Popping Pollination

Bubble resting on top of flower pistil

Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble… or not? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Aaahhh…who doesn’t love a long bubble bath?… But can soap be MORE than relaxing? Can we put those bubbles to work? Enter Xi Yang and Eijiro Miyako, from the Advanced Institute of

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Secret Ancestry

Where does YOUR family tree begin? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. We are ALL homo sapien. AKA human! Two-million years ago, humans didn’t live all over the planet. Scientists believed our ancestors, homo erectus, came from EAST Africa. Until now… Let’s travel to Drimolen Main

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Pigeon Rivalry

Pigeons standing opposote each other by gate

Yankees versus Red Sox, an age-old rivalry! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. This hundred year old feud started when a Red Sox player moved to the Yankees. But is the quarrel JUST for the baseball fans? Or also for… the pigeons? Meet Elizabeth Carlen

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Robot Driver

I’m a SUPER-safe driver! But those OTHER guys…! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Driving to work – it’s like a game of Grand Theft Auto! It’s scary how dangerously people drive. Would ROBOTS make the commute safer? Most of us think of ourselves as

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Thor: Rok-star

All hail the mighty Viking….climatologists?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. You’re a Viking from the ninth century. NO BEER?! NO FOOD?! Is the world ENDING?! Twelve hundred years ago, Vikings carved a message on a rock– the Rok Runestone. Previously, researchers thought the Rok

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