Across the Northern Hemisphere, millions of animals are locked away in safe places, hibernating in the cold and preparing to emerge smiling in the spring. Bats, marmots, hedgehogs and bears. And the same goes for animals in the tropics, such as fruit bats and dwarf lemurs, a type of primate, as well as animals in the north in winter. Mimicking this process in humans has been a long-held dream, and by the 2050s it has become a reality.
Animals hibernate at different “depths” and their metabolism and body temperature decrease at different levels. Arctic Chris is the champion with a metabolic rate that has dropped by 98…
