Ants! They’re tiny, they’re mighty, they’re – master coders? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. How are hungry ants like scientists? Check out an anthill! Here ants wander randomly, searching until they reach their target. Scientists might also try a million paths before that EUREKA
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Trying to get healthy? So are mice! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Turns out, our furry friends share our aging woes of round bellies and weak muscles. What if we could lose flab and get strong in one stroke? Alexander Pfeifer and colleagues from
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Ka-ching! Money can’t buy happiness, but can it buy LONELINESS? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Deborah Ward and colleagues from the University at Buffalo wondered. The researchers surveyed almost a thousand people. They asked questions like, how much time did you spend alone in
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Grand Theft Auto, Animal Crossing, Mario Kart – video games are just mindless fun – right? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Gamers will tell you that games are serious business. It takes HOURS of practice to “get to master level”. So how do game
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Psst! Is your stomach playing telephone – with your brain? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Let me think… Is it dinner time yet? Your brain keeps tabs on your stomach. Whether it’s time to digest or eat up. But does your gut TALK BACK?!
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Stress got you going in circles…literally? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Left is right – right is wrong – right??!! Aaargh! Could it be stress that’s jamming up your brain’s navigation system? Thackery Brown from Georgia Tech and the team at Stanford memory lab
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