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The Skeptics Guide #846 - Sep 25 2021

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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Is There a Difference Between White and Black?

White surfaces reflect light, and they can have a cooling effect. Researchers set out to make a coating that would be really reflective. In doing this, they also found that the coating ended up being credibly white. The paint reflects 98 point one % of solar radiation. And it, remarkably, also emits infered heat. It's not like a manlack riht sa y, right? I got the paint that they ed reflects 98 point 1% of solar radiation; i think you couldn't guess that though, but good, sure.

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