Title:
Here's Why Hibernation in Space May Not Be Possible For Humans After All
Author:
Mike McRae
Published:
Science Alert, 30 April 2022
From the article:
Implications of a new study by a trio of researchers from Chile now reveal a mathematical hurdle to turning the potential of long-term human stasis into reality, one that might mean it's as forever beyond our reach.
Roberto F. Nespolo and Carlos Mejias from the Millennium Institute for Integrative Biology and Francisco Bozinovic from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile set out to unravel the relationship between body mass and energy expenditure in animals that hibernate.
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Why bears hibernate? Redefining the scaling energetics of hibernation
Authors:
Roberto F. Nespolo, Carlos Mejias & Francisco Bozinovic
Published:
Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 27 April 2022