SUN FILES
The rays
we cannot see.
UVA, UVB and the invisible spectrum that changed what we know about sunlight.
Why does
sunlight age us?
What happens when ultraviolet radiation meets human skin, cell by cell.
Before
sunscreen.
How humans protected themselves from sunlight long before modern SPF.
The history
of SPF.
From early experiments to the number printed on almost every sunscreen bottle.
The Ochre
Question.
Could one of humanity's oldest pigments have played a role in protection from sunlight?
Living
with the sun.
Clothing, architecture, culture and the many ways humans adapted to sunlight.
THE ARCHIVE
The more we learn about sunlight, the less simple the story becomes.
What happens
beneath the skin?
Follow a photon of UV radiation from the surface of your skin to its final destination.
The strange
history of sunscreen.
Accidental discoveries, early formulas and the people who changed sun protection.
KEEP
DIGGING.
The Sun Files is an expanding archive of scientific and historical investigations into our relationship with sunlight.
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