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A female Brown Widow spider guards her eggs. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)
March 14, 2018, 5:18 am
Israeli study: Male brown widow spiders prefer females who eat them
Researchers find males consistently choose older mates, despite their being less fertile and far more likely to cannibalize them
By TOI staff
An illustrative photo of a physician speaking to a patient. (AJ Watt/Getty Images via JTA)
March 14, 2018, 2:48 am
New study on cancer risk in Ashkenazi Jews aims to be model for genetic testing
Public urged to sign up online for checks in four US cities, get results on genetic mutation directly from doctor, in innovative process researcher says is sure to save lives
By Josefin Dolsten
Illustrative: Muslim asylum seekers wait for their registration after arriving at a center for refugees in Giessen, Germany, on December 2, 2015 (AFP/DPA/Boris Roessler)
December 14, 2017, 10:05 pm
Anti-Semitism rampant among Muslim refugees in Germany — study
While refugees from persecuted minorities tend to oppose anti-Semitism, many Muslims come with conspiracy theories about Jews and Israel controlling world
By JTA
A cosplayer dressed as a dinosaur attends the MCM Comic Con at ExCeL exhibition centre in London on October 28, 2017. (AFP/Tolga AKMEN)
November 6, 2017, 8:51 pm
Israeli study: Mammals gave up night life only after dinosaurs’ demise
Tel Aviv University researchers posit many mammals maintain nocturnal features due to previous need to compete with dinosaurs
By Mariëtte Le Roux
A lab mouse. (photo credit: Flash90)
July 5, 2016, 3:37 am
Placebos physically boost immunity, Israeli study shows
Technion researchers find stimulating brain's feel-good center in mice creates cells twice as effective in killing bacteria
By Marlowe HOOD
Illustrative photo of Israelis on Purim (Flash90)
March 16, 2016, 11:28 pm
Israelis are happier than Americans, survey finds
Jewish state ranks 11th in global happiness index, above Germany, UK, Ireland, despite violence; Denmark, Switzerland top list
By AFP and TOI staff
A velvet spider. (photo credit: CC-BY, Jon Richfield, Flickr)
February 17, 2016, 4:24 am
Israeli study: Fear of spiders makes them look bigger
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University find people afraid of arachnids consistently view them as larger than those who are not
By TOI staff
Some subjects could eat ice cream without a blood glucose spike (ice cream image via Shutterstock)
November 27, 2015, 7:18 am
Will ice cream make you gain weight? It depends on your gut, study finds
Two Weizmann Institute scientists show that healthy vs. unhealthy foods vary from person to person, and create an algorithm that tells you which are which
By Simona Weinglass
A Bonobo ape. (Jeroen Kransen/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)
July 9, 2015, 9:12 pm
Great apes can make and use tools, Israeli study shows
Haifa University researchers discovers that the endangered bonobo, a close relative of the chimpanzee, uses rocks and sticks, like prehistoric man
By Judah Ari Gross
A lone surfer walks along the stormy shoreline of Tel-Aviv (photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
June 27, 2015, 10:38 am
Israelis find enzyme behind sea scent
Researchers at Weizmann institute say they have isolated the catalyst that causes algae to produce familiar ocean aroma
By TOI staff
Artificial sweeteners (illustrative photo: CC BY-SA Mary, Flickr)
September 17, 2014, 11:26 pm
Sweeteners boost diabetes risk, Israeli study finds
Researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science say sugar substitutes may hasten onset of glucose intolerance
By Richard Ingham
Illustrative photo of Jews performing a religious circumcision. (Serge Attal/Flash90)
February 19, 2013, 7:41 pm
Circumcision’s sex effects
Belgian study reports that uncircumcised men experience greater sensitivity and pleasure
Illustrative photo of Hasidic men walking in Brooklyn. (Gedalya Gottdenger/Creative Commons/JTA)
January 24, 2013, 3:38 am
New study looks at New York Jews, by the numbers
Recently released figures show who goes to synagogue, who visits Israel and who's having the most children
By Gil Shefler
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