The first-ever definitive study into the origins of North African Jews has revealed their hitherto-unknown relationship to the rest of the Jewish Diaspora.

Conjuring fear of Nazism and anti-Semitism, Jews recoil from the thought that Judaism might be a race, but medical geneticist Harry Ostrer insists the 'biological basis of Jewishness' cannot be ignored.

Israel's Cabinet approved a national plan to reverse Israel's scientific brain drain.

Seven renowned scientists are the winners of the prestigious Wolf Prizes.