
Why Do Some People Tan While Others Don't?
Two people, the same beach, the same sun. One turns golden, the other turns red. Why?
That is the question Jen, Chris and Jamie set out to answer this week, and the answer surprises almost everyone. Tanning isn't a skill you build over a summer. Whether you can tan at all is settled by your genes, and it was decided before you were born. The team unpack what a tan really is (a repair job, not a sign of health), why everyone has roughly the same number of pigment cells but wildly different results, and the two pigments that decide whether you go bronze or go pink. Along the way they bust the…
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