Opponent Buzz

Time to scope out the competition! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. The big game’s coming up … and you’re playing the number one team! Talk about pressure! Knowing your opponent is SAID to be the path to victory! But does it ACTUALLY get you

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Loud Learning

BEEP BEEP! HONK HONK!  This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science.  The damage from vehicle emissions to our environment is obvious. But what about noise pollution’s toll on US? Enter Maria Foraster and colleagues from the IS Global Research Institute in Spain.  They examined the effects

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Opponent Buzz

Time to scope out the competition! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. The big game’s coming up … and you’re playing the number one team! Talk about pressure! Knowing your opponent is SAID to be the path to victory! But does it ACTUALLY get you

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PUN-derstanding

Did you hear the one about the guy who lost his left arm? He’s all RIGHT now! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science, and on, yes, puns. Researchers Seana Coulson and Els Severens wondered, which side of the brain enjoys a good pun? They recorded

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Picture This

Does Mona Lisa’s smile jog your memory? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Snapchat! Instagram! Good ol’ Kodachrome! We count on them to help us relive the good times. But could just the ACT of taking a photo help us remember the moment? Alixandra Barasch

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Peak Performance

Over forty? Good news! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science, saying: Your brain’s best years are still ahead! It’s been thought that mental speed and memory peak for people in their twenties. And knowledge that builds with time and experience, like your vocabulary, has seemed

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