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DNA-based sunscreen gets more effective with more use

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One of the hassles involved with using sunscreen is the fact that you shouldn’t just apply it once – depending on who you ask, it should be reapplied at least once every few hours. That isn’t the case, however, with an experimental new coating made from DNA. It actually gets more effective the longer it’s left on the skin. Led by assistant professor of biomedical engineering Guy German, a team at New York’s Binghamton University developed thin and optically transparent crystalline DNA films, then irradiated them with ultraviolet light. It was found that the more UV exposure the films received, the more their optical density increased, and the better they got at absorbing the rays. “Ultraviolet light can actually damage DNA, and that’s not good for the skin,” states German. “We thought, let’s flip it. What happens instead if we actually used DNA as a sacrificial layer? So instead of damaging DNA within the skin, we damage a layer on top of the skin.”

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“The wind was gusting, cold as the breath of the ice dragon in the tales Old Nan had told when Jon was a boy.”

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Beam me up, Gucci.

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Both CNN and MSNBC aired Michelle Obama’s full speech, but apparently it was too true for Fox News.

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Of course Fox didn’t air it.

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Hamburglar says…

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only god can judge me

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Currently Reading No. 1

Damn Good Advice (for people with talent!) by George Lois

Damn Good Advice (for people with talent!) is an inspirational guide to creativity and success. Presenting iconic lessons from America’s ‘Master Communicator’, George Lois, this book is a bible of breakthrough thinking. A no-holds-barred, in your face compendium of lessons for a life lived to the fullest written for anyone looking to make a creative difference.

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Science Is For Girls: 30 Books About Female Scientists

A Mighty Girl's top picks of books for children and teens about real-life female scientists who changed the world!

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Audi Asks Photographer To Photograph Their $160,000 Sports Car, Instead, He Uses $40 Miniature Toy Car

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Known for his ingenuity and his large imagination, photographer Felix Hernandez Rodriguez was composed by Audi to photograph their sports car Audi R8. The stunning images surprisingly did not feature  $160,000 car!

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Turn up for work. Discipline allows creative freedom. No discipline equals no freedom.

Jeanette Winterson (h/t @AdviceToWriters)

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Benefits of greenhouse gas pact may fall short of high hopes

OSLO (Reuters) - A pact by almost 200 nations to slash greenhouse gases used in refrigerators and air conditioners will likely fall short of governments’ hopes of averting a full half-degree Celsius (0.9 Fahrenheit) of warming this century, scientist http://www.environmentguru.com/pages/elements/element.aspx?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr&id=4063373

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stuffguyswant:

Hybrid Bookmark Also Functions as a Reading Light

Kyouei Design  has designed a functional and awesome hybrid of a bookmark and a book light. Titled Bookmark Light, the contemporary and minimalist design is compromised of a thin clear film that that is ingrained with a silver nanoparticle ink that is able to transmit electricity.

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“Black leather, knee-hole pants / Can’t play no high school dance”

This punk jacket in LACMA’s collection—acquired in 2013 and on display for the first time in the upcoming Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715–2015—is one that belonged to a Ramones fan from New York. Find out more on Unframed: http://bit.ly/20ZQyi2

This series examines highlights from our upcoming exhibition Reigning Men:  Fashion in Menswear, 1715–2015 on view at LACMA April 10–August 21, 2016. Follow #ReigningMen on Tumblr for upcoming posts.