The year is 2732. The body of Nasar Ghafoor, a man who lived in the 21 st century, thaws after a long, long, long cryonic sleep. Medical personnel, leveraging technology unknown in our present times, ...

Human cryogenics, often referred to as cryonics, is the process of preserving the human body at ultra-low temperatures after legal death, with the hope of future revival. The concept is based on the ...

The most famous example is James Bedford, cryogenically frozen in 1967.

It's a scene plucked from science fiction: On their deathbed, a person is completely frozen and then stashed away, so that they might be revived in the future. But could it be possible? In this ...

A tour of Alcor Life Extension Foundation’s headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona, includes some unique sights. The nonprofit has more than 200 human bodies or heads—and a few beloved pets—in cryogenic ...