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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
    Vitamins… for veggies?!

    Organ Farming
    Vitamins… for veggies?!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Got an itch you can’t scratch?

    Itchy Skin
    Got an itch you can’t scratch?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    COVID detection is literally going down the toilet!

    Covid Number Two
    COVID detection is literally going down the toilet!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Tech can help endangered animals? RHI-NOT!

    Baby Rhino Tech
    Tech can help endangered animals? RHI-NOT!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Tiny cancer warriors ZOOMING to the rescue!

    Tiny Cancer Heroes
    Tiny cancer warriors ZOOMING to the rescue!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    What’s grosser than a public toilet?! Cleaning it!

    Toilet Treatment
    What’s grosser than a public toilet?! Cleaning it!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    A tiny solution to your garden’s weed problem!

    10/03/24

    Weed Warriors
    A tiny solution to your garden’s weed problem!

    10/03/24

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Get my medicine! From the printer!

    Printed Cure
    Get my medicine! From the printer!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    What’s black, white, and LOVES siestas?

    Drowsy Penguins
    What’s black, white, and LOVES siestas?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Someday they’ll find it–the Rainbow Connection!

    Seeing Ret(inol)
    Someday they’ll find it–the Rainbow Connection!

Episodes
  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Welcome to the New World, golden opportunities… or not.

    The American Paydream
    Welcome to the New World, golden opportunities… or not.

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Is cannabis…*COUGH COUGH*... the silent killer?! 

    Cannabis-linked DNA?
    Is cannabis…*COUGH COUGH*... the silent killer?! 

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    An elephant never forgets… but here’s my card, just in case.

    Elephant ID
    An elephant never forgets… but here’s my card, just in case.

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    It’s just like printing your own… rockets?!

    Printer to Launchpad
    It’s just like printing your own… rockets?!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Could we rewrite the story of Down syndrome?

    Chromosome Cleanup!
    Could we rewrite the story of Down syndrome?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    How does nature nurture your newborn?!

    Ready, Set, Grow!
    How does nature nurture your newborn?!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Pixels might be affecting your psyche

    Pixel Panic!
    Pixels might be affecting your psyche

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Can floss STRING along a healthier future?

    Rooting for Better Immunity
    Can floss STRING along a healthier future?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Gaston ate sixty eggs a day! How’s HIS cholesterol?

    EGG-cellent News
    Gaston ate sixty eggs a day! How’s HIS cholesterol?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    There’s gold in them there… MICROBES?!

    Archaea Attack!
    There’s gold in them there… MICROBES?!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Splat! It was a fly-by pooing!

    Dropping Knowledge
    Splat! It was a fly-by pooing!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Can we outwit cancer’s dirtiest tricks?

    One Shot Wonder
    Can we outwit cancer’s dirtiest tricks?

Credits
  • Sandra Tsing Loh