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Episodes
  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Do you ever think your sibling comes from a different species entirely?

    Ant Clones
    Do you ever think your sibling comes from a different species entirely?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Ever heard of Goldilocks and the three… black holes?!

    Medium Black Hole
    Ever heard of Goldilocks and the three… black holes?!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Was the first Grecian formula… Roman?

    Grecian Formula
    Was the first Grecian formula… Roman?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Let’s look at things in a whole new light!

    Dye-ing for a Clear View
    Let’s look at things in a whole new light!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Target acquired. Locked On. And… Bullseye!

    Brain Blast Radius
    Target acquired. Locked On. And… Bullseye!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    As the childhood tune goes: your nose brain’s connected to your... ear brain?!

    The Smell of Music?
    As the childhood tune goes: your nose brain’s connected to your... ear brain?!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    There’s a double agent in your BLOOD?!

    Double Agent Warfare
    There’s a double agent in your BLOOD?!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    How are your fat cells "weighing in"?

    Fat Cells Never Forget
    How are your fat cells "weighing in"?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Can we protect two babes with one shot?

    One Shot to Save Two Lives
    Can we protect two babes with one shot?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Talk about a space oddity!

    A Sideways Black Hole
    Talk about a space oddity!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Less food, longer life?!

    Wine Not Try Some Bile?
    Less food, longer life?!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    It’s a radioactive jungle out there!

    Shielded Shots
    It’s a radioactive jungle out there!

Episodes
  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Taxi! I can’t remember how to get home!

    Long Live the Taxi Drivers
    Taxi! I can’t remember how to get home!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Who’s that rowdy DJ… in your lungs?!

    The Accidental Bouncer
    Who’s that rowdy DJ… in your lungs?!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Is the path to walking again just a spark away?

    Steps Toward Recovery
    Is the path to walking again just a spark away?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Welcome to the memory storage department – graveyard shift!

    Eye Remember That!
    Welcome to the memory storage department – graveyard shift!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    I see the light!

    Molecules on the Move
    I see the light!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Guess what’s the next big VIRAL hit…

    So You Think You Can Evolve?
    Guess what’s the next big VIRAL hit…

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Want a DNA glow up?!

    Food for Thought
    Want a DNA glow up?!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Your therapist doesn’t get you? Maybe try one named HAL…

    Artificial Emotional Intelligence
    Your therapist doesn’t get you? Maybe try one named HAL…

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Talk about life’s NUMTS and bolts!

    Life's Numts and Bolts
    Talk about life’s NUMTS and bolts!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Prepping your taxes?  Feeling sad?  Wait, that’s a GOOD thing!

    Good Mood
    Prepping your taxes?  Feeling sad?  Wait, that’s a GOOD thing!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Neuroscience goes punk? I’m a teenage lobotomy!

    Hardcore Brain Science
    Neuroscience goes punk? I’m a teenage lobotomy!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Bring your canine to clean your canines!

    Pup Therapy
    Bring your canine to clean your canines!

Credits
  • Sandra Tsing Loh