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Parents’ jobs linked more strongly than education to teens’ PISA scores, study finds
Knowing what parents did for a living allowed researchers to account for over double the difference in students’ scores as knowing how much education the parents had.
Using babies, Israeli study reveals why AI fails to truly understand animal calls
'Sponge of the sea': Israeli researchers develop aerogel that captures, breaks down oil spills
Personality trait of openness linked to lower antisemitic attitude, more Jewish contact study finds
Israel's noise pollution upsets animals as much as people - but can be reduced, study finds
Researchers at Beersheba’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have pioneered a first-of-its-kind spatial model that maps how road noise disrupts animal behavior.
What a strand of hair may reveal about the bond between mother and child
Oxytocin levels can reflect long-term emotional connection, Ben-Gurion University study finds.
Man's oldest friend: Dogs have been around for over 15,000 years, genetic study shows
The dog, descended from an ancient wolf population separate from modern wolves, was the first animal domesticated by people, with animals such as goats, sheep, cattle and cats coming later.
Parental burnout, not military deployment alone, drives children’s wartime stress - study
A new Hebrew University-led study uncovered how military deployment affects family dynamics.
Large study links ultra-processed foods to ADHD risk in preschoolers
Within the ultra-processed category, items such as breads, pastries, packaged cereals, ready-to-heat frozen meals, and long-shelf-life ready-to-eat meals were associated with more emotional problems.
Dutch registry study: Children of divorce have fewer children and shorter relationships
The marriage duration of children from divorced families was, on average, about one year shorter than that of other people.
Who uses e-cigs? Israeli study sheds light on electronic cigarette use - study
Hebrew University of Jerusalem study reveals distinct adult-use patterns of electronic cigarettes in the US and Israel.
Can dogs help ease teacher burnout in Israel’s schools during wartime? - study
Psychological buffer against wartime exhaustion for teachers revealed in new research.
Israeli researchers at TAU find noninvasive brain stimulation eases PTSD symptoms
The five-session pilot, conducted in Tel Aviv and published in the journal Brain Stimulation, used individualized transcranial magnetic stimulation targeted to hippocampal networks.
Oldest trace of Syphilis-linked DNA from 5,500-year-old bone shows disease came from Americas
Ancient DNA from a 5,500-year-old skeleton in Colombia reveals the oldest genome of "Treponema pallidum" yet, sharpening evidence that treponemal diseases predate European contact.
