Russian cryonics provider KrioRus is starting to receive the sort of mixed press attention that Alcor did five years ago or so: “‘I don’t ever want to die… It wouldn’t suit me,’ said Innokenty Osadchy. Fortunately, the 35-year-old investment banker is certain he has found a loophole out of death. Osadchy is ready to pay [...]

A response to recent discussion of the Catholic hierarchy’s views on engineered longevity: “Michael Anissimov and Aubrey de Grey call our attention to Pope Benedict’s Holy Saturday address from 3 April of this year. In the address, the Pope presents perspective on immortalism, suggesting that radical extension of life as we currently know it is [...]

There’s nothing you can do right now that will have a greater immediate effect on your life expectancy than exercise and calorie restriction. The best thing you can do for future improvement is to help researchers raise funds to develop repair technologies for human aging. But no-one wants to hear that. Everyone wants a silver [...]