Reprint: 2017 Funny TimesI just read in the paper some guy wishes to have his head frozen. Mainly, he’s anticipating that future scientists will have discovered a way to cure a tumor or how to ...

At an industrial park in San Leandro, a small group of artists, scientists and tech enthusiasts are trying to sell an alternative to death: cryonic suspension. The company, Transtime, preserves the ...

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Last weekend, 150 people attended the Alcor life extension conference in Scottsdale, Ariz. The main subject was cryonics, the use of technology to cool and preserve the human body with the aim of ...

The first person Robert Ettinger froze was his mother. The founder of cryonics, the practice of freezing dead bodies for possible resuscitation in the future, stuck her in a vat of liquid nitrogen in ...

Cryonic suspension of pigs for a few hours could be used in humans for better trauma surgery. The surgeons drain the blood and connect tubes to the aorta and other vessels, filling the circulatory ...

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Some facts on the science of cryonics, taken from the Alcor Life Extension Foundation (www.alcor.org) in Scottsdale, Ariz., where the body of Ted Williams is believed to have been taken: Just chillin’ ...