Drinking and Long Life
It looks like Bill’s ultramarathon running habit is a virtue for long life, but what about Aubrey’s penchant for imbibing beer? As Aubrey points out in the film, he drinks about four pints of beer a...
View ArticleWhen Will Google Become Sentient?
Guest Post By Jake Anderson. Follow Jake to read more of his musings. — First, it was driverless cars. Roboticists everywhere got a little spring to their step, imagining a future in which the one-time...
View ArticleSXSW Documentary Competition and World Premiere 2014
— Big news! The Immortalists is heading to Austin for the 2014 South by Southwest Film Festival! We couldn’t be happier. This has been the dream from day one: to World Premiere at SXSW, because the...
View ArticleDo We Need Life Extension To Journey To The Stars?
Guest Post By Jake Anderson. Follow Jake to read more of his musings. — The 100-Year Starship Project was launched in 2012. A joint project sponsored by DARPA and NASA, the goal of the initiative is to...
View Article5 Puzzling Questions That Would Arise From Radical Life Extension
Guest Post By Jake Anderson. Follow Jake to read more of his musings. — A Pew research poll conducted last year showed that 56% of respondents didn’t believe humans would use radical life extension...
View ArticleScreening Times for The Immortalists
Official screening times for The Immortalists are posted! The World Premiere (*chills*) of our film will be 11:00 am, Saturday March 8th at Stateside Theatre on Congress. We have guest tickets, so...
View ArticleThe Science of Immortality
Guest post by Stephen Cave, author of the book Immortality: The Quest to Live Forever and How it Drives Civilization. You can also watch his TED talk, or follow him on Twitter @stephenjcave — Why do we...
View ArticleSXSW Wrap!
Big thanks to everyone who made it out to the World Premiere of The Immortalists. We couldn’t have been happier with how everything turned out. The stellar team at SXSW rolled out the red carpet...
View Article“The Immortalists” Press
Reviews: LA Weekly: We’ll Cure Death in a Decade, Say the Stars of the SXSW Doc The Immortalists Quartz: We may already know how we will cure death—but should we? The Hollywood Reporter: The...
View ArticleFall Screenings
Greetings! As we head into the fall festival season, we have some great news about The Immortalists. A lot has happened since our World Premiere at SXSW, and this fall will be a busy time for team...
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