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Improving Health & Medicine
Bats Remember Directions
Bats - and humans - can find their favorite fruit stand (or coffee shop) even when it's hidden behind a screen or buildings. How? Prof. Nachum Ulanovsky and team have now identified the neurons that point bats in the right direction, even when their destination is obscured. This could shed light on Alzheimer's and other disorders.
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Exploring the Physical World
A Multiple-Impact Origin for the Moon
While the predominant theory for the Moon's existence was a single, massive impact with Earth, our satellite's origins were still mysterious. Now, complex computer simulations by Prof. Oded Aharonson show that the more likely explanation is multiple impacts of varying sizes that produced many moonlets; over time, these joined to form the Moon we know today.|
January 09, 2017
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Exploring the Physical World
The Many-Moons Theory
The New Yorker
The New Yorker's Alan Burdick reports on the recent findings from Prof. Oded Aharonson's lab, which revealed that our moon was likely formed by multiple collisions, rather than the single-impact theory that prevails today.
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Protecting Our Planet
Life in a Drop of Water: Prof. Assaf Vardi and Nivi Alroy on Oceanic Plants
January 05, 2017
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Improving Health & Medicine
It's All About Balance: Prof. Alon Chen on Stress and the Brain
January 05, 2017
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Exploring the Physical World
Symphony of Particles: Dr. Shkima Bressler on What Makes Up the Universe
January 05, 2017
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Improving Health & Medicine
""We Base the Most Important Decisions of Our Lives on Smell""
Haaretz
Haaretz interviews Prof. Noam Sobel about his intensive research into the sense of smell, which - it turns out - informs every area of our lives, from what we eat to whom we love. Among other innovative studies, he is investigating whether odors can help people trust robots and whether smell is involved in repeated miscarriages.
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Improving Health & Medicine
Circadian Rhythms and the Microbiome: Disrupting Daily Routine of Gut Microbes Can be Bad News for Whole Body
Salon
Salon reports on findings from the lab of Prof. Eran Elinav that shows that the ""gut microbiota changes location within the gut, and changes its metabolic outputs over the span of the 24-hour day."" The story puts the research in context, explaining the role of these microbiota and their importance to our health.
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Fighting Cancer
BBC News Interviews Prof. Avigdor Scherz About Prostate Cancer Treatment Success
December 22, 2016