Think one flu shot fits all? Think again. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Vaccines train your immune system to make antibodies, which recognize and help block viruses. But turns out…not everyone makes the same antibodies! Alexandra Fischer and team at Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet studied
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What LED scientists and neighbors to work together? LEAD! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. You can’t see or smell lead in soil. But for decades, lead from the former Exide battery smelter settled into L.A. neighborhood gardens. How much is left? Enter Jill Johnston
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Staring contest? How about a scaring contest… with a crow! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Urban birds, like crows, tolerate us. But how do they FEEL about us? Ask Yuiko Suzuki and team from Keio University. They attached wireless sensors with gel pad electrodes
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Time to shake a leg: literally! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Wanting to exercise is not always the problem. Sometimes it’s just exhausting. Florian Marchand and team at the University of Savoy Mont-Blanc set out to change our perception. They recruited fifteen cyclists. Each
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Paging Stuart Smalley: your daily affirmations might matter more than you think! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. We’ve all heard “mind over matter”. But can positive thinking REALLY improve your life? Dakota Witzel, and team at South Dakota State University investigated. They surveyed over
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Pass the remote control… mice??? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Electromagnetic fields, or EMFs, are invisible energy fields created by flowing electricity. From TV remotes to MRI machines, EMFs have many uses! But can EMFs turn on… a gene?! Junyeop Kim and team at
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Does the Earth wipe its own… GAS?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Permafrost is any ground that has been frozen for years, storing carbon. When thawed, that carbon is released as a gas, CO2. It escapes into the atmosphere, traps heat, and worsens climate
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Global warming means fewer ice hazards, right? Not so fast, Jack Frost. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Hailstorms are among the costliest weather disasters. They can destroy crops, vehicles, and rooftops. So what happens to hail in a warmer world? Enter Shiyi Zhang and
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Conservation is a big deal – who should drive this project? Nature? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Let’s look at NATURAL rainforest recovery, with Timo Metz and team at Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany. They surveyed sixty-two plots in Ecuador’s Chocó rainforest. These
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Need a workout boost? Skip the energy drink and try headphones instead! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Scientific evidence shows that music can help you push through a workout. But could listening to your favorite tunes make you go EVEN HARDER? Andrew Danso and
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