SCIENTISTS FIND THE BRAIN’S SNOOZE BUTTON

Researchers from Japan’s University of Tsukuba and Harvard Medical School have identified the “snooze button” in the brains of mice and rats that trigger naturally occurring temporary hibernation. This discovery may lead to the possibility of inducing synthetic hibernation in humans if it turns out we have the same set of brain cells as the mice and rats involved in this study. Being able to put someone into suspended animation could improve recovery rates from surgery or illness, and, of course, it is the stuff of science fiction to make interplanetary travel safer for astronauts.
* Just tell me where I can find this snooze button on my kids.
* Don’t really remember learning in school that rats and mice hibernate, but whatever.
* Any chance I could go to sleep until they have a vaccine?
* I thought the best way to induce sleep in astronauts was to put them in front of a TV screen showing PBS.