Can we protect two babes with one shot? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Neither early nor late, we want childbirth right on time. But nature has other ideas. Like pre-eclampsia. It limits blood flow to the placenta, giving mom high blood pressure. This slows
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Bring your canine to clean your canines! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Dental anxiety in children can lead to poor oral health early in life. How can we calm our kids? Enter Sergio Luiz Pinheiro and team at Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas in Brazil. They
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As the childhood tune goes: your nose brain’s connected to your… ear brain?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Why do certain culinary aromas make our ears perk up? Nathan Vogler and team at the University of Pennsylvania investigated. They identified a direct connection between
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There’s a double agent in your BLOOD?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Meet PCSK9: a gatekeeper enzyme, controlling your cholesterol levels. Sounds alright… But new evidence from the Tavazoie lab at Rockefeller University reveals its sinister secret: helping cancer cells evade the immune system!
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Do fruit flies get beer goggles? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science, with an unusual Valentine’s Day question. Researchers from Pennsylvania State University staged a bash for fruit flies. They coaxed them into specifically-designed viewing chambers called “Fly Pubs”—transparent cylinders pumped with vaporized alcohol. The
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Guys! Are youuuuu hot or not? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Meet Amy Perfors of MIT. On the rating website hot or not dot com, she posted pictures of 24 friends, adding names in the upper corner. She then re-posted, changing the names. Hotness
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Hey guys, gals, non-binary humans—you think dating is hard? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science saying… Pity the simultaneous hermaphrodite. An animal with BOTH sets of sex organs. While polyclad flatworms “mate,” they blast each other with jets of corrosive seminal fluid. It eats through
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How to kiss—ingest mints, pucker lips, tilt head? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Dianne Barrett, Julian Greenwood, and John McCullagh, from Stranmillis University College in Belfast, spied on kissing couples. On campus, and around Belfast, in pubs, bus stations, at the airport! Of the
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Six legged wallflowers don’t get… POLLINATED?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Imagine speed-dating, but you can’t hear anything. Think you’d make it to first base? Well, we’re not the only ones who wanna hear some smooth talk. Mosquitoes do too. Wait… Can we use
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Describe your personality … in ONE EMOJI! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Texting a friend? That winky face says more than you think! Dr. Simon Dubé at Indiana University explored how emotional awareness and intimacy influence emoji use. They surveyed around three hundred adults
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