Splat! It was a fly-by pooing! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Researchers believe that seabird waste could play a key role in marine ecosystems. But how do we even study their splatter patterns at sea? Leo Uesaka and Katsufumi Sato from the University of
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Is it just me, or is seafood getting … crunchier? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. The waves of the Atlantic carry an invisible danger – nanoplastics. These particles are tiny; about a thousand times smaller than a grain of sand. Enter Dušan Materić and
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Declutter … your brain?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Our brains have tiny blood vessels that help drain out cellular waste. So do clogged brain vessels mean weaker learning and memory? Kyungdeok Kim and team at Washington University went down the brain drain. After blocking
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What’s black and white and… full of toxic sludge? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Imagine the ocean was your home until… it became a murky wasteland. Well, prepare to cry: killer whales off British Columbia are in DEEP trouble. Kiah Lee and team from
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You’ve heard of e-waste, what about Lululemon waste? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Fast fashion generates so much clothing waste: over ninety million tons annually! Sadly, less than one percent of our old clothes currently get recycled. How can we do better? Enter chemical
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