Even if you don’t need a deep freeze for this kind of forced hibernation, it still could be really cold. Maybe.
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This Reuters article scratches the surface of what may become a really big story: forced hibernation. Yeh, it’s just been done in mice, and people aren’t mice (for the most part, although many are sheep, some are wolves and a few are snakes ::heh::), but if it can be safely made to work for humans, it opens a Pandora’s box of possibilities, which, being humans, will be full of good intentions marred by unintended consequences. Think about it: who gets the hibernation offered to (or forced upon!) them, for what reasons and at what costs, both economic and social?
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This could be one to watch.
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