History before mythology
Old promises are compared with records, later outcomes, and present evidence.
Independent magazine / technical archive
Cryonics, examined across time.
Historical records, preservation systems, public questions, scientific criticism, identity, and the uncertain possibilities that follow legal death.
Editorial position
Serious questions, plain uncertainty.
Preservation before revival
Cooling, ischemia, vitrification, transport, and storage are treated as engineering problems.
No guaranteed return
No human cryonics patient has been revived. Speculation is identified as speculation.
Revival's Nanomedicine Extends Mouse Lifespan by 30%
Revival's nanomedicine extends mouse lifespan by 30%. That is the headline. It is also the current answer to the question about anti-aging longevity...
Longevity Research News, and What It Means Right Now
Longevity research news today is mostly about signals, not cures. The field keeps finding small, useful clues about how aging works in cells, brains,...
Frankenstein, Cryonics, and the Modern Dream of Bringing Back the Dead
The thought woke me in the middle of the night, and I didn’t reach for the lamp or the clock. I reached for a memory I don’t want to own but can’t quite shake. Frankenstein shows up in my head not as a spooky…
Bredo Morstøl and the Strange History of the Frozen Dead Guy
I came to this story with a stubborn hunch that cryonics is less about the body and more about the feverish way people hope to outsmart time. I am a man who has watched a lot of plans fall apart when money and…
Cryonics in Movies: What Hollywood Gets Wrong
I have spent a lifetime watching endings pretend to be beginnings. Cryonics, in the movies, keeps trying to sell the headline you want: a life saved by a snap of the fingers, a clean break from age and fate, a…
Was Walt Disney Frozen? The Cryonics Myth That Will Not Die
The question comes at you like a low buzz from a tired radio: did Walt Disney really get cryonically preserved after he died? The simplest answer is no. The smooth line from rumor to fact never stays straight…
Cryonics Basics and Public Questions
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4 articlesHistory of Cryonics
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4 articlesScientific Criticism and Skepticism
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4 articlesCryobiology and Vitrification
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4 articlesBrain Preservation and the Connectome
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4 articlesMemory and Personal Identity
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