• Captain Aggravated
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    2 days ago

    Is that “article” trying to say we’re exothermic and thus glow in the infrared?

    • meowMix2525@lemm.ee
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      2 days 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).