by Paul Crosbie
A science magazine is offering readers the chance of life after death in a bizarre competition.
The lucky winner will have their body frozen when they die, in the hope medical breakthroughs can revive them in future.
The likelihood of reviving patients using the treatment, normally priced £18,000, is hotly debated by experts.
But animals have already been frozen and restored to normal life. Human tissues including brain parts sperm and embryos have also successfully undergone the technique, known as cryonic preservation.
New Scientist readers must collect tokens to qualify for a prize draw. Chiefs at the London-based magazine are calling the amazing offer "a second chance at life rather than the inevitability of death".
Editor-in-chief Alun Anderson said: "We realise cryonic preservation is not for everyone, but it gets people talking about science, and that's what the magazine aims to do."
The contest winner is also being offered an alternative prize - a week's holiday in Hawaii.
Drinks giant Pepsi wants to buy a ticket on a Russian space shuttle for the biggest promotional giveaway ever. Chiefs aim to send a contest winner to the Soyuz space shuttle on a trip worth £20million.