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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?

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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?!

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    Apple
    Hello darkness, my old friend.

    Dozing In Darkness
    Hello darkness, my old friend.

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    Apple
    Won’t you be my neighbor…

    Neighborly Squirrels
    Won’t you be my neighbor…

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    Apple
    What has six legs and is INDESTRUCTIBLE?!

    06/22/23

    Diabolical Tank
    What has six legs and is INDESTRUCTIBLE?!

    06/22/23

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    Apple
    Is slime for brains so bad?

    Slimey Memories
    Is slime for brains so bad?

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    Apple
    Words can change your mind… literally!

    The Power of Language
    Words can change your mind… literally!

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    Apple
    Olive us could use a boost sometimes!

    Olive Boosters
    Olive us could use a boost sometimes!

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    Apple
    Ring around the rosyyy…

    Spun Out
    Ring around the rosyyy…

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    Apple
    Look for the bare necessities! Or maybe... HAIR necessities!

    The Hair Necessities
    Look for the bare necessities! Or maybe... HAIR necessities!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Goo goo … a-HA!

    Baby Mathletes
    Goo goo … a-HA!

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    Apple
    Going to Mars! First just needa hit 7/11.

    Cosmic Concrete
    Going to Mars! First just needa hit 7/11.

Episodes
  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Don't WEIGHT for better sleep

    Sweet Dreams
    Don't WEIGHT for better sleep

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    Apple
    Yikes! When is the city gonna do something about these potholes?

    Identifying Urban Decay with AI
    Yikes! When is the city gonna do something about these potholes?

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    Apple
    Ew… this sponge smells FISHY!

    Absorbent Informants
    Ew… this sponge smells FISHY!

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    Apple
    Time to put your Tesla to the test!

    Driving the Distance
    Time to put your Tesla to the test!

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    Apple
    Go dust yourself off; you might be carrying some SENSITIVE information!

    07/16/24

    Sleuthing for Dust-inations
    Go dust yourself off; you might be carrying some SENSITIVE information!

    07/16/24

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    Apple
    The future of medicine is TINY!

    Nifty Nanoscopic Needles
    The future of medicine is TINY!

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    Apple
    Anyone got a tissue around here? *SNIFFLE*

    Peace and Crying
    Anyone got a tissue around here? *SNIFFLE*

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    Apple
    We can rebuild him! We have the technology.

    Charge It Up!
    We can rebuild him! We have the technology.

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    Apple
    What IS the sunscreen paradox???

    The Sunscreen Paradox
    What IS the sunscreen paradox???

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    Apple
    Bringing ancient species BACK TO LIFE? As ROBOTS?

    Mecha-saurs
    Bringing ancient species BACK TO LIFE? As ROBOTS?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Spare the rod, spoil the child? NO.

    Positively Parenting
    Spare the rod, spoil the child? NO.

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    Apple
    Run, run! I can almost see the CHEESE at the end of the tunnel?!

    Imagine Rat!
    Run, run! I can almost see the CHEESE at the end of the tunnel?!

Credits
  • Sandra Tsing Loh