Canadian toddler Erika Nordby astonished doctors in February after she survived lying face down in the snow with her heart stopped for two hours. Nordby's complete recovery baffled her doctors and ...

Check out WW's take on the Portland International Film Festival here! Suzanne Twining is out of work. But her fortunes have less to do with Barack Obama's stimulus plan than with whether Phil Knight ...

George Nichols IV, the 27-year-old behind Mailroom Season 2 winner Suspended Animation, treats his brand like the cartoons he grew up watching. Each capsule is like its own episode, themed after a ...

Scientists (and sci-fi fans) have been talking about suspended animation for years. The idea that the functions of the human body can somehow be put on "pause" while life-saving medical procedures are ...

It could take months if not years to travel to faraway planets. Science fiction has long suggested that for humans to survive such a lengthy and intense journey, their best bet it so be put into a ...

According to the publication, the technique — which is officially called emergency preservation and resuscitation (EPR) — could be used on patients with traumatic injuries. These people, who would ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

Doctors in the U.S. say they have placed humans on the brink of death in a state of suspended animation for the first time. The technique—known as emergency preservation and resuscitation (EPR)—is ...

Suspended animation is a staple of science fiction. Need to take a 200 year trip to another star system? Go to sleep in some sort of high-tech coccoon and wake up at your destination. We saw it in ...

In early winter, brown bears find a comfy spot in a cave or burrow that’s well-protected from the cold. Then they curl up, fall asleep, and don’t awaken or eat for 5 to 7 months. It’s called ...

Imagine you are shot or stabbed and losing a massive amount of blood. Simply put, your chances of survival with ongoing blood loss are slim: the likely outcome from such serious trauma is profound ...