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

Could artificial intelligence (AI) become conscious? What used to be a philosophical “thought experiment” is now a real-world conundrum. AI’s explosive development, especially the Large Language ...

Throughout history, attempts by mere mortals to plumb the inner recesses of the soul have been seen as hubristic. Shakespeare had Hamlet express this powerfully when he rages against those who “would ...

Scientists still do not understand why we have subjective experiences or awareness. This is known as the “hard problem” of consciousness. One company is testing a theory of consciousness using a robot ...

The man hailed as the "smartest in the world", Chris Langan, with an IQ claimed to be between 190 and 210, has offered his insights on the afterlife. The American rancher, known for developing the ...

COMMENTARY: Contemporary Western cultures insist consciousness resides exclusively in our brains, but an abundance of recent scientific research indicates otherwise. Medical teams at six research ...

There is evidence that some form of conscious experience is present by birth, and perhaps even in late pregnancy, an international team of researchers has found. There is evidence that some form of ...

Philip Goff has received funding from the Templeton Foundation. The progress of science in the last 400 years is mind-blowing. Who would have thought we’d be able to trace the history of our universe ...

Twenty years ago this month, the nation was gripped by the fate of 41-year-old Terri Schiavo, a Florida woman whose feeding tube was being removed. Schiavo had suffered cardiac arrest at the age of 26 ...