Does the perfect pasta sauce come down to… PHYSICS?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Cacio e pepe: it’s just cheese and pepper, how hard can it be? Turns out, deceptively hard! It eludes perfection due to its temperature sensitivity AND precise ingredient ratios. So
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Hey Professor Fido! Tell me, do dogs really know what words actually mean? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Meet Claudia Fugazza, lead researcher on a fetching study of brainy pups. They played with unusually clever dogs! Here, owners used two toy types: tug-of-war “pulls”
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Is the fountain of youth… filled with naked mole-rats? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. For ages, we’ve been slathering creams and botox on our wrinkles. But naked mole-rats? They stay smooth while living ten times longer than lab mice! How?! Yu Chen’s team at
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Does the Keto diet butter up trouble? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Keto promises weight loss by swapping carbs for fat. But what happens to your metabolism when you go full-fat? Enter Molly Gallop and team at the University of Utah. After nine months,
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Ever wish you could disappear? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science saying… Glassfrogs can! They look nearly see-through while resting on leaves. But how do they hide their bloodflow? What’s the trick? Enter Carlos Taboada and Jesse Delia at Duke University. They used photoacoustic imaging on
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What goes meow AND achoo? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science, saying allergic cat owners! We LOVE our cuddly feline friends. Yes we do! But what if your HUMAN lover is allergic? Is there a better solution than buying Benadryl by the case? Ebenezer Satyaraj
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What’s slimy, slippery, and soon to be in your medicine cabinet? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. The answer? Sea snails, of course! Specifically, the Australian white rock sea snail. These escargot secrete a slime that has chemicals also found in prescription drugs. They’re called
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Follow the CHOCOLATE brick road?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. You’re stressed. Your HEART is a traffic jam. Artery flow is at a crawl. Is there a shortcut outta this gridlock? Or at least a superfood? HMM…Cocoa contains heart healthy molecules called flavanols! YUM.
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E.T., is that you – or just microbes on Mars? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. NASA has found the best evidence for life on Mars so far. The team, led by Joel Hurowitz, analyzed rock samples collected by the Perseverance rover. In the rocks,
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It’s Stormy Monday….for spiders? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Meet Jonathan Pruitt and team from UC Santa Barbara. They wondered if—similar to how humans rush to grocery store to hoard toilet paper—tropical cyclones make spider colonies more aggressive. They put a piece of paper
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