"Yeah. But he’s our idiot."
"Ant farm? Ant farms are for children and failed astrophysicists who can’t grasp macroscopic biology. No, Leonard, I have ascended. This is a tardigrade sanctuary ."
"You’re sleeping on the couch. The robot can keep you company."
The scene opens on the cluttered living room of Apartment 4A. Leonard is attempting to read a journal article on quantum loop gravity. Sheldon is not at his spot. Instead, he is standing over a terrarium on the dining table, holding a magnifying glass.
(To Howard and Raj at the university cafeteria) "Imagine: no more dying. No more funerals. Just a polite, pre-scheduled ‘I’ll be back in 500 years, please don’t touch my comic books.’"
Sheldon approaches Penny for a "human trial." Penny, now working as a pharmaceutical rep, mistakenly thinks Sheldon is asking about a new allergy medication.
"There it is."
"You want to put me in a sugar solution and spin me until I look like a raisin?"
(Without looking up) "Sheldon, if that’s another ant farm, I swear I’m calling the building’s pest control myself."
Sheldon has discovered that a specific strain of tardigrades, when exposed to a precise frequency of electromagnetic radiation, can enter a state of "suspended animation so profound, it reverses cellular entropy." He believes he has found the key to low-cost human cryogenics.
"I’m going to tell your mother you tried to turn me into a human fruit snack."
"So you want to freeze people in a water-bear state? That’s not science, that’s a Jeff Goldblum movie where everyone ends up with claws."
Meanwhile, Bernadette discovers Howard has secretly built a miniature replica of the Mars Rover to deliver snacks from the kitchen to his gaming chair.
"Actually, anhydrobiosis is fascinating. But Sheldon, you’d need a trehalose sugar matrix and a controlled desiccation protocol. You can’t just microwave a person."
"Yeah. But he’s our idiot."
"Ant farm? Ant farms are for children and failed astrophysicists who can’t grasp macroscopic biology. No, Leonard, I have ascended. This is a tardigrade sanctuary ."
"You’re sleeping on the couch. The robot can keep you company."
The scene opens on the cluttered living room of Apartment 4A. Leonard is attempting to read a journal article on quantum loop gravity. Sheldon is not at his spot. Instead, he is standing over a terrarium on the dining table, holding a magnifying glass.
(To Howard and Raj at the university cafeteria) "Imagine: no more dying. No more funerals. Just a polite, pre-scheduled ‘I’ll be back in 500 years, please don’t touch my comic books.’"
Sheldon approaches Penny for a "human trial." Penny, now working as a pharmaceutical rep, mistakenly thinks Sheldon is asking about a new allergy medication.
"There it is."
"You want to put me in a sugar solution and spin me until I look like a raisin?"
(Without looking up) "Sheldon, if that’s another ant farm, I swear I’m calling the building’s pest control myself."
Sheldon has discovered that a specific strain of tardigrades, when exposed to a precise frequency of electromagnetic radiation, can enter a state of "suspended animation so profound, it reverses cellular entropy." He believes he has found the key to low-cost human cryogenics.
"I’m going to tell your mother you tried to turn me into a human fruit snack."
"So you want to freeze people in a water-bear state? That’s not science, that’s a Jeff Goldblum movie where everyone ends up with claws."
Meanwhile, Bernadette discovers Howard has secretly built a miniature replica of the Mars Rover to deliver snacks from the kitchen to his gaming chair.
"Actually, anhydrobiosis is fascinating. But Sheldon, you’d need a trehalose sugar matrix and a controlled desiccation protocol. You can’t just microwave a person."