associated.

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Israel to appoint 2026 public health services committee after weeks-long delay over absence of minister

After the previous health minister resigned in protest of the failure to pass the Haredi draft exemption bill, public health organizations pressured the government to expedite the committee’s appointment, which.

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Wind Farms Facing Existential Risk as Global Warming Ramps Up

The extreme winds generated by climate change-driven monster storms are already pushing against the limits of some wind turbines, it turns out. The research question is how resilient wind farms.

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‘Teenage T. Rex’ Wasn’t a Tyrannosaur, New Study Proves

The tyrannosaur-type stamped on the land of Hell Creek in Montana, not causing the ground to shake and not terrifying mammalians for miles around. That is because it was small,.

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Are We Alone in the Universe? Most Classic Ancient Philosophers Didn’t Think So

Whether or not we are alone in the universe is one of the great questions that has haunted humanity since its early days. Long before we developed an elaborate scientific.

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Where Do Great Tits Learn Their Tricks?

A key aspect of parenting is to bring up the kids properly, teaching them foraging and communication skills and life hacks. In big animals from proboscideans to orangutans to humans,.

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