A paper reveals a persuasive case that an extinct human ancestor tried to hibernate. The evidence is from nutritional diseases that leave permanent marks on the skeleton. This group of humanlike ...

Putting people into sleep mode is a sci-fi concept that's a lot closer to becoming real than you might think. Erin Belback is part of an ongoing human trial backed by NASA that aims to replicate the ...

A hamster-sized primate from Madagascar, the fat-tailed dwarf lemur is our closest genetic relative known to hibernate. They also tend to live longer than you’d expect given their size. New research ...

When stepping away from your Windows computer, you don't always need to shut it down. Windows also offers other powerful power-saving options — like Sleep and Hibernate — that allow you to pause your ...

Mongolia’s Oscar submission is a wonder, a carefully textured portrait of a young man dreaming of more for himself and his family. That is becoming increasingly harder to accomplish, the city life he ...

For people who aren't fans of winter, animals that hibernate seem to have the right idea: It's the equivalent of burying your head under the covers until spring comes—isn't it? Not quite. Read on for ...

Once the cicadas leave this summer, there will be trillions more beneath our feet doing what, exactly? Not hibernating — we know that much for sure. We only see periodical cicadas – our current ...

This gadget is going to put Captain Nemo out of a job. The United States Navy has just tested a new self-driving, fish-shaped drone submarine that can hibernate on the sea floor for “very long periods ...

You might remember in science class learning about hibernation – a time when certain animals "sleep" for long periods during the winter. In reality, hibernation is much more complex than that. Are ...

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