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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Frozen Jelly
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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Being “Best in Show” may not be so glamorous! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Smushed faces, funny snorts – pugs are so cute! But like many purebred dog breeds, they have a lot of health problems. These include decreased puppy survival and increased risk
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I before E except after C … or is it the other way around? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Feel like you’re making the same mistakes OVER and OVER? Maybe you just need to take a step back … and meditate! Enter Yanli Lin
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“Honey, we’ve shrunk… the BIRDS?” This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Giraffes didn’t grow their long necks overnight — it took MILLIONS of years of adaptation! What if we could see animals adapting to environmental changes – within our own lifetime? Enter Vitek Jirinec and
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If you can potty train a dog, can you potty train … A COW? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science, saying — the real question is – why would you want to? Well, when cow pies and cow pee mix, a gas called ammonia forms.
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