While it sounds like science fiction, about 500 people around the world have already taken the plunge – literally freezing themselves in time with the dream of a second chance at life.IMAGINE waking ...

So they contacted us,” said Max More, chief executive of Alcor, a non-profit which claims to be the world leader in cryonics – a ... even if you could thaw a frozen human body, the hardest ...

Cryonics, or cryopreservation, is the process of having your body or head frozen in the hope that, one day, you can be resurrected. But you may just be paying a lot of money to be buried in a ...

A German cryonics start-up is offering a chance at ... Kendziorra says that appetite is building. So far they have frozen (or cryopreserved) "three or four" people and five pets, with almost ...

Scottsdale is the home of Alcor Cryonics ... Being frozen is not cheap: Alcor charges $200,000 plus yearly dues for whole-body preservation and $80,000 plus dues for just your head.

Europe’s leading cryopreservation company, Tomorrow.Bio, claims that about 700 customers have joined the list of those waiting to be preserved, while six people and five pets already have undergone ...

when a descendant suddenly finds themself in charge of their predecessor's long-frozen corpse, is tricky to imagine? While cryonics' proponents hope that a cure for the ailment that killed the ...