Noam Leviatan

Naegleria fowleri is a single-celled organism commonly found in warm freshwater. In rare cases, it can enter the human brain and lead to a rapidly lethal outcome—as recently occurred in Texas. What do we know about this deadly organism, and how can we reduce the risk?

Medical Breakthrough: Researchers developed a personalized gene-editing therapy in just six months to correct a life-threatening genetic defect in a newborn with a rare and fatal disease.

This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry recognizes three researchers who have developed groundbreaking tools for predicting and designing the three-dimensional structures of proteins.

The prize will be awarded to two researchers from the USA and Canada for the development of artificial neural networks.

The prize will be awarded to two researchers from the United States who had previously received the Wolf Prize for their discovery.

Olympic boxers won gold despite scrutiny over their legitimacy to compete as women. What sparked these controversies and what does science say?

The prize will be awarded to Svante Pääbo, for his discoveries in the field of genomes of extinct species in human the lineage

Claims that “detox” foot pads remove toxins from our body have no scientific basis

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

As abortion bans, supposedly science-based, come into effect in some U.S states, what does science know about abortions?

Can the controversies surrounding the Nobel prize be resolved by adapting it to the 21st century?

Safety, efficacy, side effects and the novel technology: Everything you need to know about the first vaccines against the deadly virus

For some diseases, vaccinations are needed every few years. Why is the flu vaccine different?

In honor of the night of monsters and terror: What does science say about our fear of snakes, and a disease that turns people into living statues?

Noam Leviatan reviews the history of the living dead, the science of real and imaginary zombies, the link between zombies and public health, and ways to increase your chances of surviving a zombie apocalypse

Nursing and milk consumption are not exclusive to mammals.

A measles outbreak due to anti-vaxxer activity and politicians who do not hesitate to lie and twist facts to serve financial interests. The challenges that science had to face in 2018.

How hot is Drogon’s fire? Where did the walking dead come from? A few scientific questions that arose during the seventh season of Game of Thrones

Is it possible to eat a steak while leaving the cow intact?

Wolbachia bacteria switch the sex of males and kill them in a variety of ways, so that they can use the females for their own needs

‎12 scientific terms that have a different meaning in everyday speech