Wizard Science

http://www.nilgiri.org/Html/Quarterly_Journal/Words_of_Hope/Immortality.html - A rather more philosophical look at telemerase.
http://www.firstscience.com/site/articles/surviving.asp - An article on FirstScience that takes a look at deinococcus radiodurans through the idea of how we might survive life on mars.
NASA Ames Research Centre - Homepage

Transmutation and the Philosophers Stone

http://hypertextbook.com/facts/IleneWeintraub.shtml - Site showing the pressure needed to create artificial diamonds.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/08/990817092046.htm - Article on Science Daily about how the Russians have made Gem Quality diamonds.
Berkeley Lab - Homepage
Brookhaven Lab - Link to a page about the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider which transmutes gold atoms into ectoplasm (Ghostbusters beware!)

Chimeras

Roslin Institute - Homepage
Dolly Fun - Light hearted look at Dolly the Sheep cloning before your very eyes!
Serious Dolly - Article on Scientific American looking at the issue of cloning in the light of Dolly..

Invisiblity

Invisible Fish - Go here for an interesting article about how scientists in Japan have bred a 'See Through' fish.
Invisible Man - This page looks at a 1934 edition of 'Popular Mechanics' magazine which claimed to be able to show you pictures of a man becoming invisible. Click on the pdf link about halfway down, to see the scan of the original article to make up your own mind!

Parallel Universe and Time Travel

Brane-Universe - Article on Space.com which explores the question of a brane universe.
Guide to Wormhole Travel
Time Travel Theory
Black Holes Made Simple - No maths!
Anti-Gravity - This is a great page of links on About.com dedicated to the subject of anti-gravity.

The Inspiration

Lord of the Rings - Homepage
Harry Potter - Homepage