Author: David Rutman

Mike Huckabee, former Arkansas governor and well-known American religious and political leader, has officially assumed his role as the United States Ambassador to Israel. On Monday, Huckabee presented his diplomatic credentials to Israeli President Isaac Herzog, marking the formal start of his ambassadorship. Appointed by President Donald Trump, Mike Huckabee brings decades of public service […]

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on December 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, passed away on Monday, following a prolonged illness. His death prompted an outpouring of grief and tributes worldwide. Jewish leaders also expressed their condolences today, including the heads of the American Jewish Committee (AJC), the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) and […]

Kodiak Robotics, a leading developer of autonomous trucking technology and an OurCrowd portfolio company, has announced plans to go public through a merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Ares Acquisition Corporation II (NYSE: AACT), according to TechCrunch. The deal values Kodiak at a pre-money valuation of approximately $2.5 billion and is anticipated to close […]

With plastic waste accounting for 80% of all marine pollution and up to 10 million metric tons entering the oceans annually, scientists are urgently seeking sustainable solutions. Now, researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering have made a breakthrough by developing a safer, biodegradable plastic alternative—using a mineral commonly found in seashells. The study, […]

A groundbreaking study by scientists at the University of Oxford has uncovered compelling evidence that Earth’s water may have originated from the planet’s original building materials, rather than from asteroid impacts as previously believed. The research focused on enstatite chondrites—rare meteorites with a chemical makeup similar to that of early Earth, dating back 4.55 billion […]

A breakthrough artificial intelligence (AI) tool RibbonFold is offering new insights into how disease-related proteins misfold, a process that plays a central role in neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Developed by Mingchen Chen of Changping Laboratory and Peter Wolynes of Rice University, the novel AI method—called RibbonFold—accurately predicts the structure of amyloids, twisted […]

NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover continues to make groundbreaking discoveries as it traverses the lower slopes of ‘Witch Hazel Hill’ on the rim of Jezero Crater, a key region believed to have once held ancient water. Last week, the rover paused at a unique geologic boundary known as a “contact zone”, where light and dark […]