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Dr. Lewis studies anatomical texts from ancient Greece and Rome, and how people back then explored and interpreted the living body, its structure, and its workings.

Few better illustrations of natural selection exist than the repeated emergence of malaria resistance to such drugs.

In this week’s snippets: combatting decreasing trust in government institutions, new ERC (European Research Grants) reflecting ground-breaking research, impact of residential expansion, Faculty of Agriculture Open Day, benefits for HU employees, HUJICast – journey to the centre of the earth with Dr Yaakov Weiss.

In this week’s snippets: wild mushrooms, corona, smoking and medical staff, faculty of agriculture open day, Israel climate day conference, a HUJI podcast (in Hebrew) with Professor Karnit Flug former Governor of the Bank of Israel – ‘Covid and the Israeli labour market

In this episode of #OutOfTheLab, we hear from Professor Masha Niv about what led her to study taste and smell and what she’s currently working on.

Stress and smoking rates up among all hospital workers, new Hebrew University study finds.

In this episode of #OutOfTheLab, we talk to Professor Yossi Tam, as he discusses his childhood dreams, Israel as the Cannabis Nation.

This is the first of the new Yissum podcast series – great discoveries and innovations ‘out of the lab’.

In this week’s snippets: European leaders in Antisemitism, stray cats, long-term returns by investing in education, HU diversity ’Mamanet’, food narratives in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – a HUJI podcast (in Hebrew) with Prof Galia Press-Barnathan – ‘accessing the heart through falafel’

New Hebrew University survey finds 53% of Israelis expect situation to worsen for Jews in Europe; France now tied with Poland as Europe’s most antisemitic country, according to Israelis.