Neuroscience has long worshiped the neocortex—the brain’s hub for sophisticated thought. But consciousness may originate ...

A team of researchers suggests that four key brain patterns and behaviors that indicate conscious awareness in adults could ...

What if bacteria are conscious? New research suggests all life experiences awareness through unique lenses—and humans can ...

An EU team of neuroscientists asked their peers: “Can’t we all just get along?” They analyzed how five major theories of ...

They’re growing miniature 3D brains from stem cells. These aren’t your fictional mad scientists’ brains in a vat; they’re ...

Can sea slugs form abstract thoughts? Do we dare to see any "purpose" in evolution? Is the subjective just a complicated form ...

An image generated by prompts to Google Gemini. (Courtesy of Joe Nalven) This column was composed in part by incorporating responses from a large-language model, a type of artificial intelligence ...

If humanity navigates the coming decades with foresight and wisdom, by 2100 we could indeed enter a post-scarcity era—one ...

Longevity guru Bryan Johnson has long had questions about the bounds of human consciousness. He says smoking a psychedelic found in Sonoran toad venom gave him clarity. "I know what it feels like to ...

An international consortium of researchers has created the largest-ever database compiling records of brain activity during ...