A Controversial Path To Immortality

Could this cryonics procedure actually work?

View in Browser  DIGITAL ISSUES GEAR REVIEWS SUBSCRIBE The Story We Can't Stop Thinking About  The creepy path to immortality. A dozen years ago, a UCLA scientist chose a very specific afterlife plan: preserve just his brain. Within hours of his death, surgeons removed it, treated it with medical antifreeze, and sealed it in liquid nitrogen, waiting for a future that may never come. Now, brain-only cryopreservation is gaining traction, built on the idea that the body can be replaced, but the mind can’t. While the science isn’t there yet, the bet is that one day, it will be. —Andrew Daniels, Director of News A Controversial Cryonics Procedure Could Finally Make Immortality Possible Futurists, including some medical doctors, are signing up to be decapitated—and then have their brains frozen. But without a body, what will their minds become? Read More Scientists Just Discovered There’s Actually Something Faster than the Speed of Light Scientists experimentally confirmed what we’ve known to be true for half a century—darkness can “travel” faster than light. Read More This Powerful Psychedelic Feels Like a ‘Total Fusion With God’ Researchers are now realizing just how transformative it could be for the average person. Read More GEAR REPORT Want to Make More of Your Outdoors Space? These Editor-Tested Patio Umbrellas (Literally) Have You Covered Be made in the shade this summer. Read More We Put Our Favorite Smokeless Fire Pits to the Test—These 7 Produced Almost Zero Smoke Solo Stove may now be the Kleenex of smokeless fire pits, but Breeo actually makes our favorite. Read More Four Simple Ways to Prepare Your Mower for Spring and Summer It’s not hard to prep your mower before you start cutting, and it simply must be done. Read More Need Assistance? Contact Us. Follow Us Unsubscribe | Manage Preferences | Privacy Notice | CA Notice at Collection Popular Mechanics is a publication of Hearst Magazines. ©2026 Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This email was sent by Hearst Magazines, 300 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019-3779