Brain scans of Israeli soldiers revealed that training and serving side by side blurred their neural 'fingerprints' – suggesting that our surroundings shape us more than previously thought

Mattel's former chief director was named as co-CEO to help run the combined business, as a California judge cleared the way for Paramount to take over Warner Bros. Discovery – ending a months-long holdup

In Tel Aviv's Florentin, it is not uncommon to find voters who – bucking national trends – have moved even further left since October 7. Even so, fear for Israel's future is testing old loyalties and pushing voters toward unlikely choices