It’s hard to begrudge anyone who wants to live longer. Death is an unknown—the ultimate frontier—and therefore scary for many people. Medicine is aimed at improving and extending healthy lives, so ...

Cryonics is the process of freezing and storing human remains at low temperatures in the hope that they can be brought back to life in the future. This process involves draining the patient's fluids ...

Whether or not cryonics ultimately works remains to be seen. Who knows whether in the future and with the right amount of money, one might be able to purchase additional years of life. The hope is ...

A terminally ill patient who opted for assisted death has undergone cryonic preservation at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation. This preservation—the first of its kind—signifies an important ...

Technology is changing the way we work and the jobs we do. Will artificial intelligence and robots relieve us of humdrum tasks, making our working lives easier, or will they take our jobs away ...

1. Can cryonics be performed on living people? Legally, cryonics is not performed on living individuals. However, it is hoped that one day, under carefully controlled conditions, terminally ill ...