Word: cryonics
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...cause real pain. Squaring that circle would be a difficult task for any central bank. But the European Central Bank in Frankfurt can't worry too much about cooling down Spain when the economies of much of the rest of the euro zone - witness Germany and Italy - are in cryonic suspension. Clearly, the Spanish government has to rely on its own efforts. Late last year it presented an ambitious National Reform Program that promises, among other things, an improvement to Spain's mediocre higher-education system and a doubling of the country's expenditures for research and development. The government...
...been continuously frozen for two years or more. There's a lot of earthly real estate that qualifies, and much of it has been frozen much longer than two years--since the end of the last ice age, or at least 8,000 years ago. Sealed inside that cryonic time capsule are layers of partially decayed organic matter, rich in carbon. In high-altitude regions of Alaska, Canada and Siberia, the soil is warming and decomposing, releasing gases that will turn into methane and CO2. That, in turn, could lead to more warming and permafrost thaw, says research scientist David...
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