Skin: Stretched, Shed and Tinted
Clip: Special | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
What is melanin?
Your skin is self-renewing. You shed skin cells every day and new cells are formed. One chemical in your skin determines your skin color and if you have freckles. Learn how your skin is an indication of your past.
Science Trek is a local public television program presented by IdahoPTV
Major Funding by the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation and the Idaho National Laboratory. Additional Funding by Sparklight, the Friends of Idaho Public Television and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Skin: Stretched, Shed and Tinted
Clip: Special | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
Your skin is self-renewing. You shed skin cells every day and new cells are formed. One chemical in your skin determines your skin color and if you have freckles. Learn how your skin is an indication of your past.
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Science Trek is a local public television program presented by IdahoPTV
Major Funding by the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation and the Idaho National Laboratory. Additional Funding by Sparklight, the Friends of Idaho Public Television and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.