Hot Hits

Home runs are really HEATING UP…   This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science.   Baseball has seen increasing home runs over the past forty years. Could the secret sauce behind them be climate change ?    Christopher Callahan and team from Dartmouth College investigated.   

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Smart Clothes

Too hot! Too cold! Just right…?!  This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Just like the Three Bears, I love a brisk walk on a chilly morning! But when I start to sweat – off comes my jacket! Brrr, now it’s TOO cold! Where’s the JUST

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Hot and Cold

Tired of those passive-aggressive office thermostat wars? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Summer is here! That means sleeveless dresses and sandals can come back out of the closet! But then you remember… That guy in the office who ALWAYS turns the thermostat to sixty-five!

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Shellfish Sherlock

Shellfish are tasty. But can they illuminate the past? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Professor Pupa Gilbert at the University of Wisconsin-Madison studies pen shells. That’s a large, clam-like shellfish commonly found in Florida. Specifically, she studies their nacre, or mother-of-pearl. It’s that iridescent

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