Is that “article” trying to say we’re exothermic and thus glow in the infrared?
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samus12345@lemm.ee 5 months agoHumans are bioluminescent, too! But it’s too dim for anything to actually be able to see, so it’s no fun.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
meowMix2525@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Short answer: no
Long answer:
In scientific terms, the glow comes from chemical reactions within our bodies. These chemical reactions besides generating energy and producing heat also produce free radicals – atoms or molecules that have a lone, isolated electron. That makes these radicals highly reactive setting off a series of energetic chemical reactions as they interact with various fats and proteins in our cells. **The glow is produced when these reactions involve fluorophores – molecules that give off photons (elementary particles of light). **
Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
We also have stripes.