An apple a day keeps the doctor away…right??? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. For years, researchers have wanted to find the healthiest diet. But perhaps all this time the answer was much more GREEN than we expected. That’s what Khawlah Alateeq and researchers from
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Smiley face emoji, SENT! But are you REALLY smiling? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Since ancient times, humans have used symbols to convey thoughts and feelings. The modern “emoji” is no different. But how might these images impact our mental health? Moyu Liu at
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Could music be the KEY to healthy brains? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science… saying… Be quiet! This is my jam! There’s nothing quite like good music to pick us up when we’re down. But could music help us recover from brain injuries? That’s just
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Vaccinate your … BEES?!!!!!?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Bees are essential to our food supply and planet. However, our buzzing little friends can get sick just like us. Some diseases can wipe out an entire hive! How can we save them? Fear not,
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Is it just me, or is it HOT in here? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Ugh! The A-C’s gone out! Isn’t this place insulated? What? They should have used… PLASTIC?! Enter Quan Zhang and Yufeng Wang from Nankai University. They’re experts in polymers –
Continue readingThe early bird gets the worm, but how does that make it feel? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Waking up early has advantages. You can make your bed, do laundry… clean the gutters… I guess. But could it also affect your mood as you
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Could flower power take a bite out of the energy crisis? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Most plants get their energy from the sun, but carnivorous plants eat ANIMALS! They each have a special way to trap their prey. Could this inspire new energy-harnessing
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Could cookies get ANY more a-PEEL-ing? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Hand in the cookie jar again? … Yes…. *sigh* Could someone make a NUTRITIOUS cookie? Enter Asima Shafi and Faizan Ahmad from Aligarh Muslim University. They had an idea that was BANANAS! They
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Boo Boo, stop parroting everything I say! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science… saying… Babies seem to know what they’re talking about… but how do we go from “goo-goo-ga-ga” to sophisticated languages? Rory Eggleston and Karl Berg from the University of Texas looked at birds
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What’d you say? I can’t HAIR you! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. We associate hair coming out our ears with aging… and aging with… well… hearing loss. But could hair in our ears actually make our hearing less… fuzzy? Our ears actually have MILLIONS
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