Ahh, a breath of fresh … biometrics?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. To track wildlife species, researchers analyze environmental DNA – or eDNA – from the air. But sometimes they find PEOPLE’S PRIVATE information. Oops! Take Orestis Nousias and team from University of Florida.
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Bad heart? Chew on this. It’s doublemint. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. What’s bad for your mouth could be horrible for your heart. Why?! Enter Shunsuke Miyauchi and team at Hiroshima University. They studied bacteria behind the gum disease gingivitis to understand its impact
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Mic drop!!! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Imagine you couldn’t speak. That’s life for people with ALS and dysarthria – disorders that impair muscular control and speech. Now, enter brain computer interfaces or BCIs. They bypass damaged brain areas and decode neural activity to
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Will the future be too hot to handle? Uhhhh…. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Climate change is sometimes a HOT topic. But what does the weather forecast? Luke Grant and team at Vrije Universiteit Brussel are HEATING things up. They modeled how many people
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All hail, King Garfield the First! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. What exactly makes an orange cat… orange? Why are they gingers? Are they IRISH? To find the answer… let’s go to JAPAN… and meet Hidehiro Toh and team at Kyushu University. They compared
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FORE! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Golf courses need pesticides to maintain lush playing greens. Pesticide exposure has been linked to Parkinson’s disease – a brain disorder affecting movement. Could living near a golf course put your health in the rough? Enter Brittany Krzyzanowski
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Didn’t carbo-load before the race? Try some brains instead! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Marathon runners rely on carbohydrates, like pasta, for energy. When that runs out, fat is next! Now guess what’s sixty percent fat? Your brain! That’s due to the fatty myelin
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What if YOU’RE the problem? Dun dun dun! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Normally, our immune system fights infections – and we love that – BUT one of its molecules actually makes Alzheimer’s worse. What to do? Enter Shirin Schneeberger and team. They looked
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Paging Doctor Bozo! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Send in the clowns – seriously! Hospitals often use them to cheer up kids before scary procedures. Less fear, less pain, faster recovery! But what about sleep? Hospitalized children often feel anxious… could clowns help these
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Would you eat more corn if it used less fertilizer? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Half of the world is fed by crops grown with NITROGEN fertilizers! But the nitrogen that plants can’t use pollutes the environment! How do we cut back? Enter Rafael
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