Who doesn’t love an ocean breeze… full of salt… and… contaminants?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Plastic pollution is everywhere. In our oceans, on land… even in our air! Enter Daniel B. Shaw and team from University of Strathclyde in Scotland. They studied how
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Can we turn methane into merlot? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science saying… Scary question, I know. How did we get here? Cow burps and landfills trap us with a bad vintage of greenhouse gases. Can the damage be undone? Enter Ruchira Mitra and colleagues
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Want to age like fine wine? Don’t turn up the heat! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Rising temperatures don’t just melt glaciers. They stress our bodies, specifically gut and immune systems. Heat also warms the ocean waters, which fuels growth of deadly waterborne bacteria.
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Old prescriptions, new predictions. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Welcome to the Artificial Intelligence Era! AI can now potentially predict melanoma — a skin cancer — before it strikes. How? With help from medical records. Enter Martin Gillstedt at the University of Gothenburg in
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Curse you, gas station sushi! Never again! *Blarf* This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Food avoidance is actually a learned behavior. And we’re not the only ones who do it. Yujie Wang and team from University of Bonn, studied this in fruit flies. They fed
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Watermelon lovers, rejoice! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Watermelon is packed with essential nutrients missing from American diets. Some supplements are the equivalent of a quarter of a watermelon every day. But what if we just ate the real thing? Enter Kristin and
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Something smells … overcooked. Is it your brain?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. As we age, brain inflammation drives diseases like Alzheimer’s, burning a hole in our memory. But could the cure be right under our noses? Leelavathi Madhu and team at Texas A&M
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Can getting your hands dirty actually make you feel better? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. We often think of dirt as something to avoid. But could the soil beneath our feet hold microbes that benefit our health? Researchers from the University of Colorado, Boulder
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Time to fight fire with fire! Literally! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Wildfires destroy homes and fill the air with harmful smoke. To reduce damage, land managers sometimes light fires on purpose. Carefully controlled, low-intensity burns can minimize future fire risk. But what about
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Is tap water rewriting your baby’s blueprint? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. PFAS are synthetic “forever chemicals” used in nonstick pans that NEVER decompose. Now, PFAS chemicals are in drinking water everywhere in tiny amounts. Is it enough to harm developing babies? Enter Melle
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