This Animal Survives 18 Minutes Without Oxygen | Gary Lewin | 309

Send us Fan Mail Nick talks with Prof. Gary Lewin (Max Delbrück Center, Berlin) about naked mole-rats, which in lab tests survived 18 minutes in pure nitrogen by shutting down brain activity, keeping the heart beating, and switching to fructose for fuel. TOPICS DISCUSSED: • From Pain Research to Mole-Rats: The work began when the animals turned out not to feel the burn of capsaicin. • Ecology & Eusociality: Colonies with a queen, one breeding male, workers, and soldiers, spread across sem...