Say cheese! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science, saying, taking pictures has never FELT this good! Breakfast selfie, outfit selfie… They are EVERYWHERE! Selfies are a popular way to capture and share moments. But could they also have a psychological component? Richard Eibach from the
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Boy scouts can learn a thing or two about knots… from WORMS? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Have you ever tried to tie a knot so tight that you couldn’t undo it? Turns out there are OTHER organisms that have mastered the knotting technique!
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Goo goo … a-HA! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. When it comes to math skills, are we Born This Way? Elisabeth Spelke and Fei Xu from the Northeastern University of Boston went to the source: Babies! They seated sixteen six-month-olds in a comfy chair.
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Mmh! Delicious…electronics?!?!?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. We need to keep our electronics out of the dump… Including medical devices. Can new sensors for measuring vital signs become environmentally friendly? And even more exciting… could they be … edible? What?!? Enter Adel Aljarid and
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Meet the new teenage generation! The Zoomers! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Nowadays, meeting IRL is like seeing a unicorn… meeting in person happens so rarely! EVERYTHING is done online! Teenagers are some of the most affected! Could this influence their social skills? Enter
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If neurons could watch TV, they’d watch the SODIUM CHANNEL! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Neurons are very complex cells in the brain. They’re responsible for EVERYTHING: memory, movement, feelings… But some diseases make neurons stop working, and the whole body is affected. How
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May your morning coffee give you the strength… To make it to mid-day coffee! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. In the morning, caffeine’s our best friend! Just a whiff brings joy to coffee lovers. Could it even go so far as to help with
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