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A Flu Cure in Spitting Distance

March 2, 2020 Bryce Wilson

Next year’s flu shot may come from llamas!? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Flu vaccines help us make antibodies — trained assassins that target bad bugs! But flu comes in many strains, which are always changing. This makes it challenging to predict the most

Four-Letter Words

November 3, 2017 Loh Down Staff

How many four-letter words do you know? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Let’s take “drat.” Rearrange the letters, and you can also make dart, and that’s about it. My point? There’s a limit to how many words you can make with those four letters.