Something smells … overcooked. Is it your brain?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. As we age, brain inflammation drives diseases like Alzheimer’s, burning a hole in our memory. But could the cure be right under our noses? Leelavathi Madhu and team at Texas A&M
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From side dish to superhero – kimchi just leveled up. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Tiny plastics are appearing inside us due to pollution. But fermented foods like kimchi might be able to help with beneficial gut bacteria. REALLY?! Enter the World Institute of
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Release the Kraken!…’s proof of existence…. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. The Kraken is a legendary giant squid that terrorized sailors at sea. Fossils from hundreds of millions of years ago suggest that it may actually have been more than a legend. Shin Ikegami and
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Let’s break wind – for science! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Intimate question: How many times do you fart a day? Santiago Botasini and team at the University of Maryland are sniffing out the facts. For a month, they had volunteers wear SMART underwear
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Your body is a buffet. Don’t let cancer put you out of business! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Only one in eight patients survives pancreatic cancer. Now, we’re hitting it where it hurts. Enter Mariano Barbacid and a quote “SWAT” team at the Spanish National
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