EPISODE · Jan 26, 2024 · 17 MIN
What Does Your Light Eat?
from easytopia! · host Herschel Sterling
Brave summarizer is very good. Brave has the best privacy. Get Brave browser. https://search.brave.com/search?q=do+humans+emit+light&source=web In 2009, a team of Japanese researchers led by Masaki Kobayashi from the Tohoku Institute of Technology discovered that the human body emits visible light in small quantities that vary during the day.0 The amount of light emitted follows a 24-hour cycle, at its highest in late afternoon and lowest late at night, and the brightest light is emitted from the cheeks, forehead, and neck.3 The diurnal changes in photon emission might be linked to changes in energy metabolism.2 The intensity of the light emitted by the body is 1000 times lower than the sensitivity of our naked eyes.4 The human body emits infrared radiation, with a peak wavelength of about 9.35 micrometers.1 petapixel.com quora.com 1 journals.plos.org 2 theguardian.com 3 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 4petapixel.com quora.com 1 journals.plos.org 2 theguardian.com 3 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Commercial Herschel is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber Commercial Herschel is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.share this post and you can win a really nice feeling Commercial Herschel is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit commercialherschel.substack.com/subscribe
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