It’s hard to begrudge anyone who wants to live longer. Death is an unknown—the ultimate frontier—and therefore scary for many people. Medicine is aimed at improving and extending healthy lives, so ...

SAN LEANDRO (KPIX) -- It is the stuff of science fiction and Hollywood movies. The promise: upon your death, your body is frozen until some future medical breakthrough restores you to full health.

Cryogenics, the science of extremely low temperatures, has captivated both the scientific community and the general public. Its application to human freezing, known as cryonics, brings hope for future ...