Medicine from SOUND? That’s music to my ears. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. How will non-medication dementia treatments, like music listening, play out? This challenge struck a chord with Naomi Thompson and team from Anglia Ruskin University. At dementia-specialized care centers, music therapists trained staff
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Multicellular life comes in all varieties: Plants, animals, fungi. Godzillas. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. An enormous fossil once THOUGHT to be a fungus is now being reexamined. Is this the “Godzilla of fungus,” as it has been called? Or something entirely NEW? Corentin
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Are we the only animals that play pretend? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. By two years old, we understand imaginary scenarios. This helps us make future plans. As far as we know, no other animals can… or are we just imagining that? Amalia Bastos
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Can birds have… accents?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Zebra finches are tiny songbirds. Each sings a unique tune. Scientists long thought those differences were just individual flair… until now. Enter Daiping Wang and team from Max Planck Institute in Germany. They let machine
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Ever been called four-eyes? It may be hereditary! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Some of our oldest known relatives might have had four eyes. Xiangtong Lei from Yunnan University and team examined the best-preserved ancient fish fossils. These fish had two extra sensing organs on
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Before you roll your eyes at ancient remedies… listen! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. For centuries, Native American communities used conifer trees to treat pain, weakness, and even paralysis. Could this traditional knowledge hold real medical power? Enter Alvin Yu and team from University
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Why do I suddenly crave sugar puffs? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Some countries, like the U.S. and Canada, regulate junk food ads. In Australia – where guidelines are optional — a different tactic is needed. Enter Ross Hollett and team from Edith Cowan University!
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Dusting for prints… in midair?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Catching airborne polluters isn’t easy. We literally have to parse out WHERE molecules came from. And that changes, well, on the fly. But! Lingyun Peng and team from Shenyang Agricultural University are on the
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Turns out, no island… is an island! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Island gardens are a sight to behold, but how did all those plants get there? Enter Andre Naranjo and team from the Florida Museum of Natural History. They studied Hispaniola Island! It has
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A new life for plastic. Imagine that… This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. PET is a common plastic in water bottles. Recycling it is costly and energy intensive! How can we make better use of it? Enter Pavel Kulyabin and team from the University of
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