[HN Gopher] 22 Discoveries of 2022
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22 Discoveries of 2022
Author : Brajeshwar
Score : 67 points
Date : 2022-12-15 14:43 UTC (8 hours ago)
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| cultofmetatron wrote:
| > "preserved the function of multiple pig organs including the
| brain, heart, liver, and kidneys a full hour after the animals
| had died. "
|
| oh snapp.. was the pig conscious as a disembodied brain? that
| sounds terrifying
| yakubin wrote:
| _> The researchers induced cardiac arrest in pigs and left the
| dead bodies at room temperature for an hour before infusing
| their blood with OrganEx, which contains amino acids, vitamins,
| metabolites, and 13 additional compounds. Using a machine, they
| circulated the mix for six hours and noticed signs of revival
| in the dying organs--heart cells began beating, liver cells
| absorbed glucose from blood, and DNA repair resumed._
|
| To me it doesn't sound that the pig was cut into pieces. It
| reads to me that everything was left in place.
| thunderbong wrote:
| https://archive.md/pxG5o
| p1mrx wrote:
| TL;DR: rainforest fossil, mars rover, oregon shipwreck, undead
| organs, tonga volcano, small snail, climate change bad, bobcat vs
| python, jwst, climate change bad, denisovan tooth, big stingray,
| yucatan asteroid, microplastics everywhere, iceland volcano,
| spiders dream, dino fossil, synthetic microbiome, silphion not
| extinct, graveyard snakes, old iraqi artwork, protein folding.
| telesilla wrote:
| Where can I try Silphion? What 5-star chef has gotten hold of it
| already so we can taste this marvel.
| zagrebian wrote:
| > The researchers induced cardiac arrest in pigs and left the
| dead bodies at room temperature for an hour
|
| How is this allowed?
| rs_rs_rs_rs_rs wrote:
| Why would it not be allowed? This is a good thing!
| Fomite wrote:
| IACUCs, the animal version of IRBs, evaluate the potential
| benefits to both human and animal welfare compared to the
| suffering of the animals in question - and that a minimum of
| animals are being used.
|
| It's very possible the argument is that this research outweighs
| the cost of life for these animals.
|
| It's also possible this was effectively going to happen anyway.
| Research animals are often, by law, culled rather than sold or
| the like, and many researchers do their best to ensure that
| their sacrifice is not wasted. If they are going to be
| euthanized anyway, they may be directed to a project like this.
| lefstathiou wrote:
| 1.5 billions hogs are killed a year to feed the human race
| according to the Google, a huge percentage of which I'm sure
| ends up as waste (uneaten and unsold). This seems like a noble
| pursuit by comparison.
|
| Society at large is comfortable with the wholesale slaughter of
| animals for our benefit.
| uhtred wrote:
| Please don't trivialize it by calling them hogs. Also one of
| these things doesn't have to be acceptable; they can both be
| cruel.
| LarryMullins wrote:
| Please don't trivialize hogs by calling them pigs. 'Pig' is
| a diminutive term derived from "piglet". Calling a hog a
| 'pig' is like calling a man a 'boy'.
|
| If you really want to show respect, then call them swine.
| Bhilai wrote:
| Fantastic read! I did not know about many of these discoveries.
| My general thought process was that science has somewhat
| stagnated but this article proves me completely wrong. Not only
| are we discovering new species but we are pushing the boundaries
| of medical research (keeping organs alive after death!) We are
| also learning more and more about prehistoric stuff like new Homo
| species and death of dinosaurs and rediscovering plants thought
| to be extinct! Wow, I am left amazed.
| cachecrab wrote:
| https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalgeographic...
| aksss wrote:
| Bobcat vs. Python - I get a bit skeezed out when "scientists"
| start assigning agency to animals like, "local fauna fighting
| back". I don't think the particular bobcat in this case, or
| bobcat's generally, are thinking beyond the fact that there's a
| package lunch sitting there. Seriously doubt they're rallying
| behind an anti-colonialist banner to oust the snakes, which btw,
| have been there far longer than any given bobcat has been alive.
| blakesterz wrote:
| I was surprised how many of these I had read this year, I had no
| idea I was keeping up on discoveries in 2022! I don't know what
| the heck I've been reading to have noticed so many.
|
| My favorite has to be the one that some spiders might dream.
| "Jumping spiders rapidly move their eyes and twitch during rest,
| suggesting they have visual dreams, never before observed in
| arachnids."
|
| The runner up is either a new world record for largest freshwater
| fish, a 661-pound river sting ray, OR, finding the new global
| record-holder of the tiniest land snail title, with a shell width
| of 0.6-0.68 mm and a shell height of 0.46-0.57 mm
| andai wrote:
| Any pics of the snail?
| kparaju wrote:
| It's in the article: https://archive.md/pxG5o
|
| https://archive.md/pxG5o/62269879416fb0636f7f390f94242675498.
| ..
| heywherelogingo wrote:
| One click...
| acchow wrote:
| 661 pound freshwater fish is wild!
|
| I don't get why a 17th century Spanish shipwreck, a whole 200
| years after the discovery of the new world, can be considered
| one of the greatest discoveries of the year. Can someone who
| understands this domain explain the significance?
| aksss wrote:
| I'm swingin' blindly here, but I'd say that first, it's on
| the other side of the new world, and depending on how early
| in the 17th century, may represent one of the earliest points
| of contact between the Spanish and the PNW. Their first
| official voyage was in the 18th century, I believe. So aside
| from the possibility of Francis Drake making it that far
| North earlier (which is another fascinating rabbit hole),
| this seems to be solid proof of a theory/rumor/legend that
| now has some supporting evidence.
| nonameiguess wrote:
| It's a bit of an outsized local legend among shipwrecks and
| also the inspiration for the pirate wreck in _The Goonies_.
| Oregonian treasure hunters tried to find it for a long time
| before treasure hunting was banned.
| RcouF1uZ4gsC wrote:
| > Can someone who understands this domain explain the
| significance?
|
| Some editor needed to find one more discovery to make it 22
| items because it was 2022, and this was the first one the new
| intern found.
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