In his new book, “A World Appears,” Michael Pollan argues that artificial intelligence can do many things—it just can’t be a ...

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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 ...

On Wednesday, Anthropic released a revised version of Claude’s Constitution, a living document that provides a “holistic” explanation of the “context in which Claude operates and the kind of entity we ...

The authors provide a scholarly review of intracranial research into the neural correlates of consciousness (NCCs). To our knowledge, this is the first such review, and it therefore may become a ...

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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 ...

As artificial intelligence (AI) and brain technologies develop at a breathtaking speed, scientists are warning that one of the oldest and most important questions in science remains unanswered: what ...

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The question of consciousness after death has long intrigued humanity. This exclusive Q&A investigates the hypothesis of an immaterial realm to which consciousness might return upon death, exploring ...

That sinking feeling before your phone rings with bad news. The inexplicable urge to take a different route home that later saves you from a traffic nightmare. Most people dismiss these moments as ...

One thing that keeps life interesting: mysteries persist. Much of the life we think of as everyday and mundane is unknown to us except as a manifestation. We live it, but have no idea why it is here ...