Dark Stars

Can dark matter shine bright? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Dark matter is an invisible substance all around us, with gravitational pull. We don’t know what it’s made of, or where it came from… but ancient stars might illuminate the picture. It’s theorized that

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Dogs Think Like Us

Rover, watch your mouth! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. The University of San Diego has been teaching dogs to talk!… by pressing soundboard buttons. Each button plays a different word. Some dogs have constructed fully coherent phrases. But are they just following their owner’s

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Life on Mars

E.T., is that you – or just microbes on Mars? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. NASA has found the best evidence for life on Mars so far.  The team, led by Joel Hurowitz, analyzed rock samples collected by the Perseverance rover. In the rocks,

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Medium Black Hole

Ever heard of Goldilocks and the three… black holes?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Black holes are either supermassive or quite small. Except for a medium-sized freak accident! Researchers at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory were studying waves in space time – caused

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