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The Naked Scientists

Hello,

welcome to this week's naked scientists with Helen Scales.

Hello, Helen.

Hello. And with me, Chris Smith, in this week's show,

a way to store digital information that the discoverers say should last a

billion years if on the off chance you need to keep your family photos for that long.

Also a killer kimodo dragon scientists have discovered why their bites are so lethal and how people

with Down syndrome are protected from cancer. They don't get it, at least not very

often and now we know why and we may even be able to copy the trick to help other people too.

And we'll be hearing how in just a second Helen.

Thanks Chris. Also this week we're looking into the body's biggest organ and that's

your skin. We'll be hearing how scientists have discovered what causes

skin scarring and how we might be able to stop it. Where skin colours originate.

In other words, why do we come in all sorts of different colours?

Some of us are black, some of us are white.

And why are some people especially white, the albinos,

who've got no skin pigment at all?

Plus, we'll be doing an experiment

to show you why a blast of blue light benefits newborn babies with

Jaundice. I hope you'll now be able to see that the yellow color has now

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