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
As William “Buck” Rogers, Gerard played a 20th century astronaut who had come out of suspended animation 500 years in the future, only to discover a planet in ruins.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
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
Tardigrades' ability to survive being dried out has puzzled scientists, as the creatures do so in a manner that appears to differ from a number of other organisms with the ability to enter suspended animation.
From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2024
When my father discovered my colony of frozen slugs in the basement freezer, I chose not to explain my complex theories of suspended animation.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
