The Weekly - Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Aviram Carmeli has worn some meticulously silly costumes over the last decade. Photos via aviram_carmeli/Instagram

Life

Meet Tel Aviv's Purim costume legend

Tel Aviv’s Aviram Carmeli explains why he puts so much effort into his yearly getups and urges others to ‘go do something stupid.’

Zachy Hennessey

Innovation

Diagnosing rare diseases could soon get much simpler

Impilo’s prototype platform scours medical records to pinpoint symptoms of unusual illnesses that are overlooked by health systems.

Yulia Karra

Life

14 things you didn’t know about Gal Gadot

She took the world by storm as Wonder Woman, continues to wow in top movies, and stars as the evil stepmother in Disney’s new live-action Snow White.

Nicky Blackburn

Gal Gadot at the annual Critics’ Choice Awards in the US in 2018. Photo by TinselTown via Shutterstock

Ahead of an expected surge in flights over the Passover season, Terminal 1 at Ben Gurion Airport is to reopen. Photo by Roman Yenushevsky, via Shutterstock

Travel

Ben Gurion reopens Terminal One as holiday flight surge expected

Some 1,300 flights are expected to make their way to the Holy Land just in time for Passover, according to IAA stats.

Zachy Hennessey

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A Tel Aviv University success story

Tel Aviv University offers more than just a top-tier academic experience at one of Israel’s most prestigious institutions—it’s a launchpad for real-world success. Meet Alon Ben-Shoshan.

Life

New dig prompts rethink of how Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens got on

Zachy Hennessey

Yossi Zaidner excavating a 110-thousand year-old human skull and associated artifacts. Credit: Boaz Langford

Yuval Raphael at a press conference in Tel Aviv on March 9, 2025. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90

Life

Israel unveils its 2025 Eurovision song entry

Yulia Karra

Innovation

Despite progress, Silicon Wadi still has a gender gap

Zachy Hennessey

Women’s participation in high tech is increasing, but systemic barriers are impeding progress. Photo by ThisIsEngineering/Pexels

Innovation

Scientists find how to avoid contamination of lab-grown meat

John Jeffay

“Red Makeup” is a closeup of an Arctic wolf minutes after his pack devoured three newborn musk ox calves. Photo © Amit Eshel, Israel, Shortlist, Professional competition, Wildlife & Nature, 2025 Sony World Photography Awards

Life

3 Israelis shortlisted for Sony World Photography Awards

Abigail Klein Leichman

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