…scientists can’t figure out whether it’s good or bad for you. New studies show that more exposure to sunlight may actually decrease your likelihood of getting cancer. Needless to say, the leading scientist arguing that you shouldn’t bathe in Coppertone and hide indoors all the time is being heavily attacked, but I think that time will likely show that what he’s saying is correct. With studies beginning to show that children who are allowed to play in the dirt have lower rates of illnesses than children who spend all of their time indoors (I can’t find any articles on it right now, but I’ll post them if I come across them later), I think things will move towards a more natural environment. Living indoors is unnatural, and is likely to interfere with our bodies in ways we don’t understand. I’ve never understood the paranoia about the sun — modern humans have been living outdoors in the sun for tens of thousands of years, and apart from getting eaten by things more often than people are today, they were remarkably healthy. Until agriculture came along, but that’s another story.