Category: Science and Health

A massive global scientific collaboration has been launched to help crack the secrets of how whales communicate with one another, and maybe see if humans can understand it. Known as the Cetacean Translation Initiative (CETI), the program is a massive collaborative effort between research institutions all over the world, including Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology […]

When is a “man” not necessarily a man? When we’re on page 43 of Tractate Yoma, among many, many other places. Traditional Hebrew, like many languages, is locked into a gender binary. People, objects, concepts, even verbs and adjectives, are linguistically either masculine or feminine, often in unpredictable ways. Why is “chair” masculine and “conversation” feminine? […]

 A natural plant-derived food supplement could possibly be used to help reduce anxiety, a new study from Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science has found. The substance, beta-sitosterol, was shown in the study to reduce anxiety in mice, and was found to produce this effect both by itself and in synergic combination with the antidepressant Prozac. […]

  A new type of coronavirus believed to have originated in dogs was detected among patients hospitalized with pneumonia in 2017-2018, and may be the eighth unique coronavirus known to cause disease in humans if it is confirmed as a pathogen, a study said. Researchers in the study, published in the Clinical Infectious Diseases journal […]

A subtype of immune cells have been found to play a role in the progression of metabolic liver disease, a new study from Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science revealed. The liver is an essential organ in the body and carries out a wide range of vital functions. However, it is very sensitive to food, and […]

The current security tensions are delaying the start of vaccinating children against coronavirus, a Health Ministry official said, and that the ministry is holding consultations with all relevant actors and will probably issue an official directive within the next two weeks. The US Food and Drug Administration granted emergency authorization on May 11 to administer […]

One year ago, Israel was emerging from one of the world’s longest and severe lockdowns to combat the coronavirus; now the small country is a global leader in vaccinations per capita, and its economy and borders are once again opening to the world. How Israel, with all its ups and downs, eventually brought the virus […]

Parkinson‘s Disease is one of many neurodegenerative diseases, and it is caused by an overproduction of a specific protein in the brain. New research analyzes how they form, and may lead to advancements in therapeutic drugs and treatments. The study was jointly published by a group of researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and […]

Chew on this: One of America’s most iconic gum brands was originally a Jewish-owned tobacco business.   In 1891, Morris Chigorinsky emigrated from Russia to the United States, where in the early 1900s he assumed control of the American Leaf Tobacco Company. But by 1938, Chigorinsky’s (who by then had changed his surname to Shorin) business […]

As sirens keep on going off and rockets pound Israel, the most crucial question for many parents is how to keep their children safe, first and foremost physically, but also emotionally.Two experts spoke with The Jerusalem Post about the problem, highlighting how allowing space for children’s fears and questions, as well as explaining to them […]