In his new book, “A World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness,” the science writer Michael Pollan takes us on a tour of ...

Views Writer Logan Walters breaks down Alexander Pruss’s fetus argument. Does biological identity define personhood?

If “coupled” to this enigmatic origin, even a machine could find sentience, according to this controversial theory.

In A World Appears, Michael Pollan wonders if the search for consciousness might be a socially (and scientifically) ...

Uncommon, uncomfortable, or disturbing feelings don’t necessarily signal harm, but individuals who become aware of such ...

Ian Sample speaks to author and journalist Michael Pollan about his new book A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness ...

Over 4 billion years ago, an asteroid called Bennu was drifting through the solar system. Three years ago, NASA brought 121.6 grams of that space rock back to Earth. Scientists wanted to see if the ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Consciousness has long been one of science’s most stubborn mysteries. We can map the brain in exquisite detail, decode neural circuits, and even build machines that rival human abilities in language ...

A philosopher at the University of Cambridge says there’s no reliable way to know whether AI is conscious—and that may remain true for the foreseeable future. According to Dr. Tom McClelland, ...

For decades, scientists assumed that consciousness—the subjective feeling of being aware—was the crowning achievement of the human brain. Other animals, such as birds, lacking a cerebral cortex, were ...

Consciousness is fundamental; only thereafter do time, space and matter arise. This is the starting point for a new theoretical model of the nature of reality, presented by Maria Strømme, Professor of ...