Do-nuts. Wait!! Are you on keto? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Keto’s low carb, high fat diet deprives you of glucose. Your body starts burning its fat reserves. Then come the fun cheat days! No? Meet Cody Durrer and colleagues from the University of
Hug a tree! Especially if you are one! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Meet Martin Bader and Sebastian Leuzinger from Auckland University of Technology. Hiking in New Zealand, they came across a kauri tree stump. Despite not having any green foliage, the stump was
What goes meow AND achoo? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science, saying allergic cat owners! Oy! Ebenezer Satyaraj and team at Nestle Purina looked into it and discovered…it’s about the spit! Just one pesky protein in cat saliva is usually the culprit in most human allergic
Could the crack of dawn… make you crack a smile, as you get older? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science saying… No way! I’m grouchy when I get up early. Then again… I’ve never studied it. But Stephen Smagula and team from University of Pittsburgh
It’s the year of the… RAISIN?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. 2024 has been the hottest year ever recorded. And that affects crop yields and prices. Wine too! How can we keep our grapes hydrated, without wasting water and money? Nazareth Torres from UC
Could a cure for cancer be SLIMY?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Cancer researchers have tried everything under the sun to find a cure. But what about… under the sea? The Australian white rock sea snail secretes a special slime containing chemicals called indoles.
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.
Pokémon to the rescue! Of our environment? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Megan Callahan of the University of British Columbia realized something CURIOUS. Kids know more Pokémon species than real ones! Enter Phylo, an educational card game about ecosystems. Phylo cards feature animals, plants
Is itchiness… CONTAGIOUS?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Zhou-Feng Chen and team from Washington University were ITCHING to find out. They showed mice a video of another mouse scratching. Then, the mice watching the video began to itch, too! The team monitored their neuron
Feeling bloated after Thanksgiving? Good news: a boat that runs on human fat! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. A favorite story from our 20-year archive is that of Earthrace—a high-tech 2007 wave-piercing trimaran powered by biodiesel. Biodiesel is an eco-friendly, zero carbon footprint fuel
