You’re putting WHAT inside me?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Intestinal surgery can lead to life-threatening fluid leaks. Ultrasound is a tool that images our insides, but it has a hard time distinguishing fluids. For example, normal stomach fluids versus abnormal bleeding. Jiaqui Liu
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Grow a backbone, will ya? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Our spinal cords do more than stand us up. They carry our bodies’ nerves’ signals back and forth to our brain. These signals travel inside myelin proteins, which are kind of like wire insulation.
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Underwater… empty nesters?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Raising a baby takes a lot of work! How do animals know when it’s time to quit? John Majoris, from the University of Boston and team wondered. They studied neon gobies, a seemingly common egg-laying fish.
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Remember… BACTERIA never forget! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Certain bacteria can move together in coordinated groups, or swarms. Sometimes, if they swarm once, they’re faster at swarming the next time. As if they REMEMBER! But, HOW do they remember…without a brain? Souvik Bhattacharyyaswa
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Is what’s good for the goose… good for the farmer? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. We’ve been raising chickens for over four thousand years. But were they our first feathered friends? Masaki Eda from the University of Hokkaido and team went on a
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Did you hear that SCREECH? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. We’re not the only ones WORN OUT by travel. Planes, trains, and automobiles – all get HEATED when there’s too much friction. Sometimes their metal even melts to a semi-liquid state. Scary! BUT, at
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This’ll put some hair on your…. heart?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Cholesterol. We know it. We fear it. The L-D-L form clogs blood vessels, and causes HEART DISEASE. But it has a partner in crime. Imbalances in the sex hormone testosterone can be
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Making a STINK about safety? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Skunks have a bold way to ward off predators: they SMELL! If a predator doesn’t take the hint from their warning stripes, they get sprayed! Does that mean certain stripe patterns are better at
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Looking for a stylish new handbag? On to the produce aisle! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Sustainable fashion is all the rage, but did you know mushrooms can be made into textiles?! Their fibrous mycelia innards are the reason why. But, processing these mushroom
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Is it a fruit? Is it a vegetable? Or…a superhero?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. What comes to mind when you think of tomatoes? Pizza… ketchup… maybe heartburn. How about a POWERHOUSE ANTIBACTERIAL? Really? Tomatoes can do that? Enter Ryan Kwon and team in
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