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Key barrier to online fraud can be bypassed for pennies, say researchers

Throwaway phone numbers offer a cheap way to bypass authentication text defenses.

 Cyber attacks spiked in 2021
A microscopic magnetite fossil discovered in sediment below the North Atlantic, seen using X-ray microscopy

Ancient magnetite fossils may be remnants of a natural GPS used by marine creatures

THE EXPERIMENT, by two education researchers, asked the chatbot to solve a version of Plato’s slave-boy experiment of the ‘doubling the square’ problem.

Can one trust ChatGPT? Hebrew U and Cambridge University mathematicians find out

 A man holds a placard shaped like a key during a pro-Palestinian rally calling for the UK government to stop allowing arms exports and military co-operation with Israel, in London, Britain, June 21, 2025.

Cambridge U. can ban pro-Palestinian protests from parts of campus for next year, judge rules


UK scientists reconstruct face of 7th-century aristocrat, Christian convert

"Were they political brides or perhaps brides of Christ? The fact that her diet changed once she arrived in England suggests that her lifestyle may have changed quite significantly” - Dr. Leggett

 7th century Anglo-Saxon girl reconstructed

Why I chose Israel, and will continue to choose Israel - opinion

I CHOOSE Israel because I love the energy of this country. I choose Israel because I don’t need to actively practice Judaism and yet I’m very Jewish here, in the non-religious, more cultural sense.

 THE WRITER presents chef Assaf Granit with the Branding Israel Award in 2020.

Attila the Hun may have raided the Roman Empire because of drought - study

The researchers examined a reconstruction of tree rings and used historical and archaeological evidence in order to reach their findings.

The Hunnic raids on the Roman Empire are part of what led to its downfall.

3,500 year-old gold jewelry pieces discovered in Egyptian necropolis

The jewelry collection was discovered by a team of Egyptian and English archaeologists.

 Ornate gold jewelry discovered in the ruins of the Ancient Egyptian city of Akhetaten.

Medieval manuscripts detail bizarre remedies for grisly ailments

Most of the manuscripts, which contain some 8,000 recipes, date to the 14th or 15th centuries. One manuscript is over 1,000 years old.

A dentist with silver forceps and a necklace of large teeth, extracting the tooth of a seated man.

From Immigrant Household to Cambridge Fellowship

Bouncing Back – and Forward is a genuine tale of “rags to riches,” but with a Jewish twist

Building at Cambridge University in England.

Prehistoric feces found at Stonehenge show signs of parasites - study

The researchers came to this discovery by investigating 19 pieces of feces that were found at Durrington Walls and were preserved reportedly since Stonehenge was first constructed.

FILE PHOTO: A security officer patrols around the perimeter Stonehenge stone circle, where official Summer Solstice celebrations were cancelled due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), near Amesbury, Britain June 20, 2020

What did the ancient Romans use as portable toilets? - study

The recent discovery confirmed for the first time that parasite eggs have been identified inside a Roman pot and were likely to have contained feces.

Ancient Pottery

John Cleese cancels Cambridge University appearance over debate sparked by a Hitler impersonation

An impression of Adolf Hitler at Cambridge University has touched off a fight over the limits of free speech and has drawn Monty Python comedian John Cleese into the fray. 

John Cleese - Three shows in Israel

Archaeologists explore medieval grave robbing phenomenon

The practice of reopening and removing items from graves soon after burial, traditionally known as 'robbing,' began its spread across Europe in the sixth century.

French cemetary