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The Strange World of Science Deniers

The Strange World of Science Deniers

In today’s social media-driven world, conspiracy theorists and pseudoscience advocates find fertile ground to spread misinformation and resurrect long-debunked ideas – ranging from flat Earth beliefs to outdated geocentric models – that science laid to rest centuries ago.

Edva Lotan
calendar 22.5.2025
reading-time 11 minutes
Science Panorama Earth Science
The Globe as a Model: Revisiting the Equinox

The Globe as a Model: Revisiting the Equinox

The autumnal equinox is a good time to revisit ancient astronomical ideas and explore new concepts for experiential teaching.

Jonathan Berkheim
calendar 22.9.2024
reading-time 5 minutes
Science Panorama Social Sciences
The Long Struggle for Gender Equality in Space

The Long Struggle for Gender Equality in Space

The battle for gender equality in space has been long and hard, and these are the stories of its key protagonists

Ettay Nevo
calendar 8.2.2024
reading-time 25 minutes
Science Panorama Medicine and Physiology
Female vs. Male Brain – Gender Gap in Brain Health & Research

Female vs. Male Brain – Gender Gap in Brain Health & Research

Research in the field of brain health tends to overlook women. Why isn’t it enough to study men?

Tal Fisher
calendar 1.2.2024
reading-time 11 minutes
Science Panorama Medicine and Physiology
How Did Scurvy Help the Sicilian Mafia?

How Did Scurvy Help the Sicilian Mafia?

The history of organized crime would have looked different if it weren’t for citrus fruits

Rami Shalheveth
calendar 11.11.2022
reading-time 7 minutes
Firefly Medicine and Physiology
On Pride, Prejudice and Monkeypox

On Pride, Prejudice and Monkeypox

Outbreak of the disease in the western world – the need to provide health information to the public vs. the concern of harmful stigmas

Noam Leviatan
calendar 4.8.2022
reading-time 14 minutes
Science History General Knowledge
Benjamin Franklin – The Man, Electricity and the United States

Benjamin Franklin – The Man, Electricity and the United States

Benjamin Franklin, born in 1706, was an exceptional innovator in both science and social developments

Lavi Bigman, PhD
calendar 3.7.2021
reading-time 13 minutes
Science Panorama Social Sciences
The Inventions That Helped Women Soar

The Inventions That Helped Women Soar

Commemorating International Women’s Day: The technologies that assisted women in their struggle for equal rights.

Rami Shalheveth
calendar 7.3.2021
reading-time 15 minutes
Science Panorama Social Sciences
Does Race in Humans Mean Anything? Not really

Does Race in Humans Mean Anything? Not really

Does classification of humans into races even have a scientific basis?

Abigail London
calendar 26.8.2019
reading-time 5 minutes
Science Panorama Social Sciences
Our Relationship with Sex

Our Relationship with Sex

How were myths about pregnancy and childbirth born and who disproved them?

Yonat Eshchar, PhD
calendar 25.10.2018
reading-time 10 minutes