Consciousness has long resisted neat explanations, but a growing body of research suggests the problem may lie in how we ...

Scientists still do not understand why we have subjective experiences or awareness. This is known as the “hard problem” of consciousness. One company is testing a theory of consciousness using a robot ...

Quantum Mechanics, Consciousness, and Reality What does quantum mechanics say about consciousness and reality? It turns out that it says very much what observers high on psychedelics say, what mystics ...

What if your conscious experiences were not just the chatter of neurons, but were connected to the hum of the universe? In a paper published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, I present new evidence ...

Consciousness research in 2025 has shifted from abstract philosophy to concrete lab results, with competing theories now ...

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The universe has no brain. It has no gray matter, no nervous system, no neurons firing electrical impulses—and yet, that ...

The 1999 International Conference on Science and Consciousness held recently in Albuquerque, N.M., might be described in many ways, but "a droning bore" is not one of them. Physicists and ...

The mere mention of “quantum consciousness” makes most physicists cringe, as the phrase seems to evoke the vague, insipid musings of a New Age guru. But if a new hypothesis proves to be correct, ...

Ultra-deep tech startup Nirvanic put on a fairly humble-looking robotics demo at Jeff Bezos's private MARS 2025 conference – and while the team is adamant that this implies no endorsement from Bezos ...