Alcor and Ted Williams

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SunSpot.net is carrying a sympathetic, informative article on Alcor, centering around the recent high-profile cryonic suspension of Ted Williams. Cryonics seems to be the only potential way to cheat death at the moment (but stay tuned). Cryonic suspension may yet be shown not to work, but it's better than the alternative.

Link: http://www.sunspot.net/news/sns-othernews-williams-lat,0,2003125.story?coll=bal-features-specials