Show science invents way to suspend life of low organisms into distant future science ce playing the role of a modern joshua has devised a method whereby life can be commanded to stand still in a latent state in which no change can take place for tens of thousands of years it was reported before the american philosophical society according to a philadelphia correspondent in the boston herald while the new method of making time stand still can be applied at present only to very small living organisms such as yeast cells and bacteria with no present indications that it could ever be applied to larger livin living 1 forms it opens up new vistas for the future both theoretical ore and practical it was pointed out in this new state of being described as the latent state of life one minute in the life of the organism can be stretched out to years the philosophers were told by professor alexander goetz noted ghys phys physicist cist of the california institute of technology inventor of the time arresting process forms of suspended animation have been achieved before in lower realms of life but the earlier processes were based on an entirely different principle much more limited in its scope than dr goetas method for producing latent life in which animation instead of being merely suspended for comparatively short periods can be placed in a state of apparently complete for periods of time that from a terrestrial point of view may be regarded as timeless in an interview professor goetz revealed that he is applying his new time machine to human sperm cells in an effort to establish whether the seed of human genius may rot not be placed in a state of latent life to be revivified from generation to generation thus preserving the talents of future newtons New tons shake and Beet hovens for all generations erat ions to come |