Is the cure for cancer in… WHALES?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Big animals need TONS of cell divisions to grow. That means more chances for DNA oopsies – AKA CANCER. But bowhead whales – despite their size – AREN’T more prone to cancer!!
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Let’s break bread… This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Wheat feeds billions globally. But where did this journey begin? Enter Fei Lu and team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. They analyzed the DNA of over seven hundred wheat types, from wild grasses to modern
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Brain surgery is a gamble, but the odds just got better! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Removing brain tumors is tricky — surgeons can’t immediately tell the difference between cancerous and healthy brain cells. But wait… Enter Dr. Sachi Maeda and team from Nagoya
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Is the fountain of youth… filled with naked mole-rats? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. For ages, we’ve been slathering creams and botox on our wrinkles. But naked mole-rats? They stay smooth while living ten times longer than lab mice! How?! Yu Chen’s team at
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Do you ever think your sibling comes from a different species entirely? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Children usually look like their parents! But… what about ants? Yannick Juvé and team from the University of Montpellier played Maurie Povich for harvester ants. Ant males
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Man, your bad breath is MAMMOTH! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Over a million years ago, woolly mammoths roamed the earth. They’re extinct now, and while fossils preserve the shape and size, most DNA is lost. Not all of it, though… Enter Benjamin Guinet
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Up in age, but young at heart! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Aging is about how well your body and mind hold up over time. How do we measure that? Enter Matías Fuentealba and team at the Buck Institute. They developed a blood test that
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Roll over Beethoven! And Balto too! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Who doesn’t love a snow dog story? Except the part where they die heroically. Like a thousand year old breed of endangered Inuit-Canadian sled dogs! Meet the noble Qimmit. These fluffy boys have
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Is cannabis…*COUGH COUGH*… the silent killer?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Sure pothead… you can quit “anytime you want.” Riiight… but don’t tell ME “you’ve changed man,” because YOU’VE changed man – internally! Dig this. Drew R. Nannini and team from Northwestern University studied
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Could we rewrite the story of Down syndrome? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Down syndrome occurs when someone has an extra copy of chromosome twenty-one. That can lead to developmental delays and health issues. But Ryotaro Hashizume and team at Mie University in Japan
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