One scientist’s unorthodox method could finally explain where your “soul” goes when you die, precognition, and everything in ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Strangely, modern science was long dominated ...

Knowing what consciousness is, and how it came about, is crucial to understanding our place in the universe and what we do with our lives. —Giulio Tononi Consciousness Source: Image generated with ...

This post is Part I of a series. The field of consciousness studies has come of age. Prior to the 1990s, theories of consciousness were more of a philosophical pursuit than a serious scientific one.

What does it mean to be conscious? People have been thinking and writing about this question for millennia. Yet many things about the conscious mind remain a mystery, including how to measure and ...