Do we need to start vaccinating… bugs?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science… And we’re talking about taking malaria OUT of mosquitoes. Enter Alexandra Probst and her team at Harvard. After screening dozens of antimalarial drugs, they found two that could do the trick. They’re
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I’ve got a GUT feeling we know each other somehow! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. What can your digestive gut microbiome say about your social life? Francesco Beghini and team from Yale studied nearly two thousand people across villages in Honduras. In these eighteen
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Got one foot stuck in the dial-up era? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Current prosthetics are like flip phones – clunky, slow, and plasticky. What’s the next big thing? Ask Hugh Herr and team from MIT! Old prosthetic legs are socket based. Herr’s version?
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Moth to flame? More like… suns out, buns out! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Picture this: it’s a warm summer night. You flip on the porch light – and in swarm the bugs! Scientists have long wondered why are flying insects drawn to artificial
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Hey, coffee lovers! How’s your sleep? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Caffeine can boost alertness. It’s in coffee, chocolate – even soda! But what if you have too much caffeine before bed? Enter Philipp Thölke and team from the University of Montreal! They gave
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Is that a new freckle… or something more? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Ever spot a weird mole and tumble down a rabbit hole of self-diagnosis? What if your phone could offer a real second opinion, minus the drama? Meet Siyuan Yan and team
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Don’t open Pandoraea’s box! Who knows what you’ll unleash! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Pandoraea is an awful bacteria that infects mucus in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients. But could we use it for good? Here’s how that nasty stuff works. Meet Elena
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Is the cure for cancer… a jog? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Run for your health, they say. But can you outrun… a tumor? Enter Catherine Phelps from the University of Pittsburgh. Her team studied melanoma-prone mice. Some exercised, others stayed sedentary. Surprisingly, tumor
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AI doesn’t miss a beat. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Heart disease is deadly, but traditional testing is expensive and time-consuming! What’s new? Enter Pierre Elias and team at Columbia University. They aimed to detect heart disease from a simple rhythm test. They trained
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Does clean energy have a dirty downside? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Electric cars! Sleek, silent, and saving the planet! Or… are they? Jennifer L. Guelfo and team from Texas Tech and Duke University took a closer look at lithium-ion batteries. They detected PFAS
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