Can we afford this BUZZ TOWN?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Are bee habitats getting GENTRIFIED? Today’s urban gardens are full of harvest crops and ornamental flowers. Better place for bees than an empty lot with unkempt weeds, right? RIGHT? Enter Frances Sivakoff and
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Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes!
Need a change in routine? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science, saying, I spoke too soon! You’ve got that daily commute down – twenty, thirty minutes tops! BUT when your GPS says it’ll take thirty-ONE minutes — you ABANDON your usual route! What makes us
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Do our furry friends LOVE to spice it up? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science saying, YOU PEPPER BELIEVE IT! Some of us humans love spicy food! Others don’t. But what’s the story with. . . MAMMALS? Bowen Li from the Kunming Institute of Zoology
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You’ve heard of grass-fed meat – how about grass-grown?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Experts say eating less meat is good for the planet. But those double-doubles are hard to give up! Is it possible to grow a “greener” burger? Enter Scott Allan from
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Why does this place have so much BUZZ anyway?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Would you rather live in an empty lot, full of scraggly shrubs, or a beautiful urban garden? WAIT, plot twist… you’re a BEE. Where would you make your bee-home in
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Need a change in routine? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science, saying, I spoke too soon! You’ve got that daily commute down – twenty, thirty minutes tops! BUT when your GPS says it’ll take thirty-ONE minutes — you ABANDON your usual route! What makes us
Continue readingCh-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes!
Need a change in routine? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science, saying, I spoke too soon! You’ve got that daily commute down – twenty, thirty minutes tops! BUT when your GPS says it’ll take thirty-ONE minutes — you ABANDON your usual route! What makes us
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Ikea furniture and pasta have something in common… and it AIN’T MEATBALLS! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Penne, rigatoni, farfalle … oh my! I can’t wait for pasta night – I’ve got a cupboard full of choices! But all that packaging – so wasteful!
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Can you hear “the music of the . . . deep?” This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Remember “Jaws?!” Brrrr! I don’t know which was scarier the thirty foot shark or that creepy soundtrack! Andrew Nosal from UC San Diego and colleagues pressed play. They
Continue readingSpicy Snackin’ Shrews
Do our furry friends LOVE to spice it up? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science saying, YOU PEPPER BELIEVE IT! Some of us humans love spicy food! Others don’t. But what’s the story with. . . MAMMALS? Bowen Li from the Kunming Institute of Zoology
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