i say we will start hearing about progress or breakthroughs in "immortality engineering" within our lifetimes... things like nanotech, cryotech, stem cell research. we will create and sustain life artificially - of course it might already be happening in some cash-hungry small country with lax laws.ever heard of cloning (dolly the sheep) and test tube babies? when i first read about them in the news it was freaky/unbelievable/impossible... but it has happened