Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderMostly-harmless (to humans) bacteria that release crude antibiotics in order to kill competing bacteria ... Now that's impressive. The glowing part is an amazing add-on, helping the symbiotic relationship with the parasitic micro-worms the bacteria live in/with.
Luminescent bacteria are fairly common and their glow was well known in the 19th century before massive amounts of artificial light made their rather faint light less noticeable. Another example can be found in Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" where Marley's glowing ghost is compared to "a bad lobster in a dark cellar" as one way to know that food had gone off was to look for the telltale glow.
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 232
- Total comments
- 21
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-01-07 | Why Some Civil War Soldiers Glowed in the DarkFirst breakout · Best thread | deeths | 120 | 6 |
| 2015-06-09 | Why some Civil War soldiers glowed in the dark | anigbrowl | 2 | 0 |
| 2018-07-23 | Why Some Civil War Soldiers Glowed in the Dark (2012)Latest 20+ point return | DoreenMichele | 110 | 15 |