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chambersCredit: Cryonics Institute Several facilities in the US, UK and across the world have morgues full of frozen human heads, bodies and even pets waiting for science to let them live again. The controversial process of being cryo-preserved has been dubbed a "lottery ticket to immortality" by some hopeful people. The hope is that people with terminal illnesses could be woken up a time when such diseases and illnesses are curable. But the goal of cryo is still a long shot - and coming back to life is still not a guarantee. Advertisement More than 500 people are floating inside...

PHOENIX - A 75-year-old man stored his wife's body for nearly six years in his backyard, twisted and upside down in an old freezer, because he hoped she could someday be brought back to life, authorities said. When police went to Edwin Rowlette's home after receiving a tip from his daughter, they found dozens of cats along with feces and urine inside the house. The backyard, where one of the daughter's friends discovered the body, was cluttered with garbage, debris, insulation and furniture. Authorities found Marcia Lynn Rowlette's body packed in dry ice and insulation and stored along with the...