immortality
There's a $1 Million Prize for Engineering a Fountain of Youth
And of course a Silicon Valley investor is behind it.
The Jellyfish That Holds a Key to Immortality
Motherboard paid a visit to Japan to visit a researcher who is studying the only known animal that has figured out how to defeat death.
What a Transhumanist Keeps in the Medicine Cabinet
A look at some of the substances promoted in an anti-ageing catalogue I picked up at a transhumanist meet-up.
Meet Aubrey de Grey, the Researcher Who Wants to Cure Old Age
"100,000 people every fucking day are dying of ageing. That’s the important thing, not worrying about hypothetical problems."
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.
Scientists Are Convinced Mind Transfer Is the Key to Immortality
Now we can add Stephen Hawking to the list of prominent scientists touting a cybernetic post-mortal human race.
Monetizing Immortality: How Silicon Valley's Tech Titans Are Trying to Disrupt Death
Tech titans search for the Fountain of Youth.
Russian Billionaire Dmitry Itskov Plans on Becoming Immortal by 2045
There are a few flaws to Itskov’s idea, but that hasn’t stopped more than 20,000 people from publicly supporting the site, which outlines his plan of using android bodies for immortality. Dubbed the 2045 Initiative, Itskov is selling his idea as the...
Russian Billionaire Dmitry Itskov Plans on Becoming Immortal by 2045
Dubbed the 2045 Initiative, Itskov is selling his idea as the "next step" in human evolution, or "neo-humanity," as he refers to it.
How Humans Will Respond to Immortality: A Chat with John Fischer
I chatted at length with the University of California–Riverside philosophy professor about living forever. As expected, the conversation got pretty meta.
How Humans Will Respond to Immortality: An Interview with Philosopher John Fischer
Fischer received a $5 million grant to lead a project studying mortality. Motherboard captured an hour of his thoughts for all time.