Ian Sample speaks to author and journalist Michael Pollan about his new book A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness ...

Consciousness is a complex phenomenon that involves many dimensions. Source: ShooInau/Pixabay Awareness What are you aware of right now? Is there any noise from the street outside? Maybe the smell of ...

The “problem of other minds”—knowing that someone else has a mind like yours, and in the case of consciousness, subjective experiences similar to yours—is not too much of a problem when we are ...

St. John Henry Newman, a British-born scholar who dedicated much of his life to the combination of faith and intellect at universities, is pictured in an undated portrait. Credit: OSV News file ...

A revolutionary theory has emerged suggesting that the enigma of human consciousness could be intricately linked with the elusive dark matter. This idea invites us to delve into the uncharted ...

What gives rise to human consciousness? Are some parts of the brain more important than others? Scientists began tackling these questions in more depth about 35 years ago. Researchers have made ...

Philip Goff has received funding from the Templeton Foundation. The progress of science in the last 400 years is mind-blowing. Who would have thought we’d be able to trace the history of our universe ...

Cardiff University and University College London provide funding as founding partners of The Conversation UK. As the very word used to describe it has been “worn smooth by a million tongues”, ...