Research

Do you feel exhausted after meeting a certain person? There is a health cost to it

A new study found that people who surround themselves with individuals who make their lives difficult experience more chronic stress and biological changes associated with early aging.

While positive relationships are known to extend life and contribute to health, negative relationships may operate in the opposite direction
Adult ADHD.

Study: Adults with ADHD experience “local sleep” while awake

Bumblebee.

Researchers stunned: Queen bumblebees survive more than a week underwater

An illustrative image of a cat alongside Hanukkah paraphenalia.

The midair maneuver that lets cats touch down paws-first, explained by New research


Antibiotics may cast a years-long shadow on your gut. One type stands out

Specialists advise patients to support gut health during and after treatment with fiber rich diets, fermented foods, and medical guidance.

Used blister packets that contained medicines, tablets and pills are seen, in this picture illustration taken June 30, 2018.

Sunlight helps Diabetic patients keep glucose in the normal range, study shows

Older adults with type 2 diabetes kept blood glucose in the normal range longer and showed a lower respiratory exchange ratio under natural light than under artificial LED lighting.

 An illustrative image of sunlight.

Israeli team of BIU and NVIDIA researchers moves along with new AI technique

Bar Ilan University and NVIDIA researchers improve the ability to understand concepts describing location and direction in space.

View of the Nvidia Corporation offices at the Yokneam High-Tech Park, September 8, 2024.

Brain drain: US-based scientists choose Europe, harming American institutions

Months into his second term, Trump moved to block American academic and scientific institutions from accepting foreign students, affecting undergraduates, medical, and PhD candidates.

A scientist looks through a microscope

Scientists discovered the daily number of farts – and you’re probably somewhere in the middle

Bloating is not a trivial matter – and scientists decided to investigate the issue and find out exactly how much we fart each day.

Scientists discovered the daily number of farts

All-queen ant shocks science: Japanese–German team finds species with no males or workers

Researchers hypothesize it descended from a slave-making species that lost its own workers because other ants worked for them, with the loss of male production occurring later in evolution

Temnothorax kinomurai ants.

Physicists pinpoint mechanism behind familiar basketball shoes squeak

Analysis showed that tiny regions of the rubber momentarily detach and reattach to the surface thousands of times per second

A woman sleeping with her shoes on

Just five minutes in the microwave can unleash up to 534,000 micro- and nanoplastics into food

The term 'microwave-safe' often means a container will not visibly melt or break, not that it prevents the release of microscopic plastic particles or chemical additives

Dangerous or not? A microwave

16 Millions descended from Genghis Khan? not so fast

Researchers analyzing DNA from four Ulytau mausoleum burials in Kazakhstan ireport that the 16 million male descendants estimate is overstated

 Genghis Khan's empire treasures rediscovered in Siberian museum storage.

A new drug just entered Israel's health basket. Here's why it matters-opinion

The decision to add IWILFIN to the health basket demonstrates that Israel takes the lives of its youngest cancer patients seriously.

When your child is diagnosed with cancer, your world becomes very small