Topic: Hebrew University Of Jerusalem

Toddler chews head off snake

NineMSN.com.au - 11 days ago
A sleepy snake came to a rather untimely end after having its head half chewed off by a fearless toddler in an Arab town in northern Israel, the ...

Making room for a cappella

Jerusalem Post - 13 days ago
The name Thalamus Vocal Quartet may infer a cerebral approach, but that simply isn't the case. The 'thalamus,' for those not entirely immersed in...

Doctoral student develops research on solubility which holds industry promise

Cosmetics Design - 27 days ago
By Andrew McDougall+, 02-Jan-2012. . A graduate student in Israel has developed a method for increasing solubility that holds promising commercial...

TIFF 2011: Art by James Franco, action by Robert De Niro

The Ampersand - 176 days ago
A film about the invention of the vibrator starring Maggie Gyllenhaal, a biopic about Winnie Mandela starring Jennifer Hudson and artwork by James...

Heather Munroe-Blum: Intellectual cowardice at the McGill Daily

Full Comment - 307 days ago
On Monday, March 28, The McGill Daily, one of the university's student papers, published an editorial urging McGill to sever ties with Hebrew...

Air Forces are Institutional Relics and Airpower's Value on the Battlefield is Drawing to a Close, Analyst Argues in a New Book

David Pugliese's Defence Watch - 312 days ago
By David Pugliese Defence Watch A new book by military historian Martin van Creveld should create some controversy. The Age of Airpower, to be...

Isreal's schools undergo a death of humanities

Holy Post - 317 days ago
Reports prepared recently for Israel's Council of Higher Education have brought despairing news about the condition of the humanities in the...

US students trade unruly Cairo for uneasy Jerusalem

AFP Global Edition - 349 days ago
Jerusalem wasn't on the agenda for a group of American students in Cairo to study in a Muslim, Arabic-speaking environment but the upheaval in Egypt, and their US schools, decided otherwise.The group of 12 young men and women, some of ...

All-seeing eye for CCTV surveillance

New Scientist - 456 days ago
In some cities, CCTV is a victim of its own success: "We take different events happening at different times and show them together," says Shmuel Peleg of BriefCam based in Neve Ilan, Israel, a company he co-founded based on his work at ...

Pesticides In Pregnant Jerusalemites Higher Than NYC Counterparts

Environmental News Network - 457 days ago
Given the choice between a roach-free house or one filled with scattering critters, most people will take the former. Unfortunately, chemical concoctions used to exterminate pests can be harmful to their "unintended targets," such as cats, dogs, and pregnant women. So the ...