The Bastard Post » biology http://bofh.cx Have you fed your little Bastard today? Fri, 20 May 2011 02:07:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Scientist says tiny amount of toxic hydrogen sulfide can stop cell death http://bofh.cx/index.php/2009/10/scientist-says-tiny-amount-of-toxic-hydrogen-sulfide-can-stop-cell-death/ http://bofh.cx/index.php/2009/10/scientist-says-tiny-amount-of-toxic-hydrogen-sulfide-can-stop-cell-death/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:31:54 +0000 weetabix http://bofh.cx/index.php/2009/scientist-says-tiny-amount-of-toxic-hydrogen-sulfide-can-stop-cell-death/ [...]]]> Scientists hope work with poison gas can be a lifesaver – CNN.com
…the sealed enclosure starts to fill with poison gas — hydrogen sulfide. An ounce could kill dozens of people.
The rat sniffs the air a few times, and within a minute, his naturally twitchy movements are almost still. …
At first glance, that looks bad. …[b]ut something else is going on inside this rat. He isn’t dead…

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A new study says that potentially disease-causing germs can get trapped in showerheads and grow into biofilm, or coats of slime that deliver a bacteria blast along with your hot water.

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