Alcor

(al -kor) (80 UMa) A white star that lies in the ‘handle’ of the Plough and forms an optical double with Mizar. m_v : 4.0; spectral type: A5 V.

Alcor

[′al‚kȯr]

(astronomy)

The star 80 Ursae Majoris.

ALCOR

(language)

A subset of ALGOL.

[Sammet 1969, p. 180].

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And then, members of ALCOR, a cryonic preservation company, were going to chop off his head and preserve it.

And while nearly all of Leary's friends seemed relieved when he let his subscription with ALCOR lapse and dropped out on this final event - putting his soul on ice - I'm not so sure.

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There, in special vaults run by an organisation called ALCOR, they will wait for science to advance so they can rise, like Lazarus, from the dead.

So far, no Briton has joined the 100 people - mostly Americans - whose bodies and heads have already been frozen by ALCOR, which claims to be the world's fastest growing cryonics organisation.