To understand the nature of consciousness, it is necessary to forego the notion that we are either conscious or unconscious. Some consciousness "stuff" does not suddenly get added to our other brain ...

Picture this: a group of hairy, wild primates bounding across the African savannas stumbles upon a patch of strange mushrooms growing on dung. Curious and hungry, they eat them. Their senses sharpen, ...

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 ...

A revolutionary theory has emerged suggesting that the enigma of human consciousness could be intricately linked with the elusive dark matter. This idea invites us to delve into the uncharted ...

Your consciousness can connect you with the entire universe, a groundbreaking study suggests. Experts from Wellesley College in Massachusetts claim that traditional connections in the brain cannot ...

A physicist has proposed a radical new theory of consciousness – and it could finally explain what happens when you die. Consciousness does not emerge from human brains, according to Professor Maria ...

Philosopher Daniel Dennett died a few days ago, on April 19. When he argued that we overrate consciousness, he demonstrated, paradoxically, how conscious he was, and he made his audience more ...

The phrase “regaining consciousness” usually means recovering from unconscious states such as sleep and anesthesia. But I use it to mean rescuing consciousness from intellectual mistakes that impede ...