Questions about the nature of consciousness remain among the most perplexing areas of modern scientific research, with ...

A RECENT GROUNDBREAKING EXPERIMENT in which anesthesia was administered to rats has convinced scientists that tiny structures in the rodents’ brains are responsible for the experience of consciousness ...

Consciousness evolved in stages, starting with basic survival responses like pain and alarm, then expanding into focused awareness and self-reflection. These layers help organisms avoid danger, learn ...

New work explores why consciousness evolved and what observing birds can teach us about its biological purpose.

In a groundbreaking development, scientists have unveiled a method to expand human consciousness by directly interfacing with the brain through quantum processes. This innovative approach, detailed on ...

Consciousness is one of those mysteries we usually chalk up to philosophy or late-night thought experiments but scientists ...

An unprecedented experiment seven years in the making has shaken the field of neuroscience. Researchers set out to answer one of science’s most puzzling questions: Where does consciousness come from?

The Global Consciousness Project EGG experiments at Princeton set out to measure consciousness using sophisticated equipment worldwide to human reactions to major newsmaking events even moments even ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Science routinely puts forward theories, then batters them with data till only one is left standing. In the fledgling science of ...