Bad memory making you BATTY? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. I know an AMAZING taco stand! I just can’t recall where it is! How do other species remember where to get a bite? Enter May Dixon and team from the University of Texas, Austin.
To the moon and beyond! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. To support life on the moon, oxygen is crucial! But there are no plants for photosynthesis. What can we do?! Enter Yingfang Yao from Nanjing University and team. They analyzed a sample of moon-dirt
Don’t forget to water your … computer?!? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Most of the electricity we use comes from fossil fuels. . . and that’s not good for our warming planet. Is there another way? Indeed! For truly GREEN energy, how about plants?
Want to give your brain a leg up? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Are you a multitasking master? Or do you prefer doing one thing at a time? Some people are just great at juggling multiple jobs at once! Why? Enter Eleni Patelaki and
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
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
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
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,
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
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
