Stinky Breath

Does my breath smell bad? Be honest! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Worrying about bad breath is the WORST! And you can’t ask just any stranger to check it for you. But Hamin Shin and researchers from KAIST and Samsung in South Korea want

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Spread with a Kiss

Lovey, give us a kiss then!   This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science.   Kissing can be a beautiful expression of love. But kissing also has an uglier side: spreading disease! So, what can kissing tell us about epidemiology?   Enter Troels Arbøll and Sophie

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Leisurely Lunch

Open wide — Here comes the airplane!  This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Bribing, begging, bargaining…we’ve tried EVERYTHING to get our kids to eat their greens. But could it just be a matter of … TIME?  Enter Xanna Burg and colleagues from the University of

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Horse-Power

Beep, boop, does not compute.   This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science.   From food delivery to companionship, robots are now part of our daily lives. But they’re far from perfect. So how can we make them better partners?   University of Florida robotics expert

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Spread Your Wings

Aww … our nippy little PTERODACTYL is ready to leave the nest!  This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Imagine it’s two hundred million years ago. Look, up in the sky — it’s a pterosaur, A-K-A pterodactyl! When do they learn to fly? Right out of

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Risky Business

Love long, lazy strolls? Hate roller coasters? No match – swipe LEFT! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. The bride dreams of skydiving through their vows! But the groom would rather stay on solid ground. Can this marriage survive? Ask Marta Serra-Garcia of UC San

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So A-Peel-ing

Bananas just drive me… BANANAS! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Banana bread, banana smoothies, bananas foster – YUM! But our delicious bananas are in DANGER. A new disease called BXW is wreaking havoc on banana plants, especially in Africa.  Enter Jaindra Tripathi and colleagues

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Blue Light Battle

Time for bed … but first, just ONE MORE TikTok video! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science.  Blue light naturally comes from the sun. But modern humans have developed EXTRA exposure! Think artificial light sources like LED lights, tablets and cell phone screens! How do

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Trunk-tastic

Pop quiz: How is an elephant like a ROOMBAH?? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Slurp! Like your beloved house-hold appliance, elephants also use suction to grab onto food – even the tiniest peanut!  Andrew Schultz from Georgia Institute of Technology and colleagues wondered –

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Pigeons Dreams

Ever dream of flying?   This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science.   During sleep, our brains alternate through dream AND non-dream states. But does this happen in other species as well?    Gianina Ungurean and team from Ruhr University Bochum explored this – in PIGEONS! 

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