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Illustrative image of a cherry blossom tree near Mount Fuji in Japan (Phattana; iStock by Getty Images)

Japanese investment in Israel blossoms as firms scout for tech

By Shoshanna Solomon

A report by consultancy firm Harel-Hertz shows that Japanese investments and acquisitions totaled $6.35 billion in 2001-2018

Beresheet engineers released this photo on April 1 of the Arabian peninsula at a height of 16,000 kilometers, photographed from the spacecraft's external cameras. (courtesy Beresheet)

Stars align as Beresheet spacecraft prepares for lunar capture

By Melanie Lidman

Israeli spacecraft on schedule to jump into lunar orbit on Thursday and land on moon’s surface on April 11

The 3D printer at the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa will help researchers print tissues from ears to blood vessels (Nitzan Zohar, Technion Spokesperson’s Office)

Need a new ear? Technion opens 3D tissue printer for researchers

By Shoshanna Solomon

Biomaterial printing center aims to facilitate development of complex tissues and improve their integration into human organs

IDF, US wrap up air defense exercise; THAAD anti-missile system to leave Israel

By Judah Ari Gross

Air force colonel says Israeli troops learned to integrate advanced American anti-ballistic missile system into Israel’s air defense array

This Monday, Aug. 1, 2016 file photo shows the humanoid robot "Alter" on display at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo. Understanding humor may be one of the last things that separates humans from ever smarter machines, computer scientists and linguists say. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

April fools

No AI in humor: R2-D2 walks into a bar, doesn’t get the joke

By Seth Borenstein

Humans are struggling to teach computers comedy. Just ask an Israeli scientist heading an IBM project to write a program to win a debate: He’s limited to just one attempt at a joke

We must still be dreamers

Poll after poll shows Israelis believe in pluralism, mutual respect, and the ability of humanity to defy oppression, protest inequity and pursue justice

Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron (left) presents the 2018 Bank of Israel Annual report to President Reuven Rivlin, March 31, 2019 (Mark Neiman, GPO)

To curb budget deficit, central bank urges more taxes and less spending

By Shoshanna Solomon

Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron says investment in infrastructure, education needed to improve productivity in economy

Illustrative image of marijuana plant. (CC BY-SA Jennifer Martin, Wikimedia commons)

Partial decriminalization of public cannabis use takes effect Sunday night

Legalization activists warn substituting fines for criminal indictments may lead to stricter enforcement by police

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