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As the world grapples with the major outbreak of the novel coronavirus, we revisit the movie Contagion. How did they cope with the pandemic?
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
How do a shofar’s length and shape affect its sound? And can it be played like other wind instruments?
Lag Ba’Omer bonfires commemorate how word of the Bar Kokhba Revolt spread. How else were messages conveyed in the ancient world?
A large part of Israel’s military success in the War of Independence can be credited to the Science Corps
Marking 31 years since the death of Primo Levi, an Auschwitz survivor who became one of the most prominent Holocaust writers
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