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Oxford team finally opens Paestum tomb jars, confirming 2,500-year-old sacred honey inside

Reanalysis led by da Costa Carvalho used gas chromatography and mass spectrometry to detect royal jelly proteins and intact hexose sugars, settling a decades-old debate.

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Oxford team finally opens Paestum tomb jars, confirming 2,500-year-old sacred honey inside.
Oxford scientists discover math proficiency technique. Illustration.

Struggling with numbers? Oxford scientists discover brain-boosting technique

Low-performing students improved arithmetic scores by up to 29% with mild electrical brain stimulation.

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Oxford study finds 9,000 daily steps cut cancer risk by 16%.

Oxford study finds 9,000 daily steps cut cancer risk by 16%

While brisk walking is usually associated with better health outcomes, the study found that the number of steps is more important than walking speed in reducing cancer risk.

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Main entrance of the Worcester college in Oxford, UK.

Oxford academics used a human skull cup at official dinners until 2015

Professor believes the skull belonged to an enslaved woman from the Caribbean.

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Anti-Israel vandalism group defaces Cambridge, Oxford universities

"They can try to stop the student intifada, but they will never succeed," Palestine Action said on Instagram. "Resistance until victory!"

MARCH 5, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR, MATHILDA HELLER
TENTS ARE pitched outside the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, as students occupy parts of British campuses in support of Palestinians in Gaza, this week. Supporters of genocidal jihadist groups are spreading mayhem across the Western world, says the writer.

Oxford researcher discovers new super-Earth HD 20794 d just 19.7 light-years away

Researchers hail HD 20794 d as an 'invaluable test case' for detecting signs of life.

JANUARY 30, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A super-earth planet. Illustration.

Oxford University announces Rhodes 2025 Israel scholarship winners

Up to $320,000 is awarded to Israeli students as part of the Rhodes Scholarship, the oldest and most prestigious scholarship in the world.

JANUARY 21, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Left to right: Noam Morris, National Secretary of the Rhodes Scholarship in Israel Doron Weber, and Hen Davidov.

'The fall of the Oxford Union': The debased debate on Israel and apartheid - opinion

The November 28 debate on Israel and apartheid is likely to be counted among the more notorious episodes in the records of the Oxford Union.

JANUARY 5, 2025ByNEVILLE TELLER
Students and speakers prepare to start an Oxford Union debate.

Oxford Union criticized for censorship, altering videos after Israel debate

The Oxford Union didn't publish two of the debate videos until Friday and reuploaded the others after they had been edited.

DECEMBER 15, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR
TENTS ARE pitched outside the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, as students occupy parts of British campuses in support of Palestinians in Gaza, this week. Supporters of genocidal jihadist groups are spreading mayhem across the Western world, says the writer.

Jews must stand tall, reclaim our identity, and embody the legacy of Benjamin Disraeli - opinion

Israel stands as a beacon of hope, fighting barbaric terror to free both Jews and Palestinians from the shackles of some of the worst terror organizations in the world.

DECEMBER 7, 2024BySTEVEN BURG
PROTESTERS DEMONSTRATE in support of Palestinians at Oxford University earlier this year. Jewish students should demand safety and respect or have the pride to go elsewhere, says the writer.

Oxford University Press announces Word of the Year 2024

‘Brain rot’ is a noun defined as, “Supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as a result of overconsumption of material."

DECEMBER 3, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Oxford Word of the Year 2024

Oxford Union debate marred by heckling: 'Apartheid' Israel committing 'genocide'

The proposition that "Israel is an Apartheid State Responsible for Genocide," passed 278-59 after a debate which saw opposition speakers jeered and shouted at.

DECEMBER 1, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR
TENTS ARE pitched outside the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, as students occupy parts of British campuses in support of Palestinians in Gaza, this week. Supporters of genocidal jihadist groups are spreading mayhem across the Western world, says the writer.

'Unbridled Jew-hatred': Yoseph Haddad kicked out of 'anti-Israel' Oxford Union debate

"I faced insults, boos, and threats during the confrontation, but there was one thing I wasn’t willing to tolerate—the disgrace of our hostages," Haddad said about what occurred.

DECEMBER 1, 2024ByKESHET NEEV
Footage of Yoseph Haddad being kicked out of the Oxford Union debate

Rhodes scholarship extends application deadline amid Israel conflict

Rhodes extends the deadline for Israeli applicants impacted by the war, offering two scholarships worth $320,000 each for study at Oxford.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
“These are not ordinary times”: Doron Weber, National Secretary for Rhodes Israel.

Fifth-century Persian gold coins unearthed in Turkey

A cache of fifth-century BC Persian gold coins was discovered in Notion, Turkey, revealing insights into ancient life and conflict.

AUGUST 8, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Bar Kochba Coins found in the Judean Desert.