In 'Vishniac,' screening at DovAviv from May 11, filmmaker Laura Bialis shows a man who documented pre-Holocaust European Jewry, then reinvented himself as a self-styled scientist

Study published in Nature holds out hope for patients by pointing to an existing drug that could undergo trials for use in fighting metastases

Hebrew University-led research discovers blind and semi-blind arachnids that are surprisingly closer evolutionarily to European species than to their neighbors

Silicone-based invention being developed for human use after proving itself on rats; it wraps damaged nerves and electrically stimulates them using energy from light shone on skin

Ova from women 40+ took on some characteristics of eggs from a 20-year-old after treatment with anti-viral medicine; Hebrew University team hopes method may boost fertility

Scientist stirred controversy with 1975 book, 'Sociobiology: The New Synthesis,' that linked human behavior and genetics; critics equated theories with sexism, racism and Nazism

In his book 'The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy,' released last month, Arik Kershenbaum argues that using earthly evolutionary biology is the best way to picture interstellar life

In his book 'Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do is Healthy and Rewarding,' Daniel Lieberman tackles myths and inaccuracies about physical fitness and the need for rest

Aerobic respiration was thought to exist in all multi-cellular lifeforms, but Tel Aviv University scientists find one parasite lacks the systems to process the element entirely