On January 12, 1967, something unprecedented happened in a nursing home in Glendale, California. James Bedford, a 73-year-old retired psychology professor, became the first human being ever ...

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Alcor CEO James Arrowood discusses cryonics, wealthy clients and the stakes behind preserving bodies for the future. “I’m ...

James Bedford was a psychology professor at the University of California. Prior to his death from cancer, Bedford expressed his desire to be cryogenically frozen. His hope was that his body could be ...

A Chinese man cryogenically froze his 49-year-old wife after she died from lung cancer in 2017. But in spite of the implicit promise that he was waiting for future technology to bring her back to life ...

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