On the Fringe

The rapid development of science and technology today is bringing with it bold, controversial ideas... and sometimes weird discoveries and experiments. On the Fringe explores the out-of-the-box ideas that might make us cringe today, but could become the norm tomorrow. These ideas are so crazy they just might change the world.

Freezing bodies for the future
Alcor CEO Max More knows most people don't believe cryonics will work. But More thinks we can't afford not to try.
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Alcor CEO Max More knows most people don't believe cryonics will work. But More thinks we can't afford not to try.
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Twenty people die every day in the U.S. waiting for an organ transplant. There aren’t enough organs for the 100,000...
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The flu is a really tough target. The virus evolves far too fast to really pin it down. If only they could slow it...
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is pretty gross. We do everything we can to avoid it. But thanks to the burgeoning field of fecal transplants,...
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Yale researcher Ben Chan spends a lot of time doing what most people would avoid at all costs. He travels the world...