Sponsor
Audience-funded nonprofit news
radio tower icon laist logo
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
 — 
See All Episodes
Subscribe

Hey, LA listener!

Download our app for the optimal streaming experience

Apple Store logo Google play logo
  • Listen Now Playing Listen
Loh Down Tile 2024
Subscribe

The Loh Down on Science

The Loh Down on Science is the fun way to get your daily dose of science in less than two minutes. The program explains the world of science with a dash of humor.

Support The Loh Down on Science

Your donation powers all the news and programming you value.
A row of graphics payment types: Visa, MasterCard, Apple Pay and PayPal, and below a lock with Secure Payment text to the right
Episodes
  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:00
    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
    Got a boo-boo?

    Pond Scum to Super Gel
    Got a boo-boo?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:00
    Apple
    Is your stomach grumbling?

    Breakfast for Life
    Is your stomach grumbling?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:00
    Apple
    Touch ID just got a new wrinkle!

    Caught Wrinkly-Handed!
    Touch ID just got a new wrinkle!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:00
    Apple
    What your brain needs might just be… under the sea!

    Brain Food
    What your brain needs might just be… under the sea!

  • Sponsor
  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:00
    Apple
    Invisible danger in the atmosphere?!

    YOLO Algorithm
    Invisible danger in the atmosphere?!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:00
    Apple
    Your tummy knows what it likes. What about your teeth?

    Eat Smart, Smile Bright
    Your tummy knows what it likes. What about your teeth?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:00
    Apple
    Is the lizard behind Ozempic… running for the hills?!

    Save the Gila Monsters
    Is the lizard behind Ozempic… running for the hills?!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:00
    Apple
    Didn’t hit ten thousand steps today? Relax — you might not need to!

    Need for Speed
    Didn’t hit ten thousand steps today? Relax — you might not need to!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:00
    Apple
    Up in age, but young at heart!

    Clock Watchers
    Up in age, but young at heart!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:00
    Apple
    Is there a HIGH price on getting DOWN?

    Hashing Out Fertility
    Is there a HIGH price on getting DOWN?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:00
    Apple
    Can we recharge our brains’ batteries? Literally?!

    Low Battery Brain
    Can we recharge our brains’ batteries? Literally?!

Episodes
  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:00
    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
    Listen 1:00
    Apple
    Target acquired. Locked On. And… Bullseye!

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

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:00
    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
    Listen 1:00
    Apple
    There’s a double agent in your BLOOD?!

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

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:00
    Apple
    How are your fat cells "weighing in"?

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

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:00
    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
    Listen 1:00
    Apple
    Talk about a space oddity!

    A Sideways Black Hole
    Talk about a space oddity!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:00
    Apple
    Less food, longer life?!

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

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:00
    Apple
    It’s a radioactive jungle out there!

    Shielded Shots
    It’s a radioactive jungle out there!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:00
    Apple
    Neuroscience goes punk? I’m a teenage lobotomy!

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

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:00
    Apple
    Bring your canine to clean your canines!

    Pup Therapy
    Bring your canine to clean your canines!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:00
    Apple
    The Oscars are this weekend!  Do we smell…babies?

    Golden Stork
    The Oscars are this weekend!  Do we smell…babies?

Credits
  • Sandra Tsing Loh