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Updates from Silicon Wadi on Tuesday, June 19, 2018

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Illustrative image of a pregnant woman (Wavebreakmedia; iStock by Getty Images)

Mothers who have episiotomy in first delivery more likely to need one in next

By Shoshanna Solomon

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University say alternative should be found for women who require the procedure

Hanan Savyon, left, and Guy Amir star in the Israel film “Maktub.” (Idan Milman via JTA)

Destined for success

‘Maktub,’ an Israeli gangster comedy, makes it to Netflix

By Curt Schleier

Film tells of mobsters who decide to retire after surviving a terror attack, but switch careers following a visit to the Western Wall

Dan Zafrir, left, and Noa Ovadia, right, prepare for their debate against the IBM Project Debater on June 18, 2018, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Israeli-led IBM project pits computer against human debaters

By AP

Company say Project Debater, built out of Haifa lab, able to use AI to conduct complex human practices like rhetoric and analysis

French forensic officers arrive to inspect a vehicle (center, hood up) believed to belong to terrorist Radouane Lakdim, and parked outside the Super U supermarket in the town of Trebes in southern France, where Lakdim carried out his attack, on March 23, 2018. (AFP Photo/Pascal Pavani)

Israel medical device that helps with patient triage wins counterterror contest

By Shoshanna Solomon

Giraffes at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Scientists go to zoo, find that cell size, not body size, affects lifespan

By Shoshanna Solomon

Close examination of pancreas in various animals, large and small, yields ‘shockingly beautiful and unexpected’ correlation for researchers from Israel, Canada, Germany

Now is the time to play the Holocaust card

A time when children are torn from their parents is the right time for comparisons to the darkest history

Ziv Tirosh, left, and Uri Levine, the co-founders of Refundit, which seeks to digitalize the VAT refund process in Europe (Courtesy)

Waze founder now offers app to navigate VAT refund process

By Shoshanna Solomon

Tel Aviv-based Refundit’s mobile solution aims to make it much easier for tourists to get their money back; Slovakia first to try out system

Marvin Goldman, in his New York City apartment, has created a mini museum of El Al artifacts. (Courtesy of Goldman/via JTA)

Air history'I’m a collector with a purpose'

The ‘#1 fan’ of Israel’s national airline has over 40,000 pieces of memorabilia

By Manny Strumpf

Amateur historian Marvin Goldman has likely amassed the largest assortment of El Al gear in the world. Now he serves as a source of information to El Al itself

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