Border control

• Autores: Andy Coghlan
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2908, 2013, pág. 49
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • One might think that the physical bounds of his body are a neat cut-off point where "he" ends and the rest of the world begins. Yet everywhere he goes he leaves behind a calling card. Whether it is hair, skin cells, sweat or waste material such as urine and faeces, he is are constantly shedding material that started off as part of him. Here, Coghlan explores whether the detritus people leave behind is still part of them.