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VIDEO: Making the Holiday Sweet — With Bees

Forward · 23 Sep 2014

Beekeeper Liane Newton, who runs nycbeekeeping.org, ensures the well-being of bees for Rosh Hashanah honey by providing resources for urban beekeepers.

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Planetary Science

Emily Adelsohn Corngold in Tablet · 18 Jul 2014

The article weaves a narrative involving Mitch Neyman, a planetary scientist who is thrust into action when a meteor explodes above Chelyabinsk, Russia, causing widespread damage.

0 Education Science

Jewish MIT Students Create $100 Bitcoin Giveaway Plan

Forward · 30 Apr 2014

Jewish MIT students Jeremy Rubin and Dan Elitzer have initiated a groundbreaking project at the university, raising $500,000 to offer every undergraduate student $100 in bitcoins.

0 Israel Science

Scaling the Internet

Amy Newman Smith in Jewish Review of Books · 25 Nov 2013

On September 11, 2001, Akamai Technologies, a Cambridge-based company, faced a drastic surge in internet traffic following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.

0 Science Politics

Gabby Giffords Astronaut Hubby Mark Kelly and Twin To Be NASA Guinea Pigs

Forward · 10 Aug 2013

NASA's unprecedented research initiative involves astronaut twins, Mark and Scott Kelly, to study genetic impacts of spaceflight.

0 Israel Science

Feeling the Hand of God

Sarah Shapiro in Jewish Action · 6 Apr 2013

After a suicide bombing in Jerusalem, Dr. Avraham Bauer and his son Yehonathon were severely injured, with Yehonathon suffering a brain wound that left him blind and paralyzed.

0 Holidays Science

Counting the Days of the Omer, Up or Down

Benjamin W. Corn in Tablet · 9 Apr 2012

The article discusses the significance of counting the Omer, a Jewish practice of counting the 49 days between Passover and Shavuot, particularly in the context of cancer patients undergoing treatment.

0 History Science

Hidden Treasures of Cairo Genizah

Forward · 10 Nov 2011

Computer scientists at Tel Aviv University are utilizing artificial intelligence to reconstruct over 1,000 documents from the vast Cairo Genizah collection, which contains 350,000 fragments illuminating 1,000 years of Jewish history and culture.

0 Jewish Law Science

Kidney Doctor As Kidney Donor

Meyer D. Lifschitz in Jewish Action · 29 Oct 2010

Dr. Meyer Lifschitz, a kidney doctor, became a kidney donor for his sister after her kidney function deteriorated, advancing the idea of transplantation over dialysis.

0 History Science

How Many Shofars Does It Take …

Marc Tracy in Tablet · 7 Oct 2010

The podcast "How Many Shofars Does It Take" humorously explores the possibility of seven shofars destroying the walls of Jericho as described in the Book of Joshua.

0 History Science

Nosing Around

Eddy Portnoy in Tablet · 21 May 2010

Phrenology, a pseudo-science popular in the past, claimed that personality traits could be determined by the bumps on a person's head.

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Plane Song

Hadara Graubart in Tablet · 11 Aug 2009

Jewish leaders in Israel, including rabbis and kabbalists, took to the skies on a plane to bless the land and prevent further deaths from the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu.

0 Jewish Law Science

Halachic Aspects of Vaccination

Edward Reichman in Jewish Action · 8 Dec 2008

In the late 18th century, vaccination emerged as a method to prevent smallpox, despite being controversial due to risks.

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