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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

Israel approves establishment of two new medical schools

Council for Higher Education okays new schools set to open in Weizmann Institute of Science and the University of Haifa in late 2025; Move comes to help solve doctor shortage and reliance on studies abroad

Or Hadar | 02.12.25

Child accidently breaks 3,500-year-old artifact in Israeli museum

Museum director Dr. Inbal Rivlin assures Bronze Age vessel will be restored and extends invitation to mother and child, who accidentally broke jug, to visit again

Alexandra Lukash | 08.27.24

AI shows how ship noise affects dolphins

Researchers at the University of Haifa find noise from ships significantly alters dolphin communication patterns and navigation in the Gulf of Eilat

Ilana Curiel | 03.25.24

Two sharks named Fernanda and Luisa as tribute to released hostages

Researchers at the University of Haifa tagged two female sharks to track their movement in the Mediterranean Sea, but this time they were given unique names: 'As a tribute to the return of Fernando and Luis from captivity, we decided to give the two sharks similar names'

Ynet | 02.16.24

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