
Overview
Learning about skin science is no sweat. It's gigantic. It's gargantuan. It's your skin. It's your body's biggest organ. If you could lay your skin out flat, it would cover about one and a half square meters. Your skin stops you from drying out, protects you from the weather, and keeps bacteria and viruses from getting inside your body. Your skin is also your personal air conditioner and heater all in one. Sweating cools you off. When you're hot, glands in your skin push a mixture of water and other chemicals onto the surface of your skin. When the water evaporates, it takes some of the heat with it, and you're cooler. When you're too cold, your skin muscles start twitching. Shivering makes your body warm up. Without skin, you wouldn't be able to feel the difference between a sheet of paper and a wool blanket. There are thousands of touch receptors inside skin. When you touch the remote control, the receptors send information about the remote's temperature, thicknes
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1 - 1Flight September 10, 1993
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1 - 2Earth's Crust September 17, 1993
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1 - 3Dinosaurs September 24, 1993
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1 - 4Skin October 01, 1993
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1 - 5Buoyancy October 08, 1993
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1 - 6Gravity October 15, 1993
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1 - 7Digestion October 22, 1993
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1 - 8Phases of Matter October 29, 1993
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1 - 9Biodiversity November 05, 1993
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1 - 10Simple Machines November 12, 1993
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1 - 11The Moon November 19, 1993
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1 - 12Sound November 26, 1993
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1 - 13Garbage December 03, 1993
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1 - 14Structures December 10, 1993
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1 - 15Earth's Seasons December 17, 1993
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1 - 16Light & Color December 24, 1993
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1 - 17Cells January 21, 1994
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1 - 18Electricity January 28, 1994
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1 - 19Outer Space February 04, 1994
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1 - 20Eyeball February 11, 1994