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02/03/2017 / By Vicki Batts

Cryogenics pioneer claims man frozen in liquid nitrogen 50 years ago will be brought back to life

Will the dead someday walk among us? According to 80-year-old cryogenics expert Robert Nelson, that may just be the case — as long as they’re frozen first. Nelson is the president of the Cryonics Society of California and recently revealed what it was like to freeze the first cryogenic “patient” back in 1967. Nelson even […]

01/11/2016 / By Greg White

Real-life cryosleep could make long-term space travel and trips to Mars possible for humans

Crysoleep – a deep sleep during which the body is stored at very cold temperatures to preserve it – used to be confined merely to the world of science fiction. At the end of last year, however, NASA and SpaceWorks Enterprises unveiled plans to drastically change the nature of space travel, which could make cryosleep a […]

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