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The facade of national identity: Israel's Independence Day reflection - opinion

Independence Day becomes a stage for Israel’s unresolved conflict between individual freedom and collective belonging.

|ByDR. BENYAMIN YAKOVIAN
People walk on Jaffa street in Jerusalem, during Israel's 76th Independence Day celebrations, May 13, 2024.
The women's Hanbok in 5th-century Goguryeo murals, rooted in the attire of northern nomadic peoples, features a separate top and bottom, with an A-line skirt worn over pants.

Evidence of human sacrifice, inbreeding found at ancient Korean burial complex - study

Additionally, researchers found genetic confirmation that entire families had been sacrificed together as part of sunjang, the ritualistic sacrifice of servants to be buried alongside their superiors

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
A SECTION of Jonathan Vidgop’s family tree on the walls of the Am haZikaron office in Tel Aviv.

Perpetual Jewish family traits: Jewish genealogy, history explored by Am haZikaron Institute

Using an exact-sciences approach endorsed by a committee of 55 Nobel laureates, Am haZikaron can reveal the unique characteristics of one’s clan that have been preserved for centuries.

|ByABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
Laboratory mice.

Tiny DNA tweak flips biological sex, researchers report

A study reports that a single nucleotide variant in the genome can make an XY individual develop as female and an XX individual develop as male.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Hidden Microbes of 1812: DNA Points to Paratyphoid and Relapsing Fever in Napoleon’s Grande Armée

Genetic traces of Salmonella enterica and Borrelia recurrentis were identified in teeth from thirteen soldiers buried in a Vilnius mass grave.

AUGUST 7, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A reenactment of the Battle of Borodino.

Grapevine, August 1, 2025: Do a DNA test and unite with relatives you never knew you had

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

AUGUST 1, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
HOME DNA testing kit, with a saliva (spit or cheek swab) tube collector and return shipping box.

Breakthrough fertility technique prevents diseases by using DNA from three parents

The British trial, conducted at a fertility center in Newcastle, involved 22 women who met strict medical criteria, hoping to conceive without passing on harmful mutations.

JULY 19, 2025ByDR. ITAY GAL
In vitro fertilization. Genetic material from three parents.

Baby stolen in Argentina reunited with family after nearly 50 years

The 49-year-old man was found after taking a DNA test and is now the 140th child recovered by the human rights organization Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo. 

JULY 18, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Adriana Metz, daughter of Graciela Alicia Romero and Raul Eugenio Metz, who disappeared during the 1976 to 1983 Argentine dictatorship, and Estela de Carlotto, president of the human rights organization Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo (Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo), react during a press conference announc

DNA study: Modern Jews and Arabs retain more than half their ancestry from Bronze Age ‘Canaanites’

Genome-wide analysis of 93 skeletons from Israel, Jordan and Lebanon traces an unbroken genetic thread across three millennia.

JULY 9, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Excavation near Jerusalem.

Ancient proteins found in fossils up to 24 million years old

Proteins, a cell's molecular machinery, also offer valuable information and have the virtue of surviving much longer, as new research shows.

JULY 9, 2025ByREUTERS
A paleontologist cleaning a skeleton during an archaeology dig; illustrative.

Ancient Egyptian potter lived into his 60s, genome sequencing reveals

His remains were preserved in a clay pot, enabling the first successful sequencing of ancient Egyptian DNA.

JULY 3, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Ancient Egyptian potter lived into his 60s, genome sequencing reveals.

Study reveals caffeine enhances DNA repair and stress response in cells, potentially slowing aging

Study reveals caffeine enhances DNA repair and stress response in cells, potentially slowing aging.

JUNE 30, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Coffee could reverse aging, say Queen Mary University scientists.

DNA analysis reveals 9,000-years-old women-led society in Turkey

Study finds women and girls were key figures in Neolithic settlement, with maternal lineage shaping household burials.

JUNE 29, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
DNA analysis reveals 9,000-years-old women-led society in Turkey.

Viking Age dogs in Finland were locally bred, new DNA study finds

Ancient DNA shows no evidence of imported dogs in Luistari burials.

JUNE 25, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Viking Age dogs in Finland were locally bred, new DNA study finds. Illustration.