Research
Senior ADL antisemitism researcher leaves to lead competing effort at watchdog Nexus
Founded in 2019, Nexus describes itself as an antisemitism watchdog that also seeks to defend democratic norms and free speech, and is fiscally sponsored by the New Israel Fund.
How a Ben-Gurion University scientist is filling climate science’s biggest blank spots
Spread of online antisemitic conspiracies is based on Holocaust denial tactics, research shows
Neural 'on/off' switch discovery may shed light on sex differences in social behavior
‘Time-Capsule’ bones of Huayracursor illuminate the rise of later giants like Argentinosaurus
Dated to about 230 million years, jaguensis is among the earliest known dinosaurs and promises new insight into the rise of the giant sauropods.
Kenyan find narrows Australopithecus-Neanderthal gap, reshaping 2M years of hand evolution
Dated to about 1.5 million years ago, the bones display a long robust thumb, short fingers and a mobile little finger, hinting at tool use and precision grips beyond the genus Homo.
Chikungunya resurfaces in U.S. after 6-year lull, CDC confirms local infection
It is the first mainland United States transmission in a decade, and officials say the chance of further spread is very low as mosquito activity declines.
Three-century-old manuscript resurfaces, rewriting Columbus lore
The 39-folio manuscript includes unpublished passages and will receive a critical edition that illuminates Columbus's political portrayal in early eighteenth-century Spain.
Scientists uncover how tropical hippos weathered the last Ice Age in Central Europe
researchers report the European fossils display very low genetic diversity, indicating a small isolated herd marooned in the Upper Rhine Graben during interstadial warm spells.
Sunken secrets: earliest iron-age cargoes in Israel’s Tantura lagoon
Research in Antiquity identifies the three wrecks as Israel’s earliest submerged cargoes, proving coastal trade survived long after the late bronze age collapse.
The vanished Red Sea and the catastrophic flood that brought it back
Researchers found that 6.2 million years ago, the Red Sea dried completely and was then suddenly reflooded, marking one of Earth's most extreme environmental events.
167 million-year-old enigma: scientists explore the 'false snake of Elgol's unique traits
The new species looked like a lizard with a short body and four limbs but had snake-like jaws and curved teeth like pythons, showing a mix of traits from both lizards and snakes.
Ancient wonders at risk: Persepolis faces threat of land subsidence
land surrounding Persepolis, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is sinking, and many of Iran's 28 World Heritage sites, including Pasargadae and Yazd, are located near sinking areas.
Unraveling Rapa Nui mysteries: Researchers made the Moai ‘walk’
The researchers employed high-resolution 3D modeling alongside field experiments, where they moved a 4.35-ton replica Moai statue 328 feet in 40 minutes, using only 18 people.
