Can birds have… accents?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Zebra finches are tiny songbirds. Each sings a unique tune. Scientists long thought those differences were just individual flair… until now. Enter Daiping Wang and team from Max Planck Institute in Germany. They let machine
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Ever been called four-eyes? It may be hereditary! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Some of our oldest known relatives might have had four eyes. Xiangtong Lei from Yunnan University and team examined the best-preserved ancient fish fossils. These fish had two extra sensing organs on
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Before you roll your eyes at ancient remedies… listen! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. For centuries, Native American communities used conifer trees to treat pain, weakness, and even paralysis. Could this traditional knowledge hold real medical power? Enter Alvin Yu and team from University
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Why do I suddenly crave sugar puffs? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Some countries, like the U.S. and Canada, regulate junk food ads. In Australia – where guidelines are optional — a different tactic is needed. Enter Ross Hollett and team from Edith Cowan University!
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Dusting for prints… in midair?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Catching airborne polluters isn’t easy. We literally have to parse out WHERE molecules came from. And that changes, well, on the fly. But! Lingyun Peng and team from Shenyang Agricultural University are on the
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Turns out, no island… is an island! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Island gardens are a sight to behold, but how did all those plants get there? Enter Andre Naranjo and team from the Florida Museum of Natural History. They studied Hispaniola Island! It has
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A new life for plastic. Imagine that… This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. PET is a common plastic in water bottles. Recycling it is costly and energy intensive! How can we make better use of it? Enter Pavel Kulyabin and team from the University of
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You make an offer. Hours go by. Is silence random… or revealing? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. When sellers take a long time to respond, what’s happening on their end? Are they busy, or weighing the deal? Miruna Cotet and team at Ohio State
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Think your breakup was hard? Imagine things resurfacing twenty million years later… This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science saying… It can be that way… for land masses! Geoscientist Attila Balazs and team at ETH Zurich noticed something peculiar. OLDER continental fragments were found among YOUNGER
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Put your hands together for… … Sandra Tsing Loh … with the Loh Down on Science! *clapping* You know what that sound was? NOT my hands! Because that’s NOT EXACTLY how clapping works. What is it then? Make some noise for Yicong Fu and team from Cornell University. They put powder
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