Consciousness remains one of the most unresolved questions in science. Some researchers argue it emerges naturally from ...

Consciousness is like a rainbow in that it arises from a particular set of circumstances. For there to be a rainbow, several conditions must be met. Rainbows don’t just spring up everywhere. They are ...

Ever since we published our very first issue 123 years ago—yes, we’re old—Popular Mechanics has endeavored to help you understand all kinds of technological marvels, from the tools in your shed, to ...

When René Descartes watched a mechanical figure move with lifelike precision in the 17th century, the scene unsettled him.

Subjective experience unfolds as the integrative process that relates the world within our body to the world outside our body. Our body is a cellular world. From the very early beginnings of cellular ...

The origin of consciousness has teased the minds of philosophers and scientists for centuries. In the last decade, neuroscientists have begun to piece together its neural underpinnings—that is, how ...

A new theoretical study argues that many standard beliefs about consciousness are rooted in a misleading concept of how the ...

Yes: Consciousness is totally dependent on the brain and comes out from it. Dynamics of the brain create awareness. The brain is the conscious mind. No: Mind and body are distinctly different; ...

Philip Goff has received funding from the Templeton Foundation. Civil war has broken out in the field of consciousness research. More than 100 consciousness researchers have signed a letter accusing ...