Happy New Year! How about a big fat mug of champagne? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Gerard Liger–Belair from France’s University of Reims wondered: Do bubblier champagnes taste better? With German colleagues, he used mass spectroscopy to analyze bubbles. Bubbles have what Liger-Belair calls an
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Snack time! Brownie or…cucumber? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Our prehistoric ancestors hunted for high-calorie prey to survive. Fortunately, WE don’t have to hunt farther than the nearest cafeteria for our next meal. But do we still have the instincts to sniff out the
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Do our furry friends LOVE to spice it up? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science saying, YOU PEPPER BELIEVE IT! Some of us humans love spicy food! Others don’t. But what’s the story with. . . MAMMALS? Bowen Li from the Kunming Institute of Zoology
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Are junk foods HIJACKING your brain!? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Junk food can be irresistible. But are we BORN with this preference, or is it something we LEARN? Sharmili Thanarajah from the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research and team investigated. Researchers
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Snack time! Brownie or…cucumber? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Our prehistoric ancestors hunted for high-calorie prey to survive. Fortunately, WE don’t have to hunt farther than the nearest cafeteria for our next meal. But do we still have the instincts to sniff out the
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Do our furry friends LOVE to spice it up? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science saying, YOU PEPPER BELIEVE IT! Some of us humans love spicy food! Others don’t. But what’s the story with. . . MAMMALS? Bowen Li from the Kunming Institute of Zoology
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No kidding – that’s one BAD apple! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. When choosing apples, do you grab the brightest one? Maybe you should give that off-colored produce a second look! Laura Bolos from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and colleagues recruited over
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Go, go, octopus arms! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. When it comes to arms, octopuses have PLENTY! Their suction-cupped arms have terrified us in horror movies. But do we really know them? Lena Van Giesen and her team at Harvard University looked deeper. The
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“Life is like a box of chocolates….” This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science saying, wise words from Forrest Gump! We’ve all heard not to judge a book by its cover. But what about chocolates? Meet Frank Dunshea and his team from the University of Melbourne.
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Kale again? Yuck! I hate bitter greens! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. I know, I know – eating greens is healthy. But my taste buds disagree! What’s the secret to eating those bitter greens happily? Meet Laura Martin and colleagues from the University of
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