Love what you’ve done with the place… but it STANKS! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Home improvements like roof tarring are smelly but necessary. Wait until it’s too hot to do it, and your home will be vulnerable. Our marine friends are in much
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Lung Story Short
Instant lungs: Just add water! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Organs for transplants are in short supply, and growing them is no joke. It takes human lungs YEARS to fully develop. But anole lizards can grow them in TWO DAYS? How? Enter Michael Palmer
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Got a sweet tooth? Me too. . . This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science, saying. . . Ahhhh. Nothing beats a crisp, cold soda on a hot day. Wait, too much sugar is bad? Since when?! Ugh.. how can we make healthier choices? Enter Desiree
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Pikachu? More like pika-EWWW! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. In the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau of Southeast Asia lives the plateau pika – a little rodent the length of a butter knife. BUT plateau life is no small feat! Temperatures can reach negative twenty degrees fahrenheit,
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Journey to the center of … YOU?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. To see inside ourselves, we use ultrasound machines! They capture 2D images of our internal organs using sound waves. But this technology is difficult to use for LONG periods of time. It
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H-two-Oh my … I’m thirsty! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. You just ran out of water on a ten mile hike! This could be deadly. But you can’t just MAKE WATER OUT OF THIN AIR…. OR CAN YOU? Enter Dr. Youhong Guo and her
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Are sea otters… copycats? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science… saying… Actually, they’re more like badgers, but regardless, they’re adorable AND endangered. How can we make sure rescued otters can take care of themselves in the wild? Enter Alexander Saliveros and colleagues from the University
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Stay thirsty, my LEAFY friends! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science It’s been so hot, last night I almost slept in my bathtub. But we gotta conserve water. It’s fire season after all. And our majestic redwoods aren’t gonna protect themselves… are they? Alana Chin and
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Is noise from ABOVE turning you into a night owl? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. YAWN… Time for bed… until… SWOOOSH! Another loud airplane blows over your house! Noise pollution is more than annoying. It has negative impacts on humans AND animals. How can
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High gas prices got you down in the dumps? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. These days, driving is EXPENSIVE! On top of that, burning gas is awful for the environment! Is there a better way to get where we’re going? Enter Nabila Huq and
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