For centuries, we’ve tried to understand what makes us aware. Is consciousness just the brain firing signals – or something far deeper that science can’t yet explain? The answer could redefine what it ...

If you don’t know anything about neuroscience, that’s okay — one researcher’s striking theory might send us all back to the start anyway. Consciousness is typically defined as immediate awareness of ...

The curious minds at ColdFusion investigate whether robots are nearing human-like consciousness today. Teen remains in custody after assault arrest in Md. car takeover Russian forays into NATO ...

Five9 currently trades at nearly 300 times trailing earnings. The company recently turned profitable after years of losses, and the bottom line should continue to strengthen from here. The call center ...

The New York Jets released their first unofficial depth chart of training camp and there were some interesting tidbits to take away from it. For example, the tight end position raised some questions ...

“I think, therefore I am,” René Descartes, the 17th-century French philosopher and mathematician, famously wrote in 1637. His idea was straightforward: even if your senses, the world, or your body ...

What makes humans conscious? Scientists disagree, strongly, as one group of peacemakers discovered the hard way. By Carl Zimmer Consciousness may be a mystery, but that doesn’t mean that ...

For centuries, the question of what consciousness is—where it comes from, and what it does—was left to philosophers and mystics. But now, scientists across biology, neuroscience, and physics 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 ...

Many theories attempt to explain consciousness, but one that’s gaining traction is the idea of electromagnetic (EM) fields—specifically, ephaptic fields—coordinating consciousness in the brain. A new ...

For the past 30 years, scientists have investigated whether the human brain might require quantum processes to achieve cognition. A new study from Shanghai University uses mathematical models to ...