Ha, ha! I heard that Oxygen and Magnesium were going out.
Tag: oxygen
Boy survives sub-zero temperatures and near-zero oxygen after hitching a five-hour flight in the wheel well of airplane.
It’s a rare event and even rarer if the person attempting it survives. The FAA says that since 1947, there have been around 100 people known to have stowed away in wheel wells of an airplane. Most of them died. But this week a 16-year-old boy survived a five-hour flight from California to Hawaii hidden…
3.5 billion year old fossils found that predate oxygen on Earth
Researchers have found fossils of bacteria in northwest Australia’s Pilbara region, that are dated at 3.49 billion-years-old. That’s older than oxygen and just one billion years after Earth’s formation. The fossils, which are textures on the surfaces of sandstone thought to be sculpted by once-living organisms, are believed to be the oldest visible fossils ever…
New injectable, gas-filled microparticles allow person to breathe for up to 30 minutes without, ehhh, breathing
Researchers have developed tiny, gas-filled microparticles that can be injected directly into the blood system to quickly oxygenate blood providing vital oxygen to the patient for up to 30 minutes per injection. The microparticles are made from a single layer of fatty molecules (lipids) that encapsulate a tiny pocket of oxygen gas (about 3-4 times…
Mitt Romney complains because airplane windows won’t roll down when you need like, oxygen and stuff
After his wife experienced an in-flight emergency last week, Mitt Romney complained at a Beverley Hills fundraiser on Saturday, about how airplanes don’t allow you to roll down the windows. Mrs. Romney’s plane was forced to make an emergency landing en route to Santa Monica after a fire broke out on the airplane. According to…
