Koch, who studied vision, thought that by measuring people's brain responses as they looked at special optical illusions, ...

Consciousness researchers studying “islands of awareness” have found that disconnected brains likely sink into a strange form ...

In Newen and Montemayor’s evolutionary framework, basic arousal developed first. It’s like nature’s security alarm, warning ...

Researchers outline a roadmap for applying transcranial focused ultrasound, a noninvasive technique for stimulating the brain ...

The researchers found 68 articles that analyzed theoretical aspects of consciousness and that were published between 2007 and ...

Is consciousness everywhere? In every rock and atom? That is what panpsychists like the philosopher Philip Goff believe. They ...

Tantalizing clues in 4-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu samples could reveal particular molecular formations that some ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

We can account for the evolution of consciousness only if we crack the philosophy, as well as the physics, of the brain. Your consciousness is what it's like to be you. It's your experiences of color ...