Science, Medicine, & Education

Blended olive oil may promote Mideast peace

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Quite a bit of it is still hush-hush, but a proposed joint Palestinian-Israeli demonstration peace project to co-market a blended olive oil is evolving into a tri-national effort that also will involve mixing in some olive oil from neighboring Jordan. Oren Blonder, director of the Peres Peace Center’s agriculture, water […]

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Israeli researcher: Same hormone stimulates emotions of love and envy

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release)—A new study carried out at the University of Haifa has found that the hormone oxytocin, also known as the “love hormone”, which affects behaviors such as trust, empathy and generosity, also affects opposite behaviors, such as jealousy and gloating. “Subsequent to these findings, we assume that the hormone is an overall

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