Who’s really in charge… you, or your tummy?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. You’re in the library and hunger STRIKES. Forget the salad! You’re craving pizza. Why do we prefer such rich, savory foods? Mengtong Li and team from Howard Hughes Medical Institute wondered.
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Don’t even THINK about unplugging my night light! I’ll get scared! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science… saying… Light can affect our mood for sure. But what exactly happens in our brains when we see light? Shai Sabbah and team from University of Pittsburgh wondered.
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The dog whisperer.. or the human whisperer!? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Dogs, our best friends. They can help us herd, hunt, and sense our emotions! How are they so smart? Shany Dror and team from Eotvos Lorand University in Hungary wondered how dogs
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Who’s really in charge… you, or your tummy?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. You’re in the library and hunger STRIKES. Forget the salad! You’re craving pizza. Why do we prefer such rich, savory foods? Mengtong Li and team from Howard Hughes Medical Institute wondered.
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Spiders – they bite! They jump! They…DREAM? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. It’s bedtime and you stare up at your ceiling. A SPIDER! Do you flee? Do you leave it be? Maybe it’s asleep? Say… do spiders… dream? Daniela Robler and team from Washington
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Hey! Hey!! Why so “HANGRY”?? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. You missed breakfast, the vending machine ate your money, now you’re mad… UGH! But is your empty tummy ACTUALLY causing your irritated feelings? Viren Swami and fellow researchers from Austria investigated this question. They
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Let’s address the GIRAFFE in the room?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science – or High Up! YOUR neck can get pretty sore from craning upward looking at the giraffes at the zoo. But how did THEY get such loooong necks? It doesn’t happen overnight!
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What’s the secret to luscious locks? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Hair loss happens naturally! But can it be stopped? Or, what makes hair GROW so we can keep our heads full of it? Yingzi Liu and scientists from around the world collaborated to
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Are you only as old as you THINK? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. We’ll try all kinds of supplements to keep our minds sharp – gingko biloba, fish oil, blueberry chews… But what about actually taking some uh… brain juice… straight from the source?
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Space, the final frontier – for bacteria! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Bacteria are EVERYWHERE – but they’re not ALL bad. Helpful bacteria, called probiotics, are found in food and drinks, like Kombucha tea! So if bacteria can survive in my drink…where else can
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