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Paz Beniamini receives his Blavatnik Young Scientists Award, June 2, 2026. (Eran Be'eri)
June 6, 2026, 10:05 am
Bucking boycotts, prizewinning Israeli astrophysicist finds ‘Zen-like’ perspective in space
Open University’s first Blavatnik Award laureate, Paz Beniamini, studies cosmic bursts and neutron stars; says science must ‘be done on international level’ regardless of politics
By Diana Bletter
A golden spiny mouse. (Mickey Samuni-Blank, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons)
April 27, 2026, 4:57 pm
Night light disrupts antibody production rhythms, may raise risk of death, Israeli study finds
Tel Aviv University research on mice, with implications for humans, finds artificial lighting from sources as common as streetlights disrupts mammalian immune system’s natural sense of time
By Sue Surkes
A menorah is pictured after the seventh candle is lit for the Jewish festival of Hanukkah as mourners stand next to floral tributes laid out in memory of the victims of a shooting attack at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, December 20, 2025. (David Gray / AFP)
April 13, 2026, 12:11 pm
2025 toll of Diaspora Jews killed in antisemitic attacks was highest in three decades
TAU study finds shift in types of anti-Jewish events, with violence becoming the norm; Australia, Canada see highest yearly numbers of antisemitic incidents ever
By Zev Stub
Archaeologists from Tel Aviv University found a 2500-year-old infant mass grave at Tel Azekah, some 30 kilometers southwest of Jerusalem, in a discovery revealed in a study published in the Palestine Exploration Quarterly journal in March 2026. In the image, a section of the archaeological layer including the burials. (The Lautenschläger Azekah Expedition)
April 11, 2026, 11:25 am
2,500-year-old infant mass grave cracks open enigma of biblical-era baby burials
Archaeologists found the remains of dozens of children under the age of two deposited in a water reservoir of the ancient Judean town, a new study has revealed
By Rossella Tercatin
Tel Aviv University Prof. Ran Barkai (left) and Sakhnin resident Muataz Shalata hold 500,000-year-old stone hand axes crafted with special materials featuring unique geological characteristics, in a discovery announced in March 2026. (Tel Aviv University)
March 22, 2026, 5:53 pm
Paleolithic chic: 500,000 years ago, Israel’s ancient toolmakers had a taste for sparkle
Rare hand axes from the Sakhnin Valley show Homo erectus picked fossil- and crystal-rich stones for visual appeal, hinting at early symbolic thinking, new study suggests
By Rossella Tercatin
Students at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, in Beersheba. November 4, 2025. (Liron Moldovan/Flash90)
March 8, 2026, 5:27 pm
Universities say they may start upcoming semester with online classes
Tel Aviv University delays opening until after Passover on April 12, to help reservists unable to get back to school, but others say they will begin next week or soon after
By Rossella Tercatin
A red-eared slider turtle used in the Tel Aviv University research (Courtesy)
February 19, 2026, 9:20 pm
Israeli researchers find humans and turtles, share key brain function going back 320 million years
Turtles are able to grasp that the same object seen from different angles is not a different object, an important trait for defense against land-based predators
By Sue Surkes
Prof. Ronit Satchi-Fainaro, left, and Prof. Uri Ben-David of the Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at Tel Aviv University. (Courtesy/Tel Aviv University)
February 10, 2026, 6:37 pm
Israeli researchers uncover key to why breast cancer spreads to brain and turns deadly
Tel Aviv University scientists say abnormal chromosomes help breast cancer to metastasize to the brain; study could help develop drugs and aid in early detection, treatment
By Diana Bletter
Prof. Gabriel Barkay, co-director of the Temple Mount Sifting Project, on May 30, 2019. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)
January 14, 2026, 5:03 pm
Archaeologist Gabriel Barkay, pioneer of Temple Mount research, dies at 81
Discoverer of the Ketef Hinnom scrolls and founder of Temple Mount Sifting Project was a larger-than-life figure who stirred controversy, loved Jerusalem and made the city his mission
By Rossella Tercatin
A 2,700-year-old tomb featuring a trove of ornate artifacts was uncovered at the Horvat Tevet site in the Jezreel Valley (northern Israel), as announced in a study published in the journal Tel Aviv in October 2025. (Rachel Lundeman - Courtesy of Omer Sergi and Karen Covello-Paran/Horvat Tevet Expedition)
December 18, 2025, 4:36 pm
Unearthed in last-ditch dig, one-of-a-kind tomb offers glimpse of Assyrian rule over Israel
Newly published findings from salvage dig near Afula detail discovery of burial pits where high official’s remains may have been interred along with dozens of opulent and rare artifacts
By Rossella Tercatin
160 million-year-old Anchiornis fossils. (Tel Aviv University)
December 16, 2025, 11:48 am
New Israeli fossil research shows some winged dinosaurs lost ability to fly
Study of molting patterns in fossilized colored feathers suggests evolution of dinosaurs and birds was ‘more complex than previously believed,’ says ornithologist
By Sue Surkes
IDF troops of the 36th Division operate in Gaza City in a handout photo issued on October 8, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 10, 2025, 6:45 pm
Computerized prevention program could lower PTSD to 1% of former combat troops
Tel Aviv University scientist says peer-reviewed research shows a fivefold reduction in symptoms among soldiers who participate in new protocol, 18 months on
By Diana Bletter
Passengers at Ben Gurion International Airport, August 1, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
December 1, 2025, 7:01 pm
Figures shows brain drain spiked in 2023-2024 as well-educated fled overhaul, war
More doctors, engineers, and high earners moved away during 20-month period, costing state some NIS 1.5 billion in lost taxes, Tel Aviv U. economists find, warning trend may be ongoing
By Sharon Wrobel
Peter Beinart speaks at a rally to release Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil, who'd been detained by ICE after his involvement in pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel activism, on March 20, 2025, at Foley Square in New York City. (Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images via JTA)
November 26, 2025, 6:37 pm
Far-left US Jewish writer Beinart apologizes for speaking to Israelis at Tel Aviv University
BDS activists said Peter Beinart — also pro-boycott and against Jewish statehood — was ‘whitewashing genocide’; apology draws more flak; right-wing activist had pushed to cancel event
By Luke Tress, JTA and ToI Staff
Fragment from a Yom Kippur prayer book found in the Cairo Genizah and dating to the 11th or 12th centuries CE. (National Library of Israel collections)
November 25, 2025, 11:13 pm
Scholars transcribe hundreds of thousands of Cairo Geniza fragments, some never read before
The MiDRASH project received an $11.5 million grant to take research on medieval Jewish literature to the next level
By Rossella Tercatin
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