Human trash is a birds’ feast! Or a last supper? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Meet Andrea Townsend and colleagues from Hamilton College and U-C Davis. They tested for differences in cholesterol levels, general health, and survival rates, between urban and rural baby crows.
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Pokémon to the rescue! Of our environment? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Megan Callahan of the University of British Columbia realized something CURIOUS. Kids know more Pokémon species than real ones! Enter Phylo, an educational card game about ecosystems. Phylo cards feature animals, plants
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Christmas came and went – and so did the cookies you left for Santa! But what do reindeer eat offseason? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Climate change in the far north freezes Rudolph’s favorite plants. It also melts sea-ice bridges, preventing reindeer from foraging
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Christmas came and went – and so did the cookies you left for Santa! But what do reindeer eat offseason? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Climate change in the far north freezes Rudolph’s favorite plants. It also melts sea-ice bridges, preventing reindeer from foraging
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Who says you can’t work up a sweat playing Minecraft? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Who ISN’T clocking extra video game hours these days? Practice makes perfect! But, could something BESIDES all that couch-sittin’ and button-mashing help you level up? Marc Roig and his team
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Smoke and mirrors…it’s not just a magician’s trick! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Cigarettes have a NEW magic trick – THIRD hand smoke! Harmful tobacco pollutants are dirtying up counters and clothes alike! Yet those surfaces were never NEXT to the smoke. How do
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It’s been a few months…How are those New Years’ resolutions coming? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Making goals is easy. Sticking with them? Two different beasts! Doing a triathlon- great idea! But, once you start training- yikes! Agata Ludwiczak and a University College London
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Fries or chips? Soccer or football? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science, saying… same language – different words! Depends on which side of the pond you’re from. And people from different generations tend to talk differently too. Brendan Johns and Randall Jamieson of the Universities
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Forget spelling bees, how about SMELL-ing bees? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Ever notice how certain scents bring up old memories? Franziska Neumann of the University of Freiburg wondered whether smells can help us LEARN better, too. She and her team partnered with two
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Can she sell sea shells by the sea shore? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Sea shell hunting is SWELL. But when carbon dioxide levels rise, the ocean gobbles up shells instead of sharing! See, carbon dioxide is absorbed from air or stirred up
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