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Why do fingers get wrinkly after a long bath or swim? A biomedical engineer explains

  • Written by Guy German, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Binghamton University, State University of New York
imageThose puckered prints show up after a while in the water.MarijaRadovic/iStock via Getty Imagesimage

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