The 21-month trip to Mars poses a litany of problems, particularly keeping people healthy. Could hibernation be an answer?

New research on bat hibernation mechanisms reveals potential applications for human space travel and medical procedures, ...

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Learn how bat hibernation could transform space travel and medical treatments with innovative solutions for long missions and ...

According to recent research, the key to hibernation—and by extension, the potential to make interstellar travel ...

Unlocking the mystery of hibernation could improve medicine and support our ambitions for deep-space travel. A new study ...

Unlocking the mystery of hibernation could improve medicine and support our ambitions for deep-space travel. A new study analyzes the blood cells of bats (of both the hibernating and non ...

As humans, would we ever think of giving up eating, drinking, or even staying awake for months on end to survive a harsh cold ...

This process is called hibernation. It is particularly common in small mammals like mice, hedgehogs and bats. Larger animals don't tend to hibernate, with the exception of brown bears. Some insects ...

But the bat undergoes a true hibernation: its body temperature plummets, and its pulse slows dramatically, which brings the bat strikingly close to death. In April of 2024 I travelled to Japan on ...

Our Future Chronicles column explores an imagined history of inventions and developments yet to come. This time we fast ...

Wisconsin’s bats are seeing a slight resurgence after White-Nose Syndrome depleted populations across the country. The ...