Alcor CEO James Arrowood discusses cryonics, wealthy clients and the stakes behind preserving bodies for the future. “I’m ...

The concept of “cryosleep” has always been considered a far-fetched reality. To one’s surprise, the idea is shifting from the ...

The goal was to bring the dead bodies back to life.

SAN LEANDRO (KPIX) -- It is the stuff of science fiction and Hollywood movies. The promise: upon your death, your body is frozen until some future medical breakthrough restores you to full health.

Though no frozen humans have yet been revived, cryonics has been an industry for over fifty years. In that time, focus has shifted slightly. Lately, the emphasis has been more on brain emulation: ...

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 ...

Life after death, for most people, is a faithful belief in a spiritual hereafter, a transfer to a higher, non-bodily consciousness. For cryonics enthusiasts, however, a “second life” – or more ...

Bart Kosko, a professor of electrical engineering at USC and author of "Heaven in a Chip" (Random House, 2000), is on the science advisory board of the nonprofit Alcor cryonics corporation. Go ahead ...

Cryonics promises people the chance of being brought back to life many years in the future. The hope is that people with terminal illnesses might be woken up a time when such diseases and illnesses ...

Such is the breathtaking pace of modern scientific advancement that in the three short years since the technicians at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation famously severed baseball star Ted Williams’ ...

Science has been tackling new ways to stop death, which includes diving into the world of cryonics. Cryonics is an experimental effort to save lives by freezing a person's body who is so chronically ...

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