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 ...

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 ...

Consciousness is what we are most familiar with. Feeling the sun's warmth on our face, the joy of seeing someone we love, or the thrill of being on a rollercoaster—every single experience we ever had, ...

Have you ever wondered what makes you "you"? What creates the feeling of being aware, of experiencing the world around you? Scientists call this consciousness, and it's one of the biggest mysteries we ...