Can we get some water over here? *HACK* This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. One-sixth of earth’s population lives in the desert. Beautiful, unspoiled. . . But dry! Our planet is covered in water, but most of it is saltwater. Turning saltwater into usable freshwater
That Magic School Bus is so LOW TECH! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Sure, Miss Frizzle’s bus could shrink down and jump inside you. Big whup. Nowadays, we can shoot drug delivery nanobots into your bloodstream. So what’s the next frontier? Would you believe
What?! He just… disappeared! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Nocturnal glassfrogs don’t need a magician to make them disappear. They have translucent skin and muscles that help them camouflage as they sleep. We can’t even see their blood! How do they do that, and
Which one was it ma’am? The whole milk? No milk? Two percent? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Boy, that coffee shop creamer counter looks like a crime scene. Evidence spilled all over, straws kerfuffled, and all but three napkins mysteriously gone… they’re in my
Thrifting and upcycling are so chic! But would you buy lightly used… medication?!? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Recycling gives things a second life. Cool idea! So why not recycle medicine? Enter Dominic Bennet from the University of Liverpool in England. Bennet was looking
Wear your lipstick like warpaint… against DISEASE?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. We’re all told to “wrap it up” in sex ed. No glove, no love… or something like that. But that does NOTHING for kissing. How can we smooch safely? Alberto Tuñón-Molina and
You can’t run from your problems… or can you? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. You’re in a mad rush to the airport to make your flight! – Wheezing, sweaty, checking the time over and over. But you’re not even late: just ANXIOUS. How can
You’ve heard of earthworms? But what about… AIR WORMS?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Ah, nothing like a breath of fresh air. Good air quality is essential for our health. But how do we know we’re breathing dirty air BEFORE it hurts us? Sari
Could we shoot down bacteria POINT BLANK? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Sickness just hits ya all at once, doesn’t it? That’s because bacteria quickly multiplies once it’s inside us. AND, they’re growing resistant to antibiotics. How can we catch up? Autumn Dove and
Ouch, a paper cut! Can you fix that with a little… glue?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Our skin does a marvelous job of putting itself back together after an ouchie. When our skin cells regenerate, they have “glue molecules” that help them rejoin.
