Yoram Soreq

Wrinkled fingers. Photo: Brenderous, Wikimedia

Things people know: why do fingers wrinkle in water?

Vitruvian man: the proportions of the human body according to Leonardo da Vinci. The length of the hand is two thirds of the length of the leg.

Things that Yoram knows: why are the legs long?

Young chimpanzee, photographer: Pierre-Fidenci, Wikimedia

Things donors know: how evolution can create emotions

Headless Mike, Wikimedia

Things that Yoram knows: Is it possible to live without a head?

Things that birds know: why do pigeons bob their heads?

A corona patient receives treatment with a drug that will prevent dehydration, in 1992. Photo: Public domain from Wikipedia Cholera patient being treated by oral rehydration therapy in 1992

What does cholera teach us about the corona virus?

A glass vessel containing uranium, the uranium content in these glasses (which glow when exposed to ultraviolet light) reached about 25%. (Photo: Raimond Spekking, Wikimedia)

Things that Yoram knows: the clean world of our ancestors

Who drank, from Wikipedia.

What are they serving us inside the blue bottle?

African pygmies

The secret of the forest gnomes

Spaghetti breaking experiment in the lab of Michael Higley and Andrew Belmonte. Photo courtesy of the researchers

Why does dry spaghetti break into more than 2 pieces?

A curled up Israeli viper. Photo: Guy Himovich, from Wikipedia

snake bite snake