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Living beings emit a faint light that extinguishes upon death, according to a new study (phys.org)
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[–] edge@hexbear.net 26 points 1 month ago (8 children)

It's just inefficiencies in your cells' processing of energy being released as light.

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Yeah, isn't it basically blackbody radiation? We're warm so we glow

[–] decaptcha@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Blackbody radiation starts emitting around 500 C... this is something else I think. In the interest of science though, why don't we experiment? Let's heat Elon Musk to 500 C and see what color he glows?

[–] context@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Blackbody radiation starts emitting around 500 C...

blackbody radiation starts emitting visible light around 500 celsius. cooler objects emit at longer wavelengths.

[–] decaptcha@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

good point, thx. maybe we should run the experiment anyway just to be sure

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