While studying abroad at Tel Aviv University during his junior year at Stanford, L.A. tech entrepreneur Tyler Hochman met and worked with former members of Israel’s elite 8200 Unit, an IDF intelligence division known as a prolific incubator of tech startups. Hochman was impressed to see the tight intersection between military service and entrepreneurship, which […]
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While marriage or long-term relationships are often considered the norm, more people are choosing to remain single throughout their lives. However, this can lead to economic and health-related disadvantages, particularly in later life when individuals may become more dependent on others. New research in Psychological Science reveals that lifelong singles have lower scores on life […]
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NASA’s mission to “touch” the Sun has endured another incredible milestone. On December 24, 2024, the Parker Solar Probe braved a record-breaking close encounter with our star, soaring through the solar atmosphere at a blistering 430,000 miles per hour—faster than any object ever created by humans—and coming within just 3.8 million miles of the Sun’s […]
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Hanukkah should have disappeared a long time ago. For centuries, scholars have noted that there is virtually no mention of Hanukkah in the Mishnah, and very little in the Talmud. (By contrast, Purim merits an entire tractate of the Mishnah.) Rabbis and scholars have proposed many clever theories as to why this is so. The […]
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On day three of Hanukkah, author and Israel advocate Noa Tishby lit her menorah with actress Mayim Bialik, and even learned a few things about the Festival of Lights. It’s all part of Tishby’s eight day social media campaign to get people around the world to proudly “Bring On The Light” and share the traditions […]
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Israel Tech Startups and Innovations: Weekly Roundup December 21 – December 27, 2024 New Startups / VC FundingIsraeli Startup FIZE Medical Launches Early Kidney Disease Detection Device with Advanced Fluid Monitoring TechnologyFIZE Medical is an Israeli medtech startup that offers the FIZE-kUO, a groundbreaking device, anchoring FIZE’s fluid management platform technology, detects early signs of […]
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Iceland boasts a long and rich literary tradition dating back to the Middle Ages. Remarkably, for a nation of only 380,000 people, it has produced a wealth of renowned writers; it’s even been said that half of all Icelanders write books. “Previously, the theory was that Iceland was so dark and barren that the Icelanders […]
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Each night of Hannukah, we ritually place the lit Hannukiah in the window, one that opens to the outside world. The rabbis of the Talmud called this, “pirsumei nisa.” We are meant to publicize the miracle of Hannukah, a spiritual and military victory in which the Jews rededicated a defiled and desecrated Temple in the […]
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Professor Sangmin Lee of POSTECH’s Department of Chemical Engineering, working with 2024 Nobel Chemistry Laureate Professor David Baker of the University of Washington, has developed a novel AI-driven therapeutic platform that mimics complex viral structures. Their groundbreaking research was published in Nature. Viruses, with their spherical protein shells designed to encapsulate genetic material for replication […]
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Even though he is the subject for dozens of books, released 40 albums (not counting the 17 volumes in the “Bootleg Series” and the nearly 20 officially released live albums), and has appeared in or been the subject of a dozen movies, Bob Dylan remains one of the most emotionally opaque performers. Arguably one of […]
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