TEDHealth Podcast 60-Second Science

Tardigrades have been around for even longer than the dinosaurs, by like 200 million years. They've developed some pretty nifty ways to survive harsh environmental conditions. When things get too dry or too cold, a tardigrade can lower its metabolism to nearly zero and go dormant for years. If nearly everything can be turned off and then decades later turned back on and fully functional, it may hold the keys to that Disney Princess hibernation palace we've been searching for.