Word: oxygenated
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...publicized near misses. Cosmonaut Alexander Serebrov almost became a satellite himself when his safety tether came loose during a spacewalk. Luckily, he managed to grab hold of the station. In 1994, Mir lost its orientation, causing most of its onboard systems to sputter out, including the fans that keep oxygen circulating. To stay alive, the cosmonauts had to wave their hands in front of their faces to gather in breathable air and flap away carbon dioxide until Mir could power up again. "No one knew how torturous it was for the cosmonauts," says Bezyaev. "They spoke absolutely coolly...
...muscle - worsened throughout the day, leaving her puzzled and fearful. By nightfall she was finding it difficult to breathe. Early the next morning, she was in the emergency ward of her local hospital surrounded by staff trying to establish the cause of her distress. After they had given Gibson oxygen and tested for a heart attack, one of them asked her, "Have you recently been on a long-haul flight...
Another practice, still hotly debated, is to assign credits for sequestering carbon in growing forests. Trees soak up limited amounts of CO2, release oxygen into the air and turn carbon into wood...
...muscle - worsened throughout the day, leaving her puzzled and fearful. By nightfall she was finding it difficult to breathe. Early the next morning, she was in the emergency ward of her local hospital surrounded by staff trying to establish the cause of her distress. After they had given Gibson oxygen and tested for a heart attack, one of them asked her, "Have you recently been on a long-haul flight...
...hoping to die at home and not in a warehouse. My younger brothers and sister take turns on night duty, along with my niece, and of course my mother is there, seeing to everything, administering the liquid nutrients and Tylenol through a feeding tube, adjusting the oxygen. It is an up-and-down business. At various times, he has seemed to be at death's door, and distant family have flown in to say goodbye, and then the other night, with my little girl standing at his bedside and poking him, he seemed ready to pick...