Will humans one day hibernate? | TED Radio Hour

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Health & Fitness, Fitness, Shoshana Ungerleider, Medicine, How To Be Healthier, Ted Shoshana, Ted Talks Health

4.2 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Bears and squirrels hibernate to survive harsh conditions; why not humans? If we want to travel deep into space or combat deadly diseases, physiologist Matteo Cerri says hibernation might be the key.

This is part of "Work, Play, Rest" from the TED Radio Hour. In this series, TED speakers share evolving notions of what it means to pay bills, feel joy in play, and rest our minds and bodies. To hear the full episodes, find and follow the TED Radio Hour wherever you're listening to this.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:07.3	Hi, Ted Health listeners. It's Dr. Shoshana Ungerlayer.
0:12.0	Today, something a little different.
0:14.0	It's an excerpt from an episode of the Ted Radio Hour.
0:17.4	We thought you'd enjoy this idea in particular.
0:20.3	To hear much more, you can follow the Ted Radio Hour
0:23.0	wherever you're listening to this.
0:24.9	They've just released a fantastic series
0:27.2	called Work, Play, Rest.
0:29.1	All about how much these three things are changing
0:32.3	and influencing our lives.
0:38.1	Hey, it's Adam Grant.
0:39.4	The new season of my Ted Podcast's Work Life is out now.
0:43.0	The past few years have been full of changes to how we work.
0:46.1	There's so much more we can rethink about our jobs.
0:49.2	Join me as I dive into the science of making work not suck.
0:53.2	This season, we'll explore how to fix your meetings,
0:55.9	bust bureaucracy, and make the most out of your breaks and vacations.
1:00.1	Listen to Work Life with Adam Grant wherever you listen to podcasts.
1:06.9	One of the truest, deepest forms of rest
1:11.0	goes well beyond a good nap or a full night's sleep.
1:15.1	For some animals, a more extreme form of rest comes to them every winter.
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