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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
Parental burnout, not military deployment alone, drives children’s wartime stress - study
Large study links ultra-processed foods to ADHD risk in preschoolers
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.
Habitable worlds may be far more common than thought, Israeli study says
Published in the peer-reviewed The Astrophysical Journal, the research focuses on tidally locked planets, worlds that always show the same face to their star.
Israeli scientists create light-activated plastic for safer manufacturing
The Ben-Gurion team essentially embedded an on/off mechanism inside the plastic’s building blocks, eliminating the need for fragile or expensive catalyst systems.
Religiosity among Israelis determines what they're willing to do about climate crisis, study says
Trust in scientists is high among secular people and very low among the ultra-Orthodox, who are culturally isolated and have minimal or no exposure to the general media.
Reichman study: Babies begin forming expectations of their parents as early as their first year
Infants’ mental representations of attachment are thought to develop across the first year, but empirical attempts to assess this have been scarce.
Avoiding information can be coping strategy for threatening situations, study finds
“Our decisions about information are not only functional but often emotional,” the researchers wrote.