Do spider senses really tingle? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Spiders are sooo creepy. With their long legs, beady eyes… and NO EARS?! That’s right. Unlike many living creatures, spiders do not have known eardrums. But, they detect and react to sound. How? Meet
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Stay thirsty, my LEAFY friends! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science It’s been so hot, last night I almost slept in my bathtub. But we gotta conserve water. It’s fire season after all. And our majestic redwoods aren’t gonna protect themselves… are they? Alana Chin and
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Country roads… take you home?? Literally? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Where did you grow up? In a bustling city? Suburban cul-de-sac? Out on a farm, perhaps? Could your home impact your sense of direction? Enter Antoine Coutrot and team from the University of Lyon.
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Variety is the spice of life, but me – I just put vanilla in everything! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science… I always order a vanilla latte at Starbucks because… everyone else does! But how far back does this trend go? Meet Ayala Amir and
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Exercise is…easy on the eyes? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. We spend HOURS in front of screens. Computers! phones! TVs! All that exposure can leave our eyes dry and tired. Is there a solution in SIGHT? Enter Samuel Abokyi at the University of Cape
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Which way to the seafood buffet? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Humans fish the ocean — but marine mammals gotta eat too! There ARE Marine Protected Areas, or MPAs, where they can forage undisturbed. But how do we decide what regions should be under
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A picture is worth a thousand… lives?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. A smoker’s black lung. A chronic sun tanners aged skin. Scared yet?? Health agencies have pushed these frightening visuals on us for YEARS. But do they REALLY convince us to change our
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Can you even imagine a time before … horses? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. In the early two-thousands, archeologists in modern-day Syria found bones of a horse-like creature. The bones were over forty-five hundred years old! But horses weren’t introduced to the area for
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For your consideration: a baffling conundrum – a question without an answer. Next stop . . .The Twilight Zone! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. I’ve been puzzling over this Sudoku for HOURS! Maybe it’s time for . . . a trip to the inner
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Stay chill… with jelly? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Hot day at the beach? Storing food for a long car trip? Bring plenty of ICE! But ice isn’t always sustainable or sanitary. It’s difficult to collect meltwater to make more ice. And, when ice
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