Seagrass in your hair? Yuck!? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. The ocean collects a lot of things: shipwrecks, plastic…And harmful bacteria from sewage. These sickening microbes can result in a trip to the hospital…or worse! Where can we find a safe place to play
Continue reading
What’d you say? I can’t HAIR you! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. We associate hair coming out our ears with aging… and aging with… well… hearing loss. But could hair in our ears actually make our hearing less… fuzzy? Our ears actually have MILLIONS
Continue reading
How ‘bout a caffeine charged shopping spree?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science saying.. Doesn’t that sound like the perfect pairing? Get that Joe and GOOO through those aisles – snatch up those bargains! But how does caffeine ACTUALLY impact our spending? Dipanyan Biswas from
Continue reading
There’s a bright future for farming… in the dark? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Life on earth depends on the sun. You know it, I know it… FARMERS… KNOW IT. But photosynthesis–how crops use sunlight to synthesize fuel from carbon dioxide and water–is actually
Continue reading
Love the Louvre, but can’t go to Paris? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Art can make us feel happy, calm, and peaceful. But not everyone has a museum in their neighborhood! Is there a hack? Enter MacKenzie Trupp from the University of Vienna and
Continue reading
Bad memory making you BATTY? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. I know an AMAZING taco stand! I just can’t recall where it is! How do other species remember where to get a bite? Enter May Dixon and team from the University of Texas, Austin.
Continue reading
To the moon and beyond! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. To support life on the moon, oxygen is crucial! But there are no plants for photosynthesis. What can we do?! Enter Yingfang Yao from Nanjing University and team. They analyzed a sample of moon-dirt
Continue reading
Don’t forget to water your … computer?!? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Most of the electricity we use comes from fossil fuels. . . and that’s not good for our warming planet. Is there another way? Indeed! For truly GREEN energy, how about plants?
Continue reading
Want to give your brain a leg up? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Are you a multitasking master? Or do you prefer doing one thing at a time? Some people are just great at juggling multiple jobs at once! Why? Enter Eleni Patelaki and
Continue reading
Love what you’ve done with the place… but it STANKS! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Home improvements like roof tarring are smelly but necessary. Wait until it’s too hot to do it, and your home will be vulnerable. Our marine friends are in much
Continue reading