Fwd: The science of skin color

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Date: Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 6:07 PM
Subject: The science of skin color
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View this email in your browser Lessons Worth Sharing TED-Ed Original Lessons The science of skin color - Angela Koine Flynn Animation by Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat When ultraviolet sunlight hits our skin, it affects each of us differently. Depending on skin color, it'll take only minutes of exposure to turn one person beetroot-pink, while another requires hours to experience the slightest change. What's to account for that difference, and how did our skin come to take on so many different hues to begin with? Angela Koine Flynn describes the science of skin color. View full lesson » The controversial origins of the Encyclopedia - Addison Anderson Animation by Patrick Smith The first encyclopedia contained 70,000 entries and over 20,000,000 words. It was broken into 35 volumes written over the course of 3 decades. It was also banned by Louis XV and Pope Clement XIII. But why was this encyclopedia so controversial, and who wrote it in the first place? Addison Anderson recounts the controversial origins of the first encyclopedia. View full lesson » TED-Ed Selects Interview with Francine, a Holocaust Survivor View full lesson Featured Blog Post 5 places where any kid can learn how to code #TEDEdChat #TEDEdChat: Every Kid Needs a Champion TED Talk Lessons Harvard Commencement - J.K. Rowling View full lesson TED-Ed Tumblr Why are human bodies asymmetrical? You received this email because you subscribed to our mailing list on ed.ted.com. Copyright © 2016 TED-Ed, All rights reserved.   TED-Ed 250 Hudson St Suite 1002 New York, NY 10013 Add us to your address book   unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences | privacy policy

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