Hebrew U takes 77th spot in Shanghai Ranking, its best score in years, coming in 17th in math and communication; Technion and Weizmann Institute climb to a shared 83rd spot

The chronic pain condition can be detected based on analysis of gut microbiome, scientists say in peer-reviewed research, potentially paving way for objective diagnosis, treatment

Oddly worded Greek-language inscription warns against opening the grave of a 60-year-old 'proselyte'; accidentally discovered next to a second inscription during park conservation

Trolling through refuse at roadside inns from 300 BCE to 300 CE finds 'social archives' that help explain the social and economic organization of the Nabatean caravan trade

Species in little-explored section of deep sea will be documented by scientists from Greenpeace and University of Haifa using visual, acoustic equipment

With a shocking documentary out this month, director Alon Schwarz says Israel can only move forward as a Jewish democratic state by being honest about the killing of Arab villagers

Paramedics say woman was apparently hiking in area of the Nachal Kelach stream; circumstances of death not clear

Archaeologists say discovery at Tel Tsaf in the Jordan Valley is first known instance of alcohol being imbibed inside a community in the ancient Middle East

Archaeologists says existence of two houses of worship in same town shows need for religious social focal point other than the existing Temple in Jerusalem

Scientists examine mailed-in samples and find that early risers share gut bacteria pattern, hope to replicate it to help others get up with the larks