Safari Snaps

    Science is saving animals with… Snapchat?   This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science.   Studying wild animals in their natural habitat can be tough. Some animals only show up once in a while. Others only come out at night. How can scientists keep

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Spiders on the Storm

    It’s Stormy Monday….for spiders!   This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science.   Approaching storms make people rush to the grocery store for the last of the milk. Could storms also affect the behavior of…spiders?   Enter Jonathan Pruitt from UC Santa Barbara and

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Apple Picking

      Don’t….Don’t bite the apple!   This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science.   When we eat an apple, we’re also consuming about a HUNDRED MILLION bacteria! Should we be concerned? After all, not all bacteria are evil!   To learn more, Gabriele Berg

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Fish Arms

    Look out, Nemo – there’s a shark on your tail!   This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science.   Undersea life can be brutal – one quick chomp, and a fish can lose a fin! But some lucky fish can grow them back, including

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Liquid Spectacle

    Nothing like diving into a good book! But why do they make the print so SMALL???   This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science.   Presbyopia, or far-sightedness, is a common problem for (ahem) eyes of a certain age. Bring on the bifocals —

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Telltale Blood

ba-BUM…ba-BUM…ba-BUM…listen! Is that a “tell-tale heart?” This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. You’ve seen the crime TV shows. A forensic expert recreates the scene of the crime just by looking at the blood spatters. From this, they solve the case! Well, not so fast, says

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Spider Dance

Sometimes you gotta risk it for the biscuit! This is Sandra Tsing-Loh, with the Loh Down on Science. Decisions, decisions! Paper or plastic? Bagel or breakfast burrito? Every day, we make these life-or-death decisions. Is this a human-only trait? George Uetz from the University of Cincinnati says, No – spiders

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Built-in Deodorant

Aaah, a great work out! Wait, is that me? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Your morning workout comes with you to work — on your clothes! EVERYONE knows when you’ve been to the gym. But what if your CLOTHES were the deodorant? Filipa Goncalves

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