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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Humans are bioluminescent, too! But it's too dim for anything to actually be able to see, so it's no fun.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Is that "article" trying to say we're exothermic and thus glow in the infrared?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year 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).

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