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

March 16, 2016
11:28 pm

Illustrative photo of Israelis on Purim (Flash90)

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 Times of Israel staff

February 17, 2016
4:24 am

A velvet spider. (photo credit: CC-BY, Jon Richfield, Flickr)

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 Times of Israel staff

November 27, 2015
7:18 am

Some subjects could eat ice cream without a blood glucose spike (ice cream image via Shutterstock)

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

July 9, 2015
9:12 pm

A Bonobo ape. (Jeroen Kransen/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)

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

June 27, 2015
10:38 am

A lone surfer walks along the stormy shoreline of Tel-Aviv (photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

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 Times of Israel staff

September 17, 2014
11:26 pm

Artificial sweeteners (illustrative photo: CC BY-SA Mary, Flickr)

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

February 19, 2013
7:41 pm

Illustrative photo of Jews performing a religious circumcision. (Serge Attal/Flash90)

Circumcision’s sex effects

Belgian study reports that uncircumcised men experience greater sensitivity and pleasure

January 24, 2013
3:38 am

Illustrative photo of Hasidic men walking in Brooklyn. (Gedalya Gottdenger/Creative Commons/JTA)

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

Topic: study