Science Explains Rudolph's Red Nose

HardOCP News · Dec 23, 2013

Why is Rudolph's nose red? Here comes the science!

sfsuphysics · Dec 23, 2013

Fallout from Chernobyl... that's why Rudolph's nose glows red.

heatlesssun · Dec 23, 2013

sfsuphysics said:
Fallout from Chernobyl... that's why Rudolph's nose glows red.

Rudolph The Radioactive Red nosed Reindeer doesn't quite conjure up warm Holiday feelings for me. Or possibly too warm.

Ocean · Dec 23, 2013

Nuh uh, Rudolph was an alcoholic.

p.i.m.p · Dec 23, 2013

rudolph snorting too much

Lith1um · Dec 23, 2013

I'm more interested in the data Rudolph Elmer intended to release..........too bad the other side won that battle.

doho7744 · Dec 23, 2013

It's a freaking exhaust port, what is so hard to explain?

Stiletto · Dec 23, 2013

Because Santa was all about LEDs way before they were white and/or commonplace.

Vicinity · Dec 23, 2013

I thought it was all the cocaine in the North Pole.

heatlesssun · Dec 23, 2013

Wow, Rudolph The Radioactive, Cocaine addicted, Alcoholic, LED implanted Red Nosed Reindeer.

Taranabas · Dec 23, 2013

This escalated quickly...

MrAgmoore · Dec 23, 2013

The Physics of what she said about running away from wolves, to cool the brain didn't make any sense, since heat travels from hot to cold. Then I thought that maybe reindeers have a way to make their nose drop to cooler than their brain, which would be weird but I found an article on it:

How Reindeer Cool Down Their Red Noses

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/science/how-reindeer-cool-down-their-red-noses-63368.html

Science Explains Rudolph's Red Nose

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