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Bloody Brain Bouncers

June 16, 2025 Veronica Woo

What do you mean I’m not on the guest list?! I’m Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science! Geez! Like an exclusive club, our brains have a bouncer: the blood-brain barrier or B-B-B. It guards your brain from intruders in your bloodstream. But some diseases can compromise the

Drip Drop

September 4, 2020 Jessie Yaros

The sound of insomnia: cue the LEAKY FAUCET! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science, on the most annoying sound ever. What causes that DRIP DRIP of a leaky bathtub? It’s not what you think! Anurag Agarwal at the University of Cambridge discovered the cause —