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Alan Sinclair does not want his death to be permanent. After he dies, his blood will be flushed from his body and replaced with antifreeze. Technicians will then cool the body with dry ice and fly it to a cryonics center in Michigan. The center will keep it at minus 320 degrees. When a solution is found…

While visiting the grave of a loved one, a woman in Brazil was given the shock of her life. She was laying flowers when a man started digging himself out of a neighboring grave. “The mourner heard some strange moaning and noticed the soil moving around in a neighboring plot.” The woman ran off and called…

Twilight Breaking Dawn part 2 premiered in the movie theaters on November 16, 2012. Advanced ticket sales broke previous records. The twilight series is based on a love story between a young woman and a vampire. The film makers make it seem so romantic that vampires don’t age and they life forever. The…

During the closing moments of the season three finale of Supernatural, the show ends with a cliffhanger. The younger of the Winchester brothers, Sam, kneels crying over the remains of his older brother, Dean. The audience expects the show to be over; however, the writers have a final twist. The camera…

When Paul McCartney took the stage (twice) at the 2012 Grammy Awards, Twitter exploded not with praise but confusion. “Who is Paul McCartney?” became a trending topic on the micro-blogging site. --Time, February 27, 2012, p. 50 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell Paul McCartney, one of the…

In a 60 minutes interview on CBS, Walter Isaacson, the author of the biography Steve Jobs, tells about Steve Jobs talking about God. Jobs said, "Sometimes I believe in God, sometimes I don't. I think it's 50-50 maybe. But ever since I've had cancer, I've been thinking about it more. And I find myself…

2045, The Year Man Becomes Immortal shouts the cover of Time magazine! Of course that is a couple thousand years late. Jesus already promised that those who believe in Him will never die. The Time article is about the Singularity movement. The Singularity moment is when computer intelligence passes human…

Robert Ettinger, who died in 2011, wanted to live forever. If he could not live forever, he wanted to be deep-frozen at the time of his death. His hope is that some day in the future, science will discover how to cure him of his ills, and will thaw him out and return him to life. “We were able to freeze…

Since Ponce De Leon spent years searching Florida for the fountain of youth, and even before, humans have been looking for ways to delay the aging process. Today’s seniors are seeking Amortality, or agelessness in a variety of exercises, life style adaptations, drugs, and supplements. Catherine Mayer…

Famed cosmologist and author Stephen Hawking has asserted his belief that there is no heaven, and stated that he dismisses the idea of an afterlife as well. Hawking has challenged religious beliefs in the past, and affirmed his philosophy in a recent interview with the U.K. Guardian. In the interview,…

Zsa Zsa Gabor, the 93-year-old screen legend, “has always dreamed that her beauty would be immortal.” Indeed immortality is a dream, a wish, a goal for many. Her husband is planning to make her wish come true by having her “plastinated” after death. Plastination is the process of replacing the water…

A Roman snack shop closed down. Well, actually the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79 closed it down when it buried it in volcanic ash. That was almost 2000 years ago, but in March, after having been excavated and renovated, it reopened again for tourists to the ancient town of Pomeii. --World April…

A German broadcast corporation intentionally posted a hoax video of Michael Jackson on the Internet as an experiment aimed at showing how quickly misinformation and conspiracy theories spreads. The company RTL posted a video that purportedly showed Michael Jackson, who died over a month earlier, emerging…

Eternal Life How much would you pay for eternal life? The editors of WORTH MAGAZINE recently asked some of our country's wealthiest citizens that very question. The rich young ruler asked Jesus a form of this very question when he asked: "Good teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" (Mark…

ETERNAL LIFE Biotechnologists in Iceland report they advanced the search for the secret to eternal life after locating the gene responsible for healthy old age. The gene has been named the Methuselah gene after the Old Testament figure who lived for 969 years. Scientists pinpointed the gene using Iceland’s…

Staying Young Since the days of Ponce de Leon, people have been searching for the illusive fountain of youth. With all the advancements of medical science, we still haven’t found the magic elixir—the best we can do is give a person a more youthful appearance by promoting a healthy lifestyle or by using…