No flash photography, and please, don’t feed the mold. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Imagine priceless puppets slowly degrading over the years. Museum air TEEMS with sneaky microbes. How can we protect our historical artifacts? Enter Yuanyuan Wang and team from Beijing’s University of
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Tossing, turning… and gasping for air! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. We all hate hot nights — sweaty sheets, cranky mornings. But are we losing more than sleep? Enter Bastien Lechat and team from Flinders University in Australia. Using under-the-mattress sleep trackers, they studied a hundred
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Is your guardian angel… jaundice?? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Malaria is a deadly disease caused by parasites. But there might be an interesting way your body fights it. Bilirubin is a substance that forms when red blood cells degrade. Too much of it
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Is the cure for cancer… POOP?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Immunotherapy has been a game changer in fighting cancerous tumors. But what if it doesn’t work? Is there a plan BM? Yunjae Kim and a nationwide team from Korea studied advanced cancers that
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Is the Very Hungry Caterpillar… a very grisly scavenger?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Hawai’i is a tropical paradise… with a dark secret: A terrifying new species of caterpillar! Most caterpillars only eat plants. But there, CARNIVOROUS caterpillars use corpses as a disguise. These
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A fishing expedition… among the stars?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Beware of maritime crime: smuggling, illegal fishing, tax evasion. Crooks turn off their ships’ tracking beacons to stay invisible. But perhaps we can still see them… from space?! Enter Andrea Mazzeo and team from
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Not all medical heroes wear… stethoscopes. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, under-served communities of color in New York City had DOUBLE the risk of dying from the virus. What – or who – saved lives there? Enter Maureen Miller and
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TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram – Oh my! Isn’t endless scrolling FUN? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. “Digital switching” is the constant hopping between apps or videos. On average, a person does it about ONE HUNDRED TIMES a day! But does all that digital switching
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Feeling older and… what’s the other word? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Alzheimer’s disease happens when sticky plaques accumulate in the aging brain, damaging and killing neurons. And women are more likely to experience it. Why? Enter Madeline Wood Alexander and team from Sunnybrook
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Ever been told not to play with your food? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Flamingos feed by dancing around with their heads underwater. But what’s going on underneath the surface? Dr. Victor Ortega-Jimenez and team at Georgia Tech dove headfirst into the question. They
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