The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is threatening an unprecedented financial penalty against one of its own holiday ...

Questions about the nature of consciousness remain among the most perplexing areas of modern scientific research, with ...

An Ohio lawmaker’s bill would define such systems as ‘nonsentient entities,’ never mind any evidence.

The familiar fight between “mind as software” and “mind as biology” may be a false choice. This work proposes biological computationalism: the idea that brains compute, but not in the abstract, symbol ...

Science can now explain the connection between information and consciousness. The answer is simpler—and stranger—than you might expect. The key is self-reference.

A growing number of new studies have found that, at least for some cells, death isn’t the end, but the beginning of something wholly unexpected.

A radical new theory from Professor Maria Strømme suggests that consciousness may not originate in the brain but instead exist as a universal field, with individual minds acting like temporary waves ...

"One Hand Clapping" draws from neuroscience, evolution, philosophy and a rich tapestry of cultural references to examine how Earth's history led to the formation of our own minds. The book reveals the ...

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 ...

The story of the founding of colonial Maryland and the influence of the Calvert family. "Liberty of Conscience: The Founding of Maryland" documents the fascinating stories surrounding the founding of ...

Consciousness is the ultimate question of existence. Nothing is more essential than our experience. Yet we have no consensus, and perhaps no clue, about what it actually is. The trouble, in part, is ...