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Category: Science & Technology

Tags: lulu millergood questionlife spanadam colehow old are your cellsreplacerefreshbodyskunk bearhow old are my cellscellspersonalityreplace itselfskunkbearsciencehow oldseven yearsrenewinvisibiliaage

Description: ★ Help us make Skunk Bear better by completing this survey: npr.org/skunkbearsurvey ★ Do all of your cells get switched out for new ones every seven years or so? Does anything remain with you throughout your entire life? ↓↓Links & Info↓↓ SUBMIT A QUESTION HERE: npr.org/skunkbear SUBSCRIBE: bit.ly/2dH6fpR TUMBLR: skunkbear.tumblr.com TWITTER: twitter.com/NPRskunkbear The question was posed on the NPR podcast Invisibilia by co-host Lulu Miller. Listen to their episode (exploring the constancy of personality) here: npr.org/programs/invisibilia/482836315/the-personality-myth Produced by Adam Cole and Ryan Kellman Senior Editor and Wardrobe Consultant: Geoff Brumfiel Supervising Editor: Anne Gudenkauf Key Grip: Kristin Adair How did scientists figure all this out? With a little help from nuclear bomb testing. More info here: skunkbear.tumblr.com/post/146593746334/c14 Copyright © 2016 NPR. All rights reserved. Visit our website terms of use for further information. npr.org/about-npr/179876898/terms-of-use For permission to reuse this video, visit our permissions pages at npr.org npr.org/about-npr/179881519/rights-and-permissions-information SFX by freesound.org users: glencurtisadams manuts agentdd vjoe1985 xenognosis bsumusictech Dvideoguy huggy13ear wescwave fcsimba ecfike equality-x12 pyro13djt dspena moai15 spookymodem blukotek adejabor jonnyhoff91 juliansmart misterlockbridge12 123jorre456 altfuture skippybog pwausc1 cdonahueucsd duckduckpony uzbazur345 danmitch311 glaneur-de-sons studenttanita rompusbluewhale redjim timbre tjandrasounds bassboybg genel kwahmah blu thenudo