Results-Would You Share Immortality?
Seven days ago, I asked my readers what they would do if they discovered a “cure” for mortality that would keep people alive (and healthy) indefinitely. I was pretty sure […]
Would you share immortality?
If you discovered a treatment that allowed people to stay alive (and healthy) in their own bodies indefinitely, would you share it? Portions of the novel I’m writing deal with […]
Do any cultures not believe in immortality?
I visited a cathedral during Semana Santa in Ecuador. I knelt in a buddhist temple in Thailand. Then recently, while staring at the screen trying to find a subject for […]
Hungry For Immortality
What do myths tell us about societies and their views on immortality? Most myths imply it’s unattainable or undesirable. Recently, I saw an article on Listverse called 10 mythological ways to become […]
Zombie Genes
Do genes just shut off after death, the way a car engine quits running as soon as it’s out of gas? New studies suggest some genes don’t die right away, […]
Ethics of Reviving the Dead
So we never thought we’d have this conversation but here it is: Is it ethical to revive the dead? A new human trial by a company called Bioquark is showing […]
Driving Genes To Extinction
300,000 children in Africa die of malaria each year. If you could wipe out the mosquito that carries Malaria, would you do it? That question may soon be one we […]
Losing Immortality at the Last Second
What is it about a story where the hero loses at the last second? It’s especially common in myths about the human quest for immortality. When I was preparing to […]
Immortality In Pearl Harbor
Tucked in the back corner of the Valor in the Pacific National Monument in Pearl Harbor, is a small origami paper crane in a glass case. The monument is the […]
Redheads Don’t Have It All
It’s almost carnival season and time for booths where you’ll pay someone to guess your age. If you are one of those guessers, pay attention to a new study. If […]
The Phoenix Series 