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The way the sun damages your skin is weirder than you ever thought.
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Nature: Sunlight Damages DNA in the Dark
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v518/n7540/full/518459b.html
The Protective Role of Melanin Against UV Damage in Human Skin
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2671032
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Host, Writer, Animator, Editor
Anna Rothschild
Videography
Sara Tewksbury and Anna Rothschild
Production Help
Sara Tewksbury
Special Thanks to Dr. Douglas Brash and Dr. Barbara Gilchrest
FOOTAGE AND IMAGES
Original Footage
©WGBH Educational Foundation
Sunburn
Wikimedia Commons/Wikioogle=world Take Over
Trees and Sunshine
Wikimedia Commons/Richs5812
Hands of Love
Wikimedia Commons/Mr-yuyu
Tan lines on a human female chest
Wikimedia Commons/Evil Erin
Sunburn (131417495)
Wikimedia Commons/Kelly Sue DeConnick
Sunburnt Back (3)
Wikimedia Commons/Pavel Ševela
Malignant melanoma on chest
Wikimedia Commons/CDC/Carl Washington, M.D. Emory Univ. School of Medicine; Mona Saraiya, MD, MPH
SFX
Cockroaches
Freesound/StateAardvark
(used with permission from author)
Squeak Pack/squeak_10
Freesound/Corsica_S
Produced by WGBH for PBS Digital Studios
The way the sun damages your skin is weirder than you ever thought.
Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter! twitter.com/gross_science ‖ Tumblr! http://grossscience.tumblr.com
↓Want more info?↓
Nature: Sunlight Damages DNA in the Dark
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v518/n7540/full/518459b.html
The Protective Role of Melanin Against UV Damage in Human Skin
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2671032
--
Host, Writer, Animator, Editor
Anna Rothschild
Videography
Sara Tewksbury and Anna Rothschild
Production Help
Sara Tewksbury
Special Thanks to Dr. Douglas Brash and Dr. Barbara Gilchrest
FOOTAGE AND IMAGES
Original Footage
©WGBH Educational Foundation
Sunburn
Wikimedia Commons/Wikioogle=world Take Over
Trees and Sunshine
Wikimedia Commons/Richs5812
Hands of Love
Wikimedia Commons/Mr-yuyu
Tan lines on a human female chest
Wikimedia Commons/Evil Erin
Sunburn (131417495)
Wikimedia Commons/Kelly Sue DeConnick
Sunburnt Back (3)
Wikimedia Commons/Pavel Ševela
Malignant melanoma on chest
Wikimedia Commons/CDC/Carl Washington, M.D. Emory Univ. School of Medicine; Mona Saraiya, MD, MPH
SFX
Cockroaches
Freesound/StateAardvark
(used with permission from author)
Squeak Pack/squeak_10
Freesound/Corsica_S
Produced by WGBH for PBS Digital Studios