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Down to Earth

March 7, 2023 Xinyu Li

Water woes? Time to get down to earth! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Wide open sunlit lands, as far as the eye can see. Should be a great place to grow crops! Problem? the earth is dry and sandy in almost HALF of global

Smell Dispels

July 1, 2021 Sebastian Waz

Ah! The sweet smell of broccoli! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science, saying – NOT! Broccoli stinks! Unless you’re a MIDGE! Midges are tiny flies whose larvae survive on plants like broccoli and cauliflower. How can we keep them off our veggies?! Chase Stratton from

Down to Earth

March 5, 2021 Xinyu Li

Veggie Vision

March 11, 2020 Racine Rangel

Sesame Street…or CELERY Street? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Brussel sprouts or brownies? Hmm…which will MY kid choose? We’ve all heard you are what you eat. BUT what if you are what you WATCH? Meet Frans Folkvord of Tilburg University and team! They wondered

Martian Gardens

November 2, 2018 Loh Down Staff

We’ve all heard of “farm to table”—But what if your table is on Mars? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. It’s hard to get fresh veggies in space. But future colonists will need them for long-term survival. Enter researchers from Wageningen University in The Netherlands.