I spy with my little chameleon eye… everything! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. For centuries, chameleons have stumped us. How do they pull off a full three-sixty-degree peek? Enter Emily Collins and team from Sam Houston State University. They dissected and X-rayed the brains
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Hold on! What’s this say…? Oh! It says “I’m Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science.” Whoof. Getting old is hard on your eyes. But! Alexandra Bernardo-Colón and team at the National Eye Institute just might keep blindness at bay. Aging and disease cause the death of eye
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Can we fix dead pixels… in our eyes?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. To see, our eyes need light to trigger brain signals. For people with a disease called macular degeneration, that connection is broken, creating a permanent blind spot! Enter Frank Holz and
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Have you ever ACTUALLY seen red? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science saying… Infrared that is! Infrared light is radiation that’s invisible to the naked eye, but can be felt as warmth. You can see it with heat vision goggles, and some cameras. But what
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Now see here, pig! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Retinal disease is a major cause of blindness, affecting millions. But what if we could make… replacement eyes?! Just look at Kimberly Edwards and team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison! They’re growing tiny “mini-eyes” in
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These glasses help you see… with your ears! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Blindness affects about thirty-nine million people worldwide. This can make daily life more difficult! Can technology help? Enter Howe Yuan Zhu and team from the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. They
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Do animals REALLY see eye to eye? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Most humans have the ability to detect color and perceive depth. But have you ever wondered how animals see the world? Eleanor Caves at Duke University studies how animals’ vision influences their
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Could Benjamin Button’s secret be… cellular? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Can you read the fine print in this internet service contract? Neither did I! As we age, our genes age too, causing a myriad of annoying changes — including loss of vision. What
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What if we could save sight…with SOUND? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science saying… Okay, not just any sound…ULTRAsound! Yep, the same technology we use to SEE babies before they’re born. Can it also be used to restore vision? Enter Xuejun Qian and team from the
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Could Benjamin Button’s secret be… cellular? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Can you read the fine print in this internet service contract? Neither did I! As we age, our genes age too, causing a myriad of annoying changes — including loss of vision. What
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