Go ahead, sleep in. It’s good for ya! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science Lee Hsiang Liow and colleagues of the University of Oslo identified over forty-five hundred mammal species exhibiting “sleep-or-hide” behavior. Think tunneling, burrowing, or hibernating. They then looked at the “Red List”
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Your bank account balances on a strict budget…your body does too! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Did you know your fat follows a 24-hour cycle of energy use? But who oversees all this metabolic bookkeeping? Enter Aaron Douglas and team from Trinity College. They
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Ring ring! Hello, do you trust SCIENTISTS??? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Seventy thousand people across the globe were asked this very question by Viktoria Cologna from Harvard. And? There’s room for improvement. Over eighty percent of responders want scientists to be more communicative
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Take a chill pill! For the grandbabies! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Our D-N-A code makes us who we are! But how does stress affect that code? Enter Stephanie King and team at the University of Lethbridge. They investigated how stress is carried across
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Could the cure for cancer be… your own fat?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Cancer cells grow by stealing glucose and fatty acids from our bodies. What if we cut off their supply? Researchers at U-C San Francisco have developed a way to do
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News flash: Rock ‘n’ roll head-banging ain’t healthy! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. In 1968, at a Led Zeppelin concert, hard rockers began BANGING their heads on the stage. Violent rhythmic head movements became common among heavy metal fans. Unfortunately, so did reports of
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Ugh. You think just like mom! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. In women, ONE of your X chromosomes — from mom OR dad — is MORE active across individual cells. And this could influence how your brain AGES. How, you ask? Enter Samira Abdulai-Saiku
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Can protein cause… back pain?!… in rats?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. When we get hurt, our bodies send tiny proteins to kickstart healing. But sometimes, they work against us! How?! Protein C-D forty seven helps cells hide from the immune system, making inflammation
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*sniff sniff* Smells…noisy? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Is there a link between smell and sound? Enter Diego Hernandez and team at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. They trained mice to associate high-pitched SOUNDS with WATER rewards, and fruity SMELLS with NO reward. When the
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Is the cure for cancer… pickleball?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science saying… service! Recovering from chemo is tough – there’s fatigue, muscle loss, and just plain loneliness. How can we find comradery? Enter Project Rally! Nathan Parker and team at the Moffitt Cancer Center
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