Is there an early warning system for… seizures? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Seizures often strike when potassium levels in the brain suddenly shift. But SPOTLIGHTING these shifts is hard. Potassium moves fast and in amounts too small to track. Until now… Enter Daishun
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Are we finished ruining soda for you? NOPE! Never. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. You know who just LOVES a sweet treat? CANCER! Just ask Lewis C. Cantley and team from Weill Cornell Medicine. They studied mice genetically prone to intestinal tumors. Half the
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Cutting carbon is a global hot potato! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Reports of national carbon emissions often contradict each other. So who’s right? Time for a sky-high referee! Enter Doyeon Ahn and team at Morgan State University. They used satellites to scan carbon
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Let’s break bread… This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Wheat feeds billions globally. But where did this journey begin? Enter Fei Lu and team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. They analyzed the DNA of over seven hundred wheat types, from wild grasses to modern
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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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