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Episodes
  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    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
    Listen 1:00
    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
    SPLASH! Take the plunge -- and meet the world’s best divers!

    Deep Divers
    SPLASH! Take the plunge -- and meet the world’s best divers!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Hmmm. . . What’s that smell? 

    9/01/21

    Scent-sationa Molecules
    Hmmm. . . What’s that smell? 

    9/01/21

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Are smarter people more so-fish-ticated?

    Smart Swimmers
    Are smarter people more so-fish-ticated?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Reduce... reuse…VANILLA?

    Vanilla Warfare
    Reduce... reuse…VANILLA?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Creepy crawlies... to the rescue??

    Tiny Treatments
    Creepy crawlies... to the rescue??

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Do our plant babies have FEELINGS too?

    Leaf No Trace
    Do our plant babies have FEELINGS too?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    How do you catch Z’s. . . in the sea?

    Deep Sleep
    How do you catch Z’s. . . in the sea?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Flying under the influence?

    Humming-bar
    Flying under the influence?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Fido! What’s dogging you?

    Chill DOG-tor
    Fido! What’s dogging you?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Chat GPT? More like Chat MD!

    Chat MD
    Chat GPT? More like Chat MD!

Episodes
  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Wanna better cup of joe?

    Jolting Java
    Wanna better cup of joe?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    A cure for diabetes? So you’re telling me there’s a chance?

    Derailing Diabetes
    A cure for diabetes? So you’re telling me there’s a chance?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Bad day? If you’re a Jellyfish, WATER you gonna do about it?

    Deep-Sea Stress
    Bad day? If you’re a Jellyfish, WATER you gonna do about it?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    What if the key to acing exams was … edible?

    Walnut Power!
    What if the key to acing exams was … edible?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Pfft! Anyone can navigate with a smartphone… Try a compass!

    Shark Navigation
    Pfft! Anyone can navigate with a smartphone… Try a compass!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Soup or Salad? Give me two of the same!

    Unalike Identical Twins
    Soup or Salad? Give me two of the same!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    We are aliveeee with the sooounds of our boooodiess!

    The Sound of Our Bodies
    We are aliveeee with the sooounds of our boooodiess!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    UGH ticks really…TICK me off!

    Tick Tock: Time's Up!
    UGH ticks really…TICK me off!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Who rocks the most fashionable hats!

    06/27/24

    Genetically Stylish Heads
    Who rocks the most fashionable hats!

    06/27/24

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Why did the water cross the membrane? To get to the other side of course!

    Water Works
    Why did the water cross the membrane? To get to the other side of course!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    I would walk five hundred miles …. with robotic help?!

    Walk Like a Robot
    I would walk five hundred miles …. with robotic help?!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    When it comes to bedside manner, is your doctor “the biggest loser?”

    Weighing the Benefits
    When it comes to bedside manner, is your doctor “the biggest loser?”

Credits
  • Sandra Tsing Loh