What’s turning the Red Planet green?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science saying… A Martian aurora! The first visible one, captured by NASA’s Perseverance! Elise Knutsen and team at the University of Colorado spotted this phenomenon after a solar storm. The charged solar particles zoomed toward
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Why does the caged bird sing… karaoke?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science saying… To remember their feathers! I mean fathers! Enter Carlos Rodríguez‑Saltos from the University of Southern California. He studied how captive male zebra finches learn to sing. Turns out, male juveniles usually learn
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Can pollution JAM UP your brain?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. You’re weaving through honking, coughing traffic. Your head is pounding like a drum solo. Could smog be scrambling our brain signals? Enter Yichen Yang and a team from the University of Edinburgh. They
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What if creating tech was as simple as… IKEA directions?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science saying… the future … is coming soon! Enter Michael Chuang and teams from Stanford University and the Allen Institute for AI. Check out their Large Circuit Models. These are
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