Humans have chased immortality perhaps for as long as we have known we will die. After observing tissues that survived in ...

Scientists discovered that detached tissue from a marine animal displayed signs of immortality, healing and reorganizing independently.

But merely persisting forever may not be all it’s cracked up to be—especially if you are reduced to just lying there, unable ...

Immortality has fascinated humanity for millennia, from ancient myths of eternal youth to modern science fiction's promises of living forever. Today, the question is no longer confined to the realm of ...

Does your brain really reveal the metaphysical? Here’s what brain science can—and cannot—tell us about immortality.

For as long as humans have told stories, we’ve dreamed of immortality. From ancient myths of gods who never age, to modern science fiction tales of cyborgs and cloned bodies, the longing to outsmart ...

Mortality is humanity's blessing and its curse. Because we are aware of the passage of time, because we know that one day we won't be here — and neither will everyone we love (and everybody else) — we ...