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circumstances don t actually die. the 29-year-old skier in norway is trapped in waterfall. her core temperature falls to 13 degrees c. she has no capacity to sustain a heart rate for nine hours. she reanimates. the key is changing metabolism. but the question is how? hibernation is one trigger. cold is another. roth found other clues in very simple animals, insects, tiny fish. is there a formula amongst all this for suspended animation? yes. there is a formula for it. and the way you turn them off is to simply reduce the oxygen concentration. of course, everyone knows reducing oxygen is bad, but ironically eliminating altogether can put you in a state of suspended animation. and to do that, roth gave the creatures a dose of toxic gas, hydrogen sulfide, truth as strange as fiction. what s your favorite movie?

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