What if entertainment’s next big thing was discovered in a science lab? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Ants. They’re everywhere. But inside each tiny body? A universe of muscles, organs, and armor. Enter Julian Katzke and team at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. Researchers
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Green energy? What about… blue energy?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Every day, we need more renewable energy — but there’s only so much land for windmills and solar farms. So why not capture the power of ocean waves? Enter Takahito Iida and the
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Your body is a buffet. Don’t let cancer put you out of business! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Only one in eight patients survives pancreatic cancer. Now, we’re hitting it where it hurts. Enter Mariano Barbacid and a quote “SWAT” team at the Spanish National
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TRIGGER WARNING: Spiders! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. There are nearly a hundred thousand species of insects and spiders in North America. Sadly, we know very little about their conservation needs. Which mini-beasties need to be protected? Wes Walsh and Laura Figueroa at the
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Would you shake hands … over Zoom? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Humans are built to connect. But distance can make that hard. Modern-day technology has solved these issues, but something is still missing: touch. Enter Maya Dunlap and team at Saint Louis University.
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Will these amphibious influencers make an IRL comeback? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Axolotls have overtaken the internet with their funky frills. But despite their social media presence, the wilderness lacks-olotl axolotls. Habitat destruction has left under a thousand in the wild. What can
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Is SWELTERING weather MELTING milestones? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Here’s a HOT take, from Jorge Cuartas and team at New York University. They tested if warmer climates affected learning in children. They used surveys from nearly twenty thousand children across six countries. When
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Ugh, still dating that NEANDERTHAL? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Fifty thousand years ago, that was normal! Huh?! Alexander Platt and team at the University of Pennsylvania investigated. These encounters left clues in DNA. Remember: Mothers always pass X chromosomes, while fathers pass X
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Want family photos that will last for millennia?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. We’re generating more data than ever. Yet, digital data is at risk of being lost forever due to corrupted hard drives. But Microsoft Research’s Project Silica Team has an idea! They
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Is this mold on a mission? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Could fungi help clean up our plastic pollution mess? Victor Gambarini at the University of Auckland studied a soil fungus called Clonostachys rosea. After looking at all of its genes, his team identified twelve
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