CRYONICS
Life Is Chill When You Believe Science Will Solve Death
Is cryonics real science, or a New Age religion? A Motherboard investigation.
A Mammal’s Brain Has Been Cryonically Preserved and Recovered
A team lead by a researcher at MIT says it has thawed a cryonically-frozen rabbit brain without causing structural damage.
How to Freeze Your Brain and Live Forever (Maybe)
Companies have refined cryonics technology to better preserve peoples' brains after death. But so far, no one knows how to turn a cryogenically frozen brain back into a living person.
Is Cryotherapy a Miraculous Cure-All or a Dangerous Health Fad?
Cryotherapy, the practice of standing or laying in a freezing chamber for up to three minutes, is becoming increasingly popular for its numerous, unproven health benefits. But are these alleged benefits worth the risk?
Elect Me If You Want to Live Forever
Motherboard's podcast is back! Today, we meet with Zoltan Istvan, the presidential candidate who's "transitioning into a machine."
The Girl Who Would Live Forever
The story of the youngest person ever to be cryonically frozen, and the widening allure of the human-freezing industry.
I Went to the Frozen Dead Guy Days Festival in Colorado
The event celebrates the "Mardi Gras" of cryonics
The Art of Not Dying
Or, being frozen until you can come back. Checking in with Alcor Life Extension CEO and philosopher Max More, who will freeze your head for $80,000.
Cryonics: Immortality for $28,000
With dreams of immortality, Robert Ettinger started the Cryonics Institute in 1976. In an unassuming building in Clinton Township, Michigan, the dead are frozen in liquid nitrogen until future generations develop the technology to revive them.