Captions provided by CCTubes – Captioning the Internet! Do you ever feel so tired that you want to sleep for a few months? Scientists are searching for ways to cause human hibernation.
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Sources:
https://mosaicscience.com/story/big-sleep
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b086s64v
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https://phys.org/news/2013-05-primate-hibernation-common-previously-thought.html
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/dec/21/japan.topstories3
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