Christmas came and went – and so did the cookies you left for Santa! But what do reindeer eat off season? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Climate change in the far north freezes Rudolph’s favorite plants. It also melts sea-ice bridges, preventing reindeer from
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Angry birds… there’s hidden danger! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. These days, we spend a LOT of face time with our electronic devices. But whether we notice or not, these gadgets emit a LOT of blue light. Should we be concerned? To find out,
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Could your next driving instructor be…Stuart Little? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Wild rats are smarter than scientists thought. One wild rat escaped and eluded seasoned field researchers for over four months! So are lab rats naturally dumber than their liberated friends? Or could
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Yo, Rocky! Cool it on the ice baths! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Some post-workout routines are CAH-RAZY. You want to maximize your hard work and get “swole”. Ice baths are thought to improve recovery and conditioning. But, how do ice baths REALLY affect
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Swimming with piranhas? You’d have to be one tough cookie! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. What animal is longer than two mailboxes and loves the water? The arapaima! These giant fish live in piranha-infested waters of the Amazon river. Yet, they NEVER get bitten!
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Sixth sense: fact or fiction? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Peppered moth caterpillars are found all over the world. But you’ve probably never seen one. Why? Because they’re REALLY good at hiding by changing their color! Meet Amy Eacock
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ALIENS! Where are they?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Back in the 1970’s, physicist, Enrico Fermi, asked this EXACT question over lunch. The other physicists thought he was being funny, but Fermi was serious! With one-hundred billion stars in the galaxy -there’s
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Is fast food for the BIRDS? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Urban birds get plenty of chow. Crumbs, sandwiches, dumpsters of snacks… One human’s trash is another bird’s feast. Or is it more like a last supper? Meet Andrea
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Victoria Lim was awarded the Penny J. Gilmer grant ($1000) to attend OpenEye CUP XX in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The OpenEye CUP series is a top conference in computational chemistry, bringing together industry leaders with outstanding researchers and students.
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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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