Old prescriptions, new predictions. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Welcome to the Artificial Intelligence Era! AI can now potentially predict melanoma — a skin cancer — before it strikes. How? With help from medical records. Enter Martin Gillstedt at the University of Gothenburg in
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Watermelon lovers, rejoice! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Watermelon is packed with essential nutrients missing from American diets. Some supplements are the equivalent of a quarter of a watermelon every day. But what if we just ate the real thing? Enter Kristin and
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Help! A star went missing. Who’s the culprit? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Black holes usually sit in the middle of galaxies, quietly waiting for stars to wander too close. But sometimes… they don’t stay put! Enter Yuhan Yao at University of California, Berkeley.
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What if entertainment’s next big thing was discovered in a science lab? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Ants. They’re everywhere. But inside each tiny body? A universe of muscles, organs, and armor. Enter Julian Katzke and team at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. Researchers
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Green energy? What about… blue energy?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Every day, we need more renewable energy — but there’s only so much land for windmills and solar farms. So why not capture the power of ocean waves? Enter Takahito Iida and the
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