Do you know who David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian are?

I heard them mentioned on BBC Radio 4 this evening. I know who they are now. It could be a very significant discovery.

I saw that earlier in the New York Times, very cool (didja see what I did there?) indeed!!!

The Nobel price winners?
(I guess, I read something about two people winning it for research on something to do with “touch”?)

@canidmajor

”...very cool (didja see what I did there?)....”

Did they achieve absolute 0º?

No biggie, I’ve achieved absolutely nothing many times. ;)

Nice! Thanks for pointing out and bringing it to our attention again. I heard about it on NPR but forgot the names as quickly as an electrical signal moving in a nerve ending.

@Brian1946 Go see what they did! (Not that)! It’s sense-ational!!! (Oh, I am having too much fun with this.)

I had heard the names and recalled it was probably as Nobel prizewinners but I wasn’t aware of what the work was. Thanks for pointing me to it!

A Nobel for explaining temperature, touch, and sensitivity – Nice! And a good reminder that real humans still need real things.

So where do you think this could lead?

@JLoon Well, the article I read said it could lead to pain management without opiods.

No. I don’t know any of those four names. I don’t even know who most widely-known celebrities are from the last 20–30 years.

@janbb – Let’s hope so!

It seems like this might connect to so many things.

@Zaku “I don’t even know who most widely-known celebrities are from the last 20–30 years.”

Sure you do. You know the important one. Here’s proof:
Q: With 27 million followers, who is the most influential celebrity for Covid 19 vax information?”
A: Nicki Minaj’s cousin’s friend’s Trinidadian balls.

@LuckyGuy Spoiler alert! You put the answer right there! I had heard about that, but I didn’t catch the name, and I couldn’t identify Nicki Minaj in a line-up, nor name her music (music, right?).

Sound.

I didn’t until now. I found this article interesting.