When we think creatively, produce novel ideas, or otherwise have “Eureka” moments, we may actually unlock access to a ...

Physicist Michael Pravica has put forth a revolutionary theory suggesting that human consciousness may originate from a ...

Humans know they exist, but how does "knowing" work? Despite all that's been learned about brain function and the bodily ...

Science, with extraordinary achievements in the arena of knowledge and development, is still struggling to define ...

A small percentage of people with epilepsy experience a state of “oneness” with the world just before their seizures. The ...

As AI—and the ethical debate surrounding it—accelerates, scientists argue that understanding consciousness is now more urgent than ever. They argue that explaining how consciousness arises—which could ...

The original version ofthis storyappeared in Quanta Magazine. Science routinely puts forward theories, then batters them with data till only one is left standing. In the fledgling science of ...

Academic leaders from around the world penned an open letter calling on artificial intelligence developers to learn more about consciousness as artificial intelligence (AI) systems advance rapidly, ...

Ever since we published our very first issue 123 years ago—yes, we’re old—Popular Mechanics has endeavored to help you understand all kinds of technological marvels, from the tools in your shed, to ...

Explaining how something as complex as consciousness can emerge from a grey, jelly-like lump of tissue in the head is arguably the greatest scientific challenge of our time. The brain is an ...

And perhaps, in this rapidly evolving landscape, the question of consciousness in AI systems has found its way to become a legitimate field of scholarly inquiry. A recent commentary in Nature, backed ...

In 2007 I published a book called Animals Matter and at about the same time Erin Williams and Margo Demello published a book called Why Animals Matter. And just this month another book called Why ...