Will Humans Ever Be Able to Hibernate?

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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[fancyflautist]

Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.

[varunkonakanchi]

Me : gonna do homework

(PROCRASTINATES FOR 5 HRs)

Me : just 10 more minutes...

[Asummersdaydreamer]

This was a very fascinating video, but you mentioned mitochondria. Therefore, all I will take from this video is: Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell, and being a part of hibernation trials does not win the award for the most dangerous job for mice in the scientific community.

[MAMAJUGO]

So fart gas can knock people out for hours?

I might have sent some people into hibernation before...

[joshuab]

I understand the whole we're genetically close to lemurs thing, but almost all of the "97%" that we share is just filler, it's like saying Coca-Cola and root beer are almost the same because they are mostly water. the little bit that isn't similar is the part that changes everything

[seanbrennan]

This is a weird question but How would you think to yourself if you didn't know language?

[don-wbfl]

I’m here because I wanted to sleep though self quarantine

[Cucur]

"Doctor, I've been stabbed!"

"No worries, I'll get the nurse to put you into hibernation and I'll patch you up during our appointment in 2 weeks time"

[ThatAnnoyingBird]

Well, Olivia's the host.

Time to watch the salty comments arise.

[chaos-ceve]

why would you want to hibernate? life is so short already just with sleep alone. I wish I didn't have to sleep at all so I could get more done.

[JustAGiraffe]

Humans already hibernate, just ask my teenage son.

[ChrisD]

so the secret to space travel is fart tubes, got it.

[WingAlchemist]

Forget hibernating, I wanna learn how to do photosynthesis. Eating can be a pain sometimes, especially when your brain doesn't communicate with your stomach quite right.

[jobriq]

How can the arctic squirrels temp drop below 0 and not kill them? At what point does their blood just freeze?

[Sullaban]

I am going to listen to this RIGHT NOW TWO MORE TIMES as there is information I have NEVER read. Okay, maybe one time more. Thank you this video is very, very, good. Thank you.

[RevCode]

I'd take a decade long nap, thanks. Why does a video with olivia always get more dislikes than other videos? She is a great host.

[kds]

There was a book I'd read some years ago about DARPA. One of the projects they were working on back then was a drug to put the metabolism into a twilight state. It would mean battlefield injuries would then get hours to be treated rather than minutes. I wonder how far they got with that program.

[thewpbard]

Wow ... I'm so early, Olivia actually has no dislikes. Let's see how many more nanoseconds that lasts.

[fadlya.rahman]

There's a legend in my place about a hermit who meditate in remote cave for years. So long that he meditate, mold and limestone covered his body until he can no longer be distinguishable from a rock around him. As usual, a disciplined mind can achieve many unbelievable feat.

[LabRat]

Wait!, are we evolving into bears. I don't want to become a bear.