Israelis are a resilient people. Despite Oct. 7, sirens, terror attacks, harrowing red alerts with missiles flying overhead, and COVID isolation, which all took tolls on our well-being, somehow we are still going about our lives, fighting,…
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Gaza war death toll could be significantly higher, researchers say
The Palestinian death toll from the war in Gaza could be substantially higher than official figures reported by the Hamas-run health ministry, research published in The Lancet medical journal suggests.
The UK-led study covered the first nine…
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A rabbi and his son were arrested for vandalizing a swastika mural. Are they heroes or hooligans?
Zechariah Mehler wanted to see the swastika for himself.
It was September, and Milwaukee was abuzz over a mural that had gone up on the side of a commercial building in the city’s sixth district. Painted on slabs of vinyl…
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New Israeli study reveals the secrets of embryonic development
A new Israeli study reveals the fascinating mechanisms of egg cells as they prepare to create new life. The study, led by Dr. Yaniv Elkouby, a researcher in the Department of Developmental Biology at the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew…Continue Reading
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Even Trump Can’t Stop America’s Green Transition, Says Biden’s Top Climate Adviser
The second is whether we’re continuing to deal more and more people into the transformation. We’ve got over 100,000 farmers and ranchers that are now taking on climate-smart agricultural practices. Will that climate action, that distributed…
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In Syria’s war-torn Yarmouk, Palestinians begin path to recovery
In 2017, as Syrian regime forces besieged the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk in the southern outskirts of Damascus and food grew scarce, six Palestinian sisters devised a unique strategy for surviving the civil war:…
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AI could transform health care, but will it live up to the hype?
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S.A. Shah et al. Use of artificial intelligence–based detection of diabetic retinopathy in the US. JAMA Ophthalmology. Vol. 142, December 2024, p. 1171. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2024.4493.
R. Amin et al. Immune digital twin…
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This Icarus will not burn: American spacecraft ‘approaches’ sun
This week, the American spacecraft Parker passed just about 6.1 million kilometers from the Sun’s surface, breaking its own previous record for the closest approach of an artificial object to the Sun. The record was set on Tuesday at noon (Israel…
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Withings Goes Big On Heart Health Inc Cardiologist Check-Up Service
Withings Vision BPM
Withings is known primarily as a smartwatch maker, but its latest releases dig much deeper into the topic of cardiovascular health.
At CES 2025, Withings announced both a blood pressure monitor and a new…
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Is ‘Mom Brain’ Real? Studies Say Yes
A recent study mapped the maternal brain from preconception through the crucial two years … [+]
“Mom brain,” that foggy, forgetful state…
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