Several companies are trying to develop life extension methods that could enable some people to live far longer. There are some ethical dilemmas.
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Cryonics is no longer synonymous with science fiction. What are we technically capable of doing and what do we have the right to do?
How far would you go to better your life, to live longer, to beat death? And how much can technology help us in that quest?
In the comic series Watchmen, physicist Jon Osterman is blown apart in a science experiment gone awry. But his “consciousness” is able to pull his body back together atom by atom, becoming the radiating…
An increasing weakness with age is not a law of nature. Most look at ageing as a process from young and healthy to becoming…
It’s well known that humans are living longer than ever before, thanks partially to developments such as sanitation and modern medicine. But will it ever be possible for humans to live forever? The late…
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Professor of Molecular Medical Science, University of Sydney
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Ph.D. Candidate, Brown University
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Centre Manager, BioFab3D (St Vincent's Hospital), University of Melbourne
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Professeur de droit privé et de sciences criminelles - École de Droit - Université d'Auvergne, Université Clermont Auvergne
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Professor of Philosophy, California State University, Fullerton
