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The human body is a watercooled biological machinery (lemmy.world)

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[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Really? I thought it was skin.

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Radiation (similar to heat leaving a wood stove). This normal process of heat moving away from the body usually occurs in air temperatures lower than 20 °C (68 °F). The body loses 65% of its heat through radiation.

https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/health-topics/cold-exposure-ways-body-loses-heat

this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2024

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