Episodes – Page 111 – The Loh Down On Science

Armored Fish

February 3, 2020 Racine Rangel

Swimming with piranhas? You’d have to be one tough cookie! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. What animal is longer than two mailboxes and loves the water? The arapaima! These giant fish live in piranha-infested waters of the Amazon river. Yet, they NEVER get bitten!

Caterpillar’s Sixth Sense

January 31, 2020 Sasha Vyatskikh

Sixth sense: fact or fiction? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Peppered moth caterpillars are found all over the world. But you’ve probably never seen one. Why? Because they’re REALLY good at hiding by changing their color! Meet Amy Eacock

The Math is Out There

January 30, 2020 Hunter Allison

ALIENS! Where are they?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Back in the 1970’s, physicist, Enrico Fermi, asked this EXACT question over lunch. The other physicists thought he was being funny, but Fermi was serious! With one-hundred billion stars in the galaxy -there’s

Happy Meal?

January 29, 2020 Maureen Purcell

Is fast food for the BIRDS? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Urban birds get plenty of chow. Crumbs, sandwiches, dumpsters of snacks… One human’s trash is another bird’s feast. Or is it more like a last supper? Meet Andrea

Safari Snaps

January 28, 2020 Alex Jarnot

Science is saving animals with… Snapchat? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Studying wild animals in their natural habitat can be tough. Some animals only show up once in a while. Others only come out at night. How can scientists keep

Spiders on the Storm

January 27, 2020 Maria Montchal

It’s Stormy Monday….for spiders! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Approaching storms make people rush to the grocery store for the last of the milk. Could storms also affect the behavior of…spiders? Enter Jonathan Pruitt from UC Santa Barbara and

Gotta Learn ‘Em All!

January 24, 2020 Maureen Purcell

I choose YOU, caribou! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Did you know that many kids can recognize more Pokemon species than real ones? Megan Callahan of the University of British Columbia does! That got her wondering – could card games

Apple Picking

January 23, 2020 Preeta Pratakshya

Don’t….Don’t bite the apple! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. When we eat an apple, we’re also consuming about a HUNDRED MILLION bacteria! Should we be concerned? After all, not all bacteria are evil! To learn more, Gabriele Berg

Fish Arms

January 22, 2020 Maria Montchal

Look out, Nemo – there’s a shark on your tail! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Undersea life can be brutal – one quick chomp, and a fish can lose a fin! But some lucky fish can grow them back, including

Liquid Spectacle

January 21, 2020 Jaclyn Beck

Nothing like diving into a good book! But why do they make the print so SMALL??? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Presbyopia, or far-sightedness, is a common problem for (ahem) eyes of a certain age. Bring on the bifocals —