Hundreds of years ago, the idea of seeing pictures move, talking to someone far away, or flying to another city through the air would have sounded like pure fantasy. Yet now people do those things all the time. Science has made these dreams real. Could it someday grant other fairy tale wishes?
Sleepy Beauty
Have you ever wished you could cast spells—just say something and have it come true? Maybe it’s just as well we can’t, or the next time you have a marathon burping contest, your sister might put you to sleep for 100 years, like Sleeping Beauty.
Could anyone really sleep for 100 years? Probably not. The daily cycle of sleep and waking is programmed into every cell in your body and is hard to change.
But some animals do take very long naps. Bears, groundhogs, mice, and snakes can sleep for months at a
