Human Bodies Glow in the Dark
By Manisha
@ms1864 (6885)
Bangalore, India
September 13, 2017 12:25am CST
Could we be distantly related to the creatures who glow with the help of bio-luminescence?
Well no...not exactly. Their glow is different from ours.
Apparently we emit photons, on a regular interval, everyday.
This bio-photon emission is believed to be a by-product of biochemical reactions in which excited molecules are emitted from an active oxygen species.
The intensity of the light which we glow is 1/1000 times weaker than what we can view with our naked eyes.
So we can continue to glow everyday but can't really see it without the help of technology.
Happy Glowing!
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@DaddyEvil (141219)
• United States
2 Dec 17
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@balkarsingh (66)
• Jaipur, India
13 Sep 17
Thanks for increasing science knowledge.
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