Ice ice birdy! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Arctic birds are ecosystem all-stars. But when did they first take on the poles? Enter Patrick S. Druckenmiller and team from University of Alaska’s Museum of the North! They discovered Arctic bird fossils from seventy million
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Your tummy knows what it likes. What about your teeth? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. What’s on your plate might shape your smile! Ghazal Aarabi and team at University of Hamburg-Eppendorf studied this. Over six thousand participants logged their eating habits and received dental
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Is it just me, or is seafood getting … crunchier? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. The waves of the Atlantic carry an invisible danger – nanoplastics. These particles are tiny; about a thousand times smaller than a grain of sand. Enter Dušan Materić and
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Welcome to the New World, golden opportunities… or not. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Immigrants around the world often earn less than their local coworkers. Why? Enter Are Skeie Hermansen and team from Stockholm University. They looked for the reason behind wage gaps between
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Even mitochondria – the powerhouse of the cell – needs a nap sometimes! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. We know sleep is important. But what does it actually DO for our bodies? Enter Raffaele Sarnataro and team from University of Oxford. They used fruit
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AI doesn’t miss a beat. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Heart disease is deadly, but traditional testing is expensive and time-consuming! What’s new? Enter Pierre Elias and team at Columbia University. They aimed to detect heart disease from a simple rhythm test. They trained
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Does clean energy have a dirty downside? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Electric cars! Sleek, silent, and saving the planet! Or… are they? Jennifer L. Guelfo and team from Texas Tech and Duke University took a closer look at lithium-ion batteries. They detected PFAS
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Is there really such a thing as a “guilt-free” drink? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. We’ve all seen the labels: “Sugar-free” “Zero calories”. But are those artificial sweeteners really harmless? Enter Charlotte Debras and team from Sorbonne Paris Nord University. They tracked over one
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Tossing, turning… and gasping for air! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. We all hate hot nights — sweaty sheets, cranky mornings. But are we losing more than sleep? Enter Bastien Lechat and team from Flinders University in Australia. Using under-the-mattress sleep trackers, they studied a hundred
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No sunny, no honey, know what I mean? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Sunscreen has been around for over a century. And guess what: it does more than prevent sunburns! So why don’t men use it enough? Enter Patrícia Maia Campos and team from
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