Now the Bends is stuck in your head. You're welcome.
Alright so I've pushed a lot of crazy ideas in your guys general direction over the last month or so. The sky's falling, martians are coming to eat our brains, Joseph Stalin's gonna be reading your bed time stories instead of mommy from now on, I know -- it's been a lot to swallow at times. But this one's gonna take a minute or two to wrap your head around.
According to a scientist, Oxygen kills people. Yes folks, take a deep breath.
Let's start from square one: if you don't have Oxygen you die, right? Right. Mr. Science Guy isn't saying that's not the case, if you suffocate you suffocate, if you drown you drown, so on and so forth. But he's saying in other tragic accidents like a heart attack or stroke, that a lack of Oxygen is actually a big factor in helping kill you. You see Oxygen rapidly not being in the body does a huge amount of damage in these situations, and if done quickly enough, a small amount of hydrogen sulfide (an ounce could kill dozens of couple) if used to replace oxygen, can actually put an animal into a state of suspension that will halt degradation due to a lack of oxygen.
FUCKING CRAZY.
So far it's only working on small creatures, when they tried the experiment on a pig it freaked out and died, but it could be huge for humans. I mean just think about it, take the oxygen out, and replace it with poison, and you've got a perfect state of suspension where doctors can ACTUALLY come back and save you. Beats the hell out of cryogenics, all that happens then is some hilarious people decide to play baseball with your head!
This whole thing sounds a little bat shit nutty, and admittedly in the original article the writer describes the guy as looking like a nut, but still this COULD be amazing. And it's all brought to you by Bonus time.
According to a scientist, Oxygen kills people. Yes folks, take a deep breath.
Let's start from square one: if you don't have Oxygen you die, right? Right. Mr. Science Guy isn't saying that's not the case, if you suffocate you suffocate, if you drown you drown, so on and so forth. But he's saying in other tragic accidents like a heart attack or stroke, that a lack of Oxygen is actually a big factor in helping kill you. You see Oxygen rapidly not being in the body does a huge amount of damage in these situations, and if done quickly enough, a small amount of hydrogen sulfide (an ounce could kill dozens of couple) if used to replace oxygen, can actually put an animal into a state of suspension that will halt degradation due to a lack of oxygen.
FUCKING CRAZY.
So far it's only working on small creatures, when they tried the experiment on a pig it freaked out and died, but it could be huge for humans. I mean just think about it, take the oxygen out, and replace it with poison, and you've got a perfect state of suspension where doctors can ACTUALLY come back and save you. Beats the hell out of cryogenics, all that happens then is some hilarious people decide to play baseball with your head!
This whole thing sounds a little bat shit nutty, and admittedly in the original article the writer describes the guy as looking like a nut, but still this COULD be amazing. And it's all brought to you by Bonus time.
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