Summary: <p><span class="caps">ENCORE</span> Could you have had a past life? Is it possible that some part of you is the reincarnation of a person – or maybe an animal – that lived long ago?</p> <p>We’ll hear the story of a young boy who started having nightmares about a plane crash. His parents thought he was the reincarnation of a downed, World War II fighter pilot. But his story might not fly. </p> <p>Also … is there any biological basis for reincarnation? Animals that indulge in the big sleep.</p> <p>Suspended animation is Hollywood’s favorite device for interstellar travel … But could we really put a dimmer switch on human metabolism? Learn how techniques for hitting the hold button for humans might be just around the corner.</p> <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li> <strong><a href="http://mcnallylab.com/people.php%20">Cynthia Meyersburg</a></strong> – Research psychologist at Harvard University</li> <li> <strong><a href="http://spacescience.arc.nasa.gov/staff/tori-hoehler">Tori Hoehler</a></strong> – Astrobiologist at the <span class="caps">NASA</span> Ames Research Center</li> <li> <strong><a href="http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Bormanis">André Bormanis</a></strong> – Screenwriter, producer and former science consultant for “Star Trek”</li> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.ahc.umn.edu/duluth/faculty/andrews/home.html">Matt Andrews</a></strong> – Biologist at the University of Minnesota, Duluth </li> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.badastronomy.com/info/whois.html">Phil Plait</a></strong> – Astronomer, and author of the <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy.html">Bad Astronomy blog </a>at Slate</li> <li> <strong><a href="http://myprofile.cos.com/mroth">Mark Roth</a></strong> – Biologist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle</li> </ul><p><strong><a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-revision-esceptica-han-regresado%0A">Descripción en español</a></strong></p> <p>First released June 27, 2011</p>
