I can’t sleep! It’s insom-NOM-NOM-NOM-ia time! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Who doesn’t love saving a little snack for later? Sometimes WAY later. During the summer, reindeer eat ALL DAY to get ready for winter. Their stomachs have FOUR chambers, including one to store
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Could the key to preserving your brain be in … your bones?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Alzheimer’s is a debilitating disease. It’s caused by the build up of a sticky protein that kills neurons – the nervous system’s messenger cells. Our brains have
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Luke, use the force… to talk?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Jedi Warriors in Star Wars can communicate telepathically. Could we give that ability to those who’ve lost speech to neurodegenerative diseases? Currently, there are ways of translating brain signals into words, but they’re
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No time to exercise? There might still be a “runners high” on the way! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Whew! Just one more lap around the block! Or … hamster wheel? Even lab mice can get a “runners’ high!” And those who get their
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Ahhhh-CHOO! Was that your neighbor, or your sponge?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Kitchen sponges are modeled after sea sponges. These marine animals have no brains or muscles. They just sit and eat all day! Sounds nice. But, what about cleaning off?
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There’s a new way to record brain WEAVES! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Technology is due for some long-needed renovations. Some cameras don’t recognize the darker skin tones of Black people. There’s medical equipment that diagnoses sleep disorders and epileptic seizures. To
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Fido! What’s dogging you? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. It can be heartbreaking to see your nervous pup pacing restlessly. The brain function of dogs is a big mystery! What’s the key to calm their canine jitters?! Enter Yangfeng Xu and
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Think fast: what’d you have for breakfast?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Whether recalling mom’s birthday or where you set your keys down, memory can be fuzzy. But we should be able to remember something we just saw, right? Turns out, even very new
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Birds of a feather flock together. But how about us humans? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Do you and your besties share a love of knitting? Schlocky horror movies? Barbershop quartets? Sure, but just how alike are you? Ryan Hyon from UCLA and colleagues
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Could music be the KEY to healthy brains? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science… saying… Be quiet! This is my jam! There’s nothing quite like good music to pick us up when we’re down. But could music help us recover from brain injuries? That’s just
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