The thought of James Blunt being played at my funeral has made me redouble my efforts to find the elixir of eternal life.

BBC: James Blunt is the top choice for funerals

He lived in the dignified world of music, played by the monuments for the cause of the leader's eternal life being erected all over our fatherland.

NPR: Literature and Lullabies from the 'Axis of Evil'

It is here that you will find the depiction of the churning of the Ocean of Milk: Various deities taking part in what at first appears to be tug-of-war, but is in fact a search for a potion that will confer eternal life, a process that involves churning the sea with the help of an enormous snake.

BBC: Millennium mayhem at Angkor Wat

The influential tech publisher weighs in on secrets of success, his biggest regrets, and prospects for eternal life.

FORBES: What You've Missed At South By Southwest (So Far)

Bombarded with adverts promising a longer, healthier life, BBC News Los Angeles correspondent Peter Bowes goes in search of eternal youth.

BBC: Testosterone: Can it make you live longer?

If it can remain liquid on the leg of a lander, perhaps it can do so elsewhere and thus (hope springs eternal) support life.

ECONOMIST: Water on Mars

Mr Davies thinks the most compelling feature of Mormon teaching is its confidence that death has been conquered: believers look forward with certainty to eternal life (with their spouses), and by conducting posthumous baptisms they can also save their dead forebears.

ECONOMIST: The Mormon faith is spreading. But is it a world religion?