Is doggie disease detection a question of… attitude?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Meet the medical detection dog! These pups sniff out disease. But are some dogs better suited for the job? Enter Sharyn Bistre Dabbah and team from the University of Bristol. They
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Get ready for a tail-wagging discovery! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Ever wonder if your dog actually understands you? Well, Marianna Boros and researchers in Budapest, Hungary do too! They put twenty-seven pups to the test using a wearable E-E-G brain wave sensor. Researchers
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Can’t resist PUPPY DOG EYES? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Meet Zsófia Bognár and team at Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary. They gave over ONE HUNDRED dogs a piece of sausage. And even MORE sausage if they looked at the tester! The researchers compared the
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FIIIIDDDOOO I’m home!! How about a kiss! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Seeing long lost friends and family can bring on the waterworks! But what about our furry four-legged friends? Do our dogs have a tearful reunion when they greet us at the door?
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The dog whisperer.. or the human whisperer!? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Dogs, our best friends. They can help us herd, hunt, and sense our emotions! How are they so smart? Shany Dror and team from Eotvos Lorand University in Hungary wondered how dogs
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Dogs really are the ulti-mutt pets! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Anything feels PAW-sible when you have a dog by your side. But why do these furry friends feel so attached to us? Anders Bergström from the Francis Crick Institute in London and an
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