Forget Batman and Robin, there’s a new super hero team in town! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Cancer cells are the ultimate diabolical villains. Drugs can activate T cells, our immune system’s caped crusaders. But they can also cause collateral damage to healthy cells.
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Would you be a good dead spider and grab that for me? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. How come when spiders die, their legs curl up all nasty? Ask Te Faye Yap and team from Rice University! They learned that spiders DON’T use muscles
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Is Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse… DYING?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Scientists are keeping a close telescope on the tenth brightest star, Betelgeuse. Jared Goldberg and team from Flatiron Institute saw it dim and brighten. This pulsing light usually signals a star’s DEATH! BUT a closer
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We can all use a helping … finger? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Even doctors make mistakes. We’re all human after all! Or at least for now…Dun! Dun! DUN! Enter robots – good robots – and Hongbo Wang’s team at the University of Science
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January 10th: Happy Houseplant Appreciation Day! This is Sandra with the Loh Down on Science. You’ve heard: “Don’t water your plants at noon, because they’ll burn!” Botanists from Hungary’s Eotvos University wondered if sun rays and water droplets could actually fry plants. They combined computer models with experimental tests on
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You’ve heard of e-waste, what about Lululemon waste? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Fast fashion generates so much clothing waste: over ninety million tons annually! Sadly, less than one percent of our old clothes currently get recycled. How can we do better? Enter chemical
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Lights, camera… neural action! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science saying… What is your brain actually doing while you watch a movie? Reza Rajimehr at MIT observed brain activity in two hundred people watching film clips. Why? To understand how our brains process information from
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Is the cure for drug overdoses under your skin? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Opioid abuse is a huge national problem. When things take a turn for the worst – we’re talking overdoses – quick help can make all the difference. Joanna Ciatti and
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Watching a toxic relationship go up in smoke… might be the best medicine. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. When facing a cancer diagnosis, you know who isn’t in your corner? Cigarettes. “The damage is already done,” you say, smoker? Well, what if it’s not
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Not many holidays in January, but—ah—happy Mel Gibson’s birthday! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Whatever you think of the hot-headed actor, all can agree: Braveheart was a great movie. That screaming blue warpaint was awesome, and it can also… cure cancer? In ancient Britain,
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