Molly Webster (host)

Is like a high energy electron like a kid with a lot of sugar and then like a low energy electron is like when they come down off the sugar?

Dad, this part is like the juicy part.

So you're saying that, I don't know, we're giving off life because we're doing fun things with our electrons.

Because we're alive.

We're because, yeah.

There are a number of different ideas about where light could be coming from inside the cell.

It could be these electrons.

It could be a buildup and release of charged particles.

It could be something having to do with fatty acids.

It could be a combination of things.

For Narosha, she's finding that when she interrupts that electron chain, the light changes.

Do you have a sense of how many photons a cell is emitting at any moment?

About a million.

So say a million brain cells emitting 100 photons a second as a group.

Okay.

Okay, wait.

I got really lost in an image of like the mitochondria just releasing like fireworks all the time.

Like I was like, oh, these little cells are popping off.

It's like after a baseball game on the 4th of July.

Yeah, that's probably accurate.