And in the long run, how high will the rate become?

A new survey of 334 US doctors gives it a 25% chance under ideal conditions

Importance: Terminally ill patients sometimes inquire about preservation procedures (e.g. cryopreservation, aldehyde-based fixation) as end-of-life treatment options, yet physician perspectives on fea...

Importance: Terminally ill patients sometimes inquire about preservation procedures (e.g. cryopreservation, aldehyde-based fixation) as end-of-life treatment options, yet physician perspectives on fea...

Or are we just desperate to say one last goodbye?

Or are we just desperate to say one last goodbye?

PDF | Contemporary consciousness science faces an impasse: competing theoretical frameworks, structuralist vs. functionalist, universal vs. local,... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...

"We're not just grieving the dead. We're grieving our own failure of imagination. And that's a grief our psychological frameworks aren't equipped to handle."

Our ancestors once spread their excess effluent on their fields; now we mine it for vital molecules.

In an era of shrinking science budgets, thought experiments remain affordable

Join neuroscientist Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston as he offers a compelling argument for why human life could – and should – be eternal.

Nowadays, I often consider the following three scenarios: (1) I am in remission (yay), (2) cancer has spread but is not dramatic; I will need more treatment (note: some treatments due to their destruc...

The idea of cryonics — freezing the bodies of the dead in the hopes that they can one day be revived — has existed since the 1960s. We’ve since learned that perfect preservation is much, much harder t...

The idea of cryonics — freezing the bodies of the dead in the hopes that they can one day be revived — has existed since the 1960s. We’ve since learned that perfect preservation is much, much harder t...

1: Progress in connectomics continues apace.

Highlights from the conference

Image display by cell-by-cell retina stimulation, enabling colors impossible to see under natural viewing.

An excerpt from 'The Future Loves You'

An excerpt from 'The Future Loves You'