immortality

Even in chaotic defeat in Athens on Saturday, Scotland were rescued as Denmark inexplicably were held by Belarus, meaning a home win on Tuesday evening and immortality - a place in the World Cup - is theirs.

So he begins to dream of another life entirely: a companion shaped like him, someone who might share his baffling immortality, his hunger, his hope.

Curiosity about extending human life may be especially visible among certain tech enthusiasts today, but people have been fascinated by the idea of a lasting fountain of youth, or even immortality, for thousands of years.

They looked immortality in the eye and said "not today", as if 120 years isn't long enough to wait.

Shout it as loud as a Will Smith home run, ball soaring, arms flailing, blue immortality awaiting.