An elephant never forgets… but here’s my card, just in case. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Elephants are one of the most social animal species on earth! They even have names for each other! Who? Michael Pardo and team from Colorado State University recorded
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I’ve got a GUT feeling we know each other somehow! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. What can your digestive gut microbiome say about your social life? Francesco Beghini and team from Yale studied nearly two thousand people across villages in Honduras. In these eighteen
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Ooh, that’s the SWEET spot. Right between my fins. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Sugar scrubs are all the rage these days. They clean our pores and soothe our itches. Now, would you believe killer whales also enjoy that creature comfort? Michael Weiss and
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Polly want… an iPad? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Pet parrots are smart and social, but often live alone. Their isolation can lead to stress, poor well-being, even self-harm. BUT, co-housing parrots can spread disease. Ew. Is… the answer… Zoom?!? Rebecca Kleinberger and team
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Uh-oh! Follow request from Mom – should you accept? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Remember when Mom used to be cool? Hyenas do! Like humans, hyenas are social creatures – pack animals actually. Also like humans, they can use their parents’ social standing for
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Sure, we’re honest! But is that just about optics?!? Literally? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Melissa Bateson of the University of Newcastle surveilled her university coffee room. Coffee, tea and milk were provided, and folks were expected to ante up for what they took.
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Santa Claus is coming to town—or is he? This is Sandra Loh with the Loh Down on Science, saying: Of course he is! All kids know that! Of course, children can also have imaginary friends. Meet Psychologist Stephanie Carlson from the University of Washington and Marjorie Taylor from the University
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It’s tough being the new bird on the block. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Migration is sometimes necessary for survival. But animals with social structures might need to re-learn how to be….social! Enter the Cirl Bunting: a brown sparrow-sized bird. They’ve been studied in
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Rising sea levels—inland homes become beachfront homes become. . . Dude, where’s my neighborhood? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Mathematical models predict over ONE-HUNDRED FORTY MILLION climate migrants by 2050. BUT they don’t consider SOCIAL migration factors like age or growing families. Enter Mathew
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We’ve got chemistry…literally! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. You’ve just clicked with a new friend. It’s easy to SEE why. You think alike, talk alike, even dress alike … but do you SMELL alike? Inbal Ravreby from the Weizmann Institute of Science tried to
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