suspended animation
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The Matrix films were based on the idea that machine-addicted humans would put their bodies in suspended animation while computers provided a virtual reality that replaced real life.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
This time of year invites us all, believers and atheists alike, to emerge from our own suspended animation or curled-up little balls, like cummings writes at the end of that poem:
From Salon • Apr. 20, 2025
The Thracian show floats in a state of suspended animation.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025
The researchers plan to continue investigating how different species regulate diapause and to dig deeper into the role of lipid metabolism during diapause and other types of suspended animation.
From Science Daily • May 28, 2024
Carrel was a mystic who believed in telepathy and clairvoyance, and thought it was possible for humans to live several centuries through the use of suspended animation.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
