(Bleeeep)!!! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Can cursing give you SCIENTIFICALLY stronger muscles? Richard Stephens and team at Keele University put this to the test. Volunteers held themselves up in a chair push-up for as long as possible. As they supported themselves, they
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Don’t mind me, I’m just taking a little jellyfish nap! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Jellyfish don’t have a brain, just a spread of neurons. So why would they even need sleep? Enter Raphael Aguillon and team from Bar-Ilan University. They discovered that jellyfish
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From the lab bench to fashion week! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. The chemicals in fabric dyes are harmful to the environment, polluting our water sources. Researchers are looking for eco-friendly ways to modify fabrics. Like Rafael Grande and team from the University of
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Think of them as pocket-sized dragons! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Bats are relatively small predators, so a majority of their meals are insects caught by grazing. However, the fringe-lipped bat stunned researchers with its lion-like hunting abilities. Leonie Baier and team at Aarhus
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Friends don’t let friends… get wrinkly??? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Friendships are one of life’s joys, but could they also slow aging? Dr. Anthony Ong and team at Cornell studied over two thousand middle-aged adults to find out. They compared bloodwork to biological
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Does the perfect pasta sauce come down to… PHYSICS?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Cacio e pepe: it’s just cheese and pepper, how hard can it be? Turns out, deceptively hard! It eludes perfection due to its temperature sensitivity AND precise ingredient ratios. So
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Hey man, can I bum a ride… to Mars?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Spacecraft cleanrooms use rigorous procedures to ensure no microbial guests stow away on missions. However, some bacteria are hard to detect, since they don’t form spores. Madhan Tirumalai and team
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Never bring cocktail sauce to a shrimp fight. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. The Peacock mantis shrimp throws the strongest punch in the animal kingdom. Their club-like claws deliver blows as damaging as twenty-two caliber bullets. Yowch! It’s been a mystery how the shrimp
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