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Incognito Ships

August 13, 2025 Anjaney Gulavani

A fishing expedition… among the stars?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Beware of maritime crime: smuggling, illegal fishing, tax evasion. Crooks turn off their ships’ tracking beacons to stay invisible. But perhaps we can still see them… from space?! Enter Andrea Mazzeo and team from

Unsinkable Metal

May 27, 2020 Alex Jarnot

Loose lips sink ships, but can spiders save them? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Oh, the clever Diving Bell Spiders! These creatures drag bell-shaped webs underwater – trapping an air bubble. They use the trapped air to breathe underwater, where they live! That gave