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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Is science cutting corners… with DNA!? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Gene therapy often hits a roadblock because inserting whole genes usually requires chopping DNA. This risks errors and unwanted mutations. How can we stop the chop? Isaac Witte and team from Harvard developed
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No sunlight and few snacks… sounds like paradise… for an anglerfish! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. For decades, scientists assumed harsh deep-sea conditions limited evolution. No sunlight and fewer resources could lead to fewer weird fish. But is that true? Elizabeth Miller and team
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Ahh, a breath of fresh … biometrics?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. To track wildlife species, researchers analyze environmental DNA – or eDNA – from the air. But sometimes they find PEOPLE’S PRIVATE information. Oops! Take Orestis Nousias and team from University of Florida.
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All hail, King Garfield the First! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. What exactly makes an orange cat… orange? Why are they gingers? Are they IRISH? To find the answer… let’s go to JAPAN… and meet Hidehiro Toh and team at Kyushu University. They compared
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Take a chill pill! For the grandbabies! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Our D-N-A code makes us who we are! But how does stress affect that code? Enter Stephanie King and team at the University of Lethbridge. They investigated how stress is carried across
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