CRYONICS
Scientists Revive Tiny Animals Frozen for 24,000 Years In Arctic Permafrost
The tiny multicellular microbes sprang back to life and produced offspring after 24,000 years.
New Netflix Documentary Follows Thai Family That Cryogenically Froze Daughter’s Remains
VICE News spoke with "Hope Frozen" director Pailin Wedel about the interplay of Buddhism and futurism in this one family’s story.
This Is What You Need to Do to Get Cryogenically Frozen in the UK
A small but growing number of people are being shipped to America after they die, in the hopes of a second life.
Researchers Have Restored Basic Brain Function in Dead Pigs
The brains, which were from a slaughterhouse, produced a flat wave as though in a comatose state.
The Creepy, Insane, and Undeniably Romantic World of Cryonics
I went into it a skeptic—and I still don’t think it’ll work. And yet I’m sold.
The Father of Cryonics Never Really Died
Robert Ettinger 'died' in 2011 and was preserved according to his beliefs, but his work and message live on with his followers.
Is Paying $80,000 to Freeze Your Head Worth Seeing What the Future Will Be?
Floating in a tank of liquid nitrogen, unable to control our destiny, is very unappealing. But it's much more appealing than being nibbled on by worms and bacteria.
The Only Anti-Cryonics Law In North America Is Being Challenged In Court
Deep freezing could be coming to the North.
Teen Who Died of Cancer In U.K. Wins Right to Be Cryogenically Frozen
A 14-year-old British teen has been cryogenically frozen in the U.S. after dying from a rare form of cancer.
This Photographer Spent a Decade Shooting Cryonics Enthusiasts
Murray Ballard has documented everyone from amateur cryonicists in the UK to America's "father of cryonics."
We Hear a Cryonics Rock Opera on Today's 'Daily VICE'
Matthew Deutsch is so invested in cryonics—the process of deep freezing a body with the hope of reanimating it at a later time—he wrote a rock opera about it.