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What's the reason behind our frequent blinking? It's not just to maintain moisture!

‘HER GEFILTE fish I won’t attempt to describe.’ Illustrative

Scientists discover how to breed a better quality fish for gefilte fish just before Passover

Coffee genome research

University at Buffalo researchers look into past of the coffee bean to create a high quality genome

 This artist’s impression shows the record-breaking quasar J059-4351, the bright core of a distant galaxy that is powered by a supermassive black hole.

Israeli, international astronomers detect Milky Way's second-largest known black hole

By REUTERS
A computer-generated perspective view of Reull Vallis created using data obtained from the High-Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on ESA’s Mars Express.

NASA seeks cheaper ideas for Mars sample return mission amid budget crunch

By REUTERS
Bolivian amateur palaeontologist, Omar Medina, puts his hand in a dinosaur footprint in an area called Tunasniyoj

Ancient art and fossils: Study reveals early humans' understanding of dinosaurs

 This image, taken with the VLT Survey Telescope, shows the nebula NGC 6164/6165, also known as the Dragon’s Egg, surrounding a pair of stars called HD 148937.

Massive stars may get magnetic fields when two stars merge together - study

 Prof. Avi Wigderson (left) with the President of the Technion, Prof. Uri Sivan.

Israeli Technion prof. wins prestigious, $1 million Turing Award

Electra Afikim's lineup of electric buses; Israel's first wireless charging electric bus depot.

Remote work cuts car travel and emissions but hurts public transit ridership

A scheme illustrating the formation of stable peptide-stabilized emulsions. Upon binding the metal ions, the peptide becomes amphiphilic and can stabilize emulsions.

This multifunctional system can send drugs where they can be effective in body’s tissues, organs

 Group photo - from left to right: Top row: Rawan Zaatry, Shaqed Carasso, Haitham Hajjo. Bottom row: Dana Kadosh-Kariti, Dr. Itai Sharon, Prof. Naama Geva-Zatorsky, Dr. Tal Gefen.

Intestinal bacteria changes in reaction to inflammation, effecting immune system, study finds

 Annular solar eclipse.

Cats and dogs exhibit bizarre behaviors ahead of solar eclipse

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

 Boxes with the popular weight loss injection drug, Wegovy.

Weight loss drug Wegovy may help with heart function - study

Solar Eclipse 2017 Captured from Union, Missouri

Total solar eclipse: What is it, where is it, and why is it dangerous to look at it?

WORKERS INSTALL air conditioners on the wall of a building in the center of Jerusalem.

Canadian study throws ice water on idea that fans can effectively cool you down during extreme heat

 Paleozoic sedimentary rock

The historical timeline of ancient ocean oxygenation: a look into Earth's past

 THEN-US PRESIDENT Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Daniel Kahneman at the White House, in 2013.

How do you say farewell to a scientific giant like Daniel Kahneman?

By TALYA MIRON-SHATZ