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How do mood rings work?

2025/5/22
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Catherine
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Lady Magnus
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Ned Thomas
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Ruby Guthrie
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Catherine: 我对心情戒指如何运作感到好奇，想了解它背后的科学原理。 Ned Thomas: 作为材料科学家，我认为心情戒指通过感应手指温度来改变颜色。戒指本身并不能感知情绪，但手指温度会受到情绪和活动的影响。例如，运动时血液流动加快，手指温度升高，戒指颜色也会随之改变。人们喜欢将戒指的颜色变化与情绪联系起来，但实际上它只是反映了体温的变化。我认为心情戒指的流行源于人们对魔法和未知事物的好奇心，尽管它只是一种简单的温度计。 Ruby Guthrie: 我认为心情戒指是一种有趣的时尚潮流，但它并没有真正揭示我们的情绪。它更多地反映了我们的体温。心情戒指在1970年代非常流行，但像许多潮流一样，它很快就过时了。现在我们明白了心情戒指实际上是测量温度，而不是情绪，这解释了为什么现在很少有人佩戴它们。

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Have you ever heard of a mood ring? It’s a little piece of jewelry that supposedly tells you what kind of a mood you’re in. But how the heck can it know? We asked scientist Edwin Thomas to help us find the answer.

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