November 2011
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Your skin can "see"
In a new study, biologists report that melanocyte skin cells detect ultraviolet light using a photosensitive receptor previously thought to exist only in the eye.
That’s right, your skin can sense light, and very quickly. Is it any wonder our senses our heightened when we’re outdoors in the nude? The particular study, reported in Science Daily, had to do with melanin production...