La Teoria Del Big Bang 9x7 Access

"And ruin the control group? Absolutely not."

"Drowsiness is the opposite of my goal. I want to stop all biological function. Like a hamster in a snowbank, but with more math."

Sheldon approaches Penny for a "human trial." Penny, now working as a pharmaceutical rep, mistakenly thinks Sheldon is asking about a new allergy medication.

"Correction: Tardigrada . They are the universe’s ultimate survivors. They can withstand radiation, the vacuum of space, and—more to the point—your passive-aggressive sighing. I am training them." La Teoria del Big Bang 9x7

"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 ."

(Panic rising) "You wouldn’t."

"You’re sleeping on the couch. The robot can keep you company." "And ruin the control group

The climactic sequence. Sheldon has modified a medical-grade centrifuge (acquired through questionable means from the university surplus) and has convinced Leonard to participate by threatening to move back in with his mother for six months unless Leonard "proves his friendship through science."

(Slumps into his spot, muttering) "The betrayal of the scientific method. This is why we can’t have nice things. Or immortality."

(Defeated but defiant) "Fine. The tardigrade protocol requires refinement. But the theory stands. Leonard is just... a poor specimen." Like a hamster in a snowbank, but with more math

"Yeah. But he’s our idiot."

"You built a two-thousand-dollar robot to bring you Cheetos?"

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.