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Israeli innovation takes aim at destructive blast fishing threatening oceans worldwide

An Israeli-developed acoustic system is helping authorities detect and stop illegal blast fishing — a method causing massive marine destruction across Asia, Latin America, and Africa; Successful trials in the Philippines will soon expand worldwide

Yogev Israeli | 11.10.25

Watch: Dolphins put on a jumping show off the coast of Haifa

Researchers documented a large pod of dolphins, including mothers and calves, leaping for over an hour off Haifa’s coast; the display highlights the Carmel slopes as a unique deep-sea habitat and underscores the need for continued protection

Yogev Israeli, Eitan Glickman | 09.17.25

Bill Ackman opening trading at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange

Bill Ackman calls Kirk’s death a catalyst, reaffirms Israel support

Ackman: "I think there is a radicalization that has happened globally"

Maayan Hoffman, ILTV | 09.16.25

Israeli scientists pioneer breakthrough AI method to better wildfire forecasts worldwide

New study cracks the code to more accurate wildfire predictions by tailoring global models to local landscapes—turning cutting-edge AI into simple, life-saving tools that could protect communities worldwide

Ynet | 08.27.25

כלב גישוש מרחרח מזוודות, בחיפוש אחר סמים

AI can predict sniffer dog success better than trainers, study finds

AI model is reading detection dogs’ tail movements with startling precision—outperforming human trainers by predicting when a dog has found a scent, even before it formally signals

Yogev Israeli | 08.26.25

מטמון כסף ממראס א-דין, בערך משנת 600 לפני הספירה

Study finds silver used as currency in Israel 3,600 years ago, before invention of coins

New analysis of silver hoards found reveals metal was used as a weight-based currency in ancient Israel as early as the 17th century BCE

Eitan Glickman | 08.21.25

תקריב של הכתובת בפסיפס מוקפת באגמיות מצריות

‘Peace to the elderly’: Mosaic reveals earliest known nursing home in Israel

A 1,600-year-old mosaic discovered in Sussita on the Sea of Galilee reveals what may be the world’s earliest archaeological evidence of a nursing home from the Byzantine era

Eitan Glickman | 08.19.25

Groundbreaking study uncovers evidence of bronze production in Israel 3,000 years ago

University of Haifa study reveals first proof of on-site bronze production in northern West Bank, challenging views of the Early Iron Age economy and showing a peripheral settlement’s role in regional trade and metalworking innovation

Ynet | 08.10.25

Experts restore Israel's ancient desert wine industry using Byzantine grapes

In a groundbreaking revival of ancient tradition, Israeli researchers and vintners harvest 1,500-year-old Byzantine grape varieties from a restored vineyard in Avdat National Park, aiming to recreate the famed Negev wine once exported across Europe

Ilana Curiel | 07.28.25

פסיפס מהמאה ה-6, שהתגלה בכנסייה בכיסופים. הפסיפס מציג סוחר הנושא אשכול ענבים ומוליך גמל שעל גבו קנקני יין

New study finds secrets behind Byzantine wine economy in Israeli desert

Farmers in the Byzantine-period Negev developed a flourishing wine industry using advanced rainwater harvesting techniques, with new study showing high vulnerability to droughts

Ynet | 07.17.25

Can AI tell us who wrote the Bible? A new study says yes

A groundbreaking Israeli study uses artificial intelligence and statistical tools to identify linguistic fingerprints in the Bible, offering a new empirical approach to one of biblical scholarship’s oldest questions

Ynetnews | 06.05.25

Israeli study finds troubling link between ultra-processed food and Alzheimer’s

A new study found that high consumption of ultra-processed food during midlife increases the risk of Alzheimer's later in life—even among healthy individuals; Each additional daily serving raised the risk by 13%, according to data from 1,375 US participants tracked for 13 years

Eitan Gefen | 04.25.25

University of Haifa reinstates No Other Land screening after ministry clarifies no legal barriers

Israeli university approves screening of controversial documentary amid political backlash with groups on both sides of political aisle asking to support or protest the event

Eitan Glickman | 04.07.25

Debate over screening ‘No Other Land’ at University of Haifa: ‘A spit in the face’

The University of Haifa faces backlash over planned screening of Oscar-winning documentary by Israeli and Palestinian directors; Critics call it 'incitement,' with activists threatening complaints and funding cuts; The university says it will review the matter and is 'committed to upholding freedom of speech'

Lior El-Hai | 03.31.25

Israeli scientist buys land in Amazon to save the planet

Prof. Uri Shanas, founder of TiME, says anyone can join fight to protect nature; 'We mobilize the public—even with $1—to buy and preserve critical lands,' he explains; TiME has safeguarded over 12,000 square kilometers of endangered ecosystems worldwide

Sharon Kidon | 02.12.25

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