CRYONICS

The bizarre transhumanist fantasies of Jeffrey Epstein

Michael Cook | 03 August 2019 | Comments

tags: cryonics, eugenics, jeffrey epstein, sperm banks, transhumanism

Not just cryonics, but eugenics

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Alcor sued for freezing man’s head but not his body

Xavier Symons | 15 September 2018 | Comments

tags: cremation, cryonics, life extension, professional conduct

The man's body was cremated and sent to his family.

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One of America’s finest novelists tackles life extension

Michael Cook | 14 May 2016 | Comments

tags: Alcor, cryonics, death, immortality, novels

As Don De Lillo approaches 80, he meditates upon death

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Seeking eternal life in a freezer

Michael Cook | 19 September 2015 | Comments

tags: cryonics, death, transhumanism

New York Times revives interest in cryonics.

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The Ice Age cometh

Xavier Symons | 28 February 2015 | Comments

tags: cryonics, futurism, transhumanism

One bioethicist has offered a thoughtful defense of what many claim is a scientific flight of fancy.

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To freeze perchance to live

Xavier Symons | 12 April 2014 | Comments

tags: cryogenics, cryonics, futurism, life extension, transhumanism

An introduction to cryonics and attendant bioethical issues.

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Google searches for life extension

Michael Cook | 20 September 2013 | Comments

tags: ageing population, cryongenics, cryonics, Google, life extension

If you have US$50 billion or so in cash lying around, you can afford to spend some of it on out-there projects. Which is what internet search behemoth Google is doing.

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Founder of cryonics movement snap-frozen at 92

Jared Yee | 29 July 2011 | Comments

tags: cryonics

Robert Ettinger, a physics teacher and science fiction writer who kicked off the cryonics movement, died on July 23 in Michigan.

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A cool look at eternal life

Michael Cook | 02 July 2010 | Comments

tags: Alcor, cryonics, Russia

Russian company offers eternal life

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Family and life extension company fight over frozen head

Michael Cook | 26 February 2010 | Comments

tags: Alcor, cryogenics, cryonics, life extension

Like Santa Claus

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I want to live forever

Michael Cook | 28 November 2009 | Comments

tags: anti-ageing, cryogenics, cryonics, life extension

Longevity Summit convenes in California

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Pascal’s Wager taken out of deep freeze

Michael Cook | 24 October 2009 | Comments

tags: cryogenics, cryonics, cryopreservation

UK ethicist defends cryonics