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Listen Again: Work, Play, Rest - Part 3

TED Radio Hour

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Hibernation

Hibernation expert Matteo Cherry says there are a few intriguing stories that make researchers believe humans can hibernate or be put into a state of torpor. An entire village in Russia would sleep through the winter, according to an 18th-century story. How hibernation could be used more immediately in medical treatments.

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