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 Origins of life. Illustration.

Scientists discover new biological entities called 'Obelisks' in humans, potentially linked to the

 Daylight Saving Time. Image by Tobyotter is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Daylight Saving Time makes us jet-lagged every day, says York Professor

 AN ISRAELI company is turning the contents of your trash can into clean energy.

Waste not want not: Biofuels can be developed from organic household waste

 THE ADULT of the Tarucus butterfly, seen in Ashkelon National Park.

Knowing the Land of Israel part 3: Discovering little wonders in Ashkelon National Park

By NOAH MICHAELI
 Illustration.

Hebrew U. discovery offers new, predictive tool for cancer that uses nano informatics and AI

 Anemones in the Negev.

Eucalyptus leaves for koalas are causing harm to the ecological balance in the Negev

 Dr. Naama Lang-Yona.

Israel research identifies harmful biomass posing risk of infections to animals, humans

 Photo (left to right): Tal Goldberg, Dr. Shahar Alon, Michal Danino, Prof. Gonen Singer

Israeli researchers measure interaction between immune cells and cancer cells

 A book containing George Washington’s personal copies of the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, displayed at Christie’s auction house in New York.

What causes bookworms to digest old books?

The self-dyeing vegan, plastic-free leather is  a step forward in the quest for more sustainable fashion. (Illustrative).

Self-dyeing, plastic-free vegan leather can be grown from bacteria, study shows

 This digitally-colorized scanning electron micrograph depicts four magenta-colored, spherical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria in the process of being phagocytized by a blue-colored human white blood cells in this undated handout photo.

TAU researchers explain how viruses decide whether to become good or bad

 Professor Shani Stern

U of Haifa finds 'groundbreaking discovery' in Parkinson's research

 (l-r) Ofir Raz, Prof. Amos Tanay, Dr. Yoav Mayshar and Dr. Yonatan Stelzer.

The bunny and the hourglass model: A new technique tracks earliest stages of embryonic development

 Elderly couple, illustrative

Weizmann Inst. develops first ‘cellular time machine’ to measure body changes

 An Emoji character is seen during a photocall for the film "The Emoji Movie".

Emojis don't reflect natural biodiversity, biologists complain

 A fingerprint expert checks a fingerprint on a monitor at the attorney's general crime laboratory in Mexico City July 12, 2011.

The pattern of buds on your tongue is as unique as your fingerprint

 A bottlenose dolphin (Dolly) resting her jaw on a bar ready to test her sensitivity to an electric field.

Bottlenose dolphins’ electric sense could help them navigate the globe

 Scanning electron microscope images of the enamel layer enveloping mouse teeth. Top: Normal enamel matrix. Bottom: Enamel structure that developed abnormally in the wake of attacks by autoantibodies against enamel proteins.

Newly discovered autoimmune disorder disrupts tooth enamel development