Jerusalem Post
In surprise finding, transition to organic farming leads to decline in bats – at least temporarily
Organic food without pesticides, hormones, fertilizers, herbicides, antibiotics, artificial chemicals, and genetically modified organisms is regarded by many as being better ...
‘Oldest decorated cave in France, if not Europe’: Ancient Neanderthal engravings give glimpse into hominid culture
The oldest known engravings made by Neanderthals were discovered on the wall of a cave in France ...
Earliest human footprints ever discovered trace back 300,000 years to first human species to live in cold weather and build shelters: Homo heidelbergensis
Archaeologists connect world's oldest footprints to humans: Scientists believe these footprints helped depict the ecological makeup of the area at ...
Spraying wheat with bacteria? This seed coating helps plants pull nutrients from the soil and increases yields
Lavie Bio, a subsidiary of Evogene, is a biological agriculture company that strives to bring innovation to the global food industry. The ...
CRISPR may not always be safe: Study finds gene editing can damage genome and in extreme cases cause cancer
Scientists at Tel Aviv University (TAU) warn that while the CRISPR genome-editing method is very effective, it is not always safe and ...
Deciphering the confusing puzzle of how modern humans developed from ape-like ancestors
How did modern humans develop from their ape-like ancestors? When did they start walking on two legs and making tools? ...
50,000 years ago, the Negev desert was home to consorting humans and Neanderthals
A recent reexamining of artifacts from the Boker Tachtit archaeological excavation site in Israel’s central Negev desert has found that ...
Fossilized eggs suggest that dinosaurs were ‘decisively’ warm-blooded
The mysteries surrounding dinosaurs have fascinated generations of scholars and lay people alike. A group of Israeli scientists, led by ...
Biotech marijuana: Israeli startups aim to breed cannabis plant that’s easier to cultivate
Israeli medical cannabis company Cann10 has signed an agreement to team up with Israeli biotech company Epigenetics to form Cann10 ...
Using DNA to store information: All of YouTube’s data could be held ‘in a single teaspoon’
Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa and the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in Herzliya have significantly optimized the process ...
Why autism genes persist in human gene pool
It has been suspected for some time that numerous defective genes are responsible for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) but now, ...