Melanin
noun
A dark brown or black pigment found in skin, hair, and eyes in people and animals.
Melanin gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes.
Often appears as...
- melanin production
- melanin levels
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noun
A dark brown or black pigment found in skin, hair, and eyes in people and animals.
Melanin gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes.
Often appears as...
- melanin production
- melanin levels
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Science Context
Primarily used in science or medicine to explain skin, hair, and eye color variations.
Her research focuses on melanin and how it protects skin from UV radiation.
Pro Tip 2/3Sun Exposure
Melanin increases with sun exposure, which tans the skin.
To prevent sunburns, people with less melanin should use sunscreen.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Conversations about melanin can touch on race and ethnicity; sensitivity is important.
The workshop explained the cultural significance of melanin in different communities.
Pro Tip 1/3Science Context
Primarily used in science or medicine to explain skin, hair, and eye color variations.
Her research focuses on melanin and how it protects skin from UV radiation.
Pro Tip 2/3Sun Exposure
Melanin increases with sun exposure, which tans the skin.
To prevent sunburns, people with less melanin should use sunscreen.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Conversations about melanin can touch on race and ethnicity; sensitivity is important.
The workshop explained the cultural significance of melanin in different communities.
Pro Tip 1/3Science Context
Primarily used in science or medicine to explain skin, hair, and eye color variations.
Her research focuses on melanin and how it protects skin from UV radiation.
Pro Tip 2/3Sun Exposure
Melanin increases with sun exposure, which tans the skin.
To prevent sunburns, people with less melanin should use sunscreen.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Conversations about melanin can touch on race and ethnicity; sensitivity is important.
The workshop explained the cultural significance of melanin in different communities.
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How to raise a Black son...
it's simply because they wanted to keep us alive. All of my black friends were raised with the same message, the talk, given to us when we became old enough to be mistaken for a nail ready to be hammered to the ground, when people made our melanin synonymous with something to be feared. But what does it do to a child
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Could we survive...
Human skin produces a pigment called melanin that protects us from the filtered radiation on Earth. Melanin exists in many forms across species, and some melanin-expressing fungi use the pigment to convert radiation into chemical energy. Instead of trying to shield the human body,
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The Colour of Dinosaurs...
all of these sausage shapes there are mulana somes and in a living feather there will be full of the chemical melanin which which in fact gives the color and these sausage shaped ones are a sure indicator of a particular kind of melanin which is the one that gives a
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Mutant All-Black Penguin...
king penguin astonishing he jokingly said it's a one in a zillion kind of mutation and scientifically calls it very rare he explains that typically melanistic birds will have white spots where melanin pigmentation has failed to color the feathers but it's extremely
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5 skin health myths to...
and form a harder layer that's difficult for water or microbes to cross. Our keratinocytes also synthesize vitamin D from the sun, which is vital for our health. Other important cells in the epidermis include melanocytes, which produce melanin or our skin pigment,
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How humans could evolve...
it would be infinitely better than what we already have, which is just the melanin in our skin. Using the tools of synthetic biology, we can harness Deinococcus radiodurans' ability to thrive under otherwise very lethal doses of radiation.
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Breaking the illusion of...
other important functions in our bodies so living at the equator we got lots and lots of ultraviolet radiation and the melanin this wonderful complex ancient polymer compound in our skin served as a superb natural sunscreen this polymer is
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How do we know what...
But in bird feathers, melanin isn't simply a dye. It forms hollow nanostructures called melanosomes which can shine in all the colors of the rainbow. To understand how that works, it helps to remember some things about light.
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Nina Jablonski breaks...
and myriad other important functions in our bodies. So, living at the equator, we got lots and lots of ultraviolet radiation and the melanin -- this wonderful, complex, ancient polymer compound in our skin --
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The science of skin...
The key to survival lay in their own personal sunscreen manufactured beneath the melanin. The type and amount of melanin in your skin determines whether you'll be more or less protected from the sun.
Video examples
How to raise a Black son...
it's simply because they wanted to keep us alive. All of my black friends were raised with the same message, the talk, given to us when we became old enough to be mistaken for a nail ready to be hammered to the ground, when people made our melanin synonymous with something to be feared. But what does it do to a child
Video examples
Could we survive...
Human skin produces a pigment called melanin that protects us from the filtered radiation on Earth. Melanin exists in many forms across species, and some melanin-expressing fungi use the pigment to convert radiation into chemical energy. Instead of trying to shield the human body,
Video examples
The Colour of Dinosaurs...
all of these sausage shapes there are mulana somes and in a living feather there will be full of the chemical melanin which which in fact gives the color and these sausage shaped ones are a sure indicator of a particular kind of melanin which is the one that gives a
Video examples
Mutant All-Black Penguin...
king penguin astonishing he jokingly said it's a one in a zillion kind of mutation and scientifically calls it very rare he explains that typically melanistic birds will have white spots where melanin pigmentation has failed to color the feathers but it's extremely
Video examples
5 skin health myths to...
and form a harder layer that's difficult for water or microbes to cross. Our keratinocytes also synthesize vitamin D from the sun, which is vital for our health. Other important cells in the epidermis include melanocytes, which produce melanin or our skin pigment,
Video examples
How humans could evolve...
it would be infinitely better than what we already have, which is just the melanin in our skin. Using the tools of synthetic biology, we can harness Deinococcus radiodurans' ability to thrive under otherwise very lethal doses of radiation.
Video examples
Breaking the illusion of...
other important functions in our bodies so living at the equator we got lots and lots of ultraviolet radiation and the melanin this wonderful complex ancient polymer compound in our skin served as a superb natural sunscreen this polymer is
Video examples
How do we know what...
But in bird feathers, melanin isn't simply a dye. It forms hollow nanostructures called melanosomes which can shine in all the colors of the rainbow. To understand how that works, it helps to remember some things about light.
Video examples
Nina Jablonski breaks...
and myriad other important functions in our bodies. So, living at the equator, we got lots and lots of ultraviolet radiation and the melanin -- this wonderful, complex, ancient polymer compound in our skin --
Video examples
The science of skin...
The key to survival lay in their own personal sunscreen manufactured beneath the melanin. The type and amount of melanin in your skin determines whether you'll be more or less protected from the sun.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates
American Journalist
With segregation, with the isolation of the injured and the robbed, comes the concentration of disadvantage. An unsegregated America might see poverty, and all its effects, spread across the country with no particular bias toward skin color. Instead, the concentration of poverty has been paired with a concentration of melanin.
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Christie Brinkley
American Model
Whenever I wore a bathing suit, I kept a sarong around my hips that went halfway down my thighs. The tops of my thighs are like baby skin. Where the sarong ended, I can see sun damage: I've got dark spots and places where there is no melanin. The spots are not pretty, so I encourage everyone to protect their skin from the sun.
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Steve King
American Politician
Our focus on melanin and people's skins - can't we talk about the diversity of ideology? Can't we look at people for their minds and what they can contribute? And I'd like to see us go more toward a respect for people's ability to contribute, and I actually want to get to a society where we disregard race.
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John Boyega
British Actor
We see through the eyes of children that they're not talking about race the way we grown folks are. They're not talking about color or how much melanin is in someone's skin.
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Zadie Smith
British Novelist
Like all readers, I want my limits to be drawn by my own sensibilities, not by my melanin count.
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Hasan Minhaj
American Actor
I look like a melanin version of Chris Hayes.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates
American Journalist
With segregation, with the isolation of the injured and the robbed, comes the concentration of disadvantage. An unsegregated America might see poverty, and all its effects, spread across the country with no particular bias toward skin color. Instead, the concentration of poverty has been paired with a concentration of melanin.
Quote examples
Christie Brinkley
American Model
Whenever I wore a bathing suit, I kept a sarong around my hips that went halfway down my thighs. The tops of my thighs are like baby skin. Where the sarong ended, I can see sun damage: I've got dark spots and places where there is no melanin. The spots are not pretty, so I encourage everyone to protect their skin from the sun.
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Steve King
American Politician
Our focus on melanin and people's skins - can't we talk about the diversity of ideology? Can't we look at people for their minds and what they can contribute? And I'd like to see us go more toward a respect for people's ability to contribute, and I actually want to get to a society where we disregard race.
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John Boyega
British Actor
We see through the eyes of children that they're not talking about race the way we grown folks are. They're not talking about color or how much melanin is in someone's skin.
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Zadie Smith
British Novelist
Like all readers, I want my limits to be drawn by my own sensibilities, not by my melanin count.
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Hasan Minhaj
American Actor
I look like a melanin version of Chris Hayes.
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