A new research paper argues that emerging brain–computer interface (BCI) technologies are not just medical tools but ...

What if our understanding of consciousness has been missing the point by trying to compare it to software? The debate on the origins of thought has long pitted two schools against each other. On one ...

One scientist’s unorthodox method could finally explain where your “soul” goes when you die, precognition, and everything in ...

New research offers a way to identify consciousness in living and artificial systems.

Michael Pollan's widely anticipated new book, A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness, brings his signature acumen and wit to one of science's essential mysteries. Along the way, he pursues ...

Why did the experience of consciousness evolve from our underlying brain physiology? Despite being a vibrant area of neuroscience, current research on consciousness is characterised by disagreement ...

In conventional computing, we can draw a clean line between software and hardware. In brains, there is no such separation of different scales. In the brain, everything influences everything else, from ...

Research has revealed fascinating insights into how consciousness might emerge from quantum processes within the brain. Scientists have identified that microtubules, microscopic hollow tubes found ...

Quantum-enhanced humans could enter into an entirely “different realm.” ...

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 ...