A RECENT GROUNDBREAKING EXPERIMENT in which anesthesia was administered to rats has convinced scientists that tiny structures in the rodents’ brains are responsible for the experience of consciousness ...

(Deshmukh VD. Consciousness, Awareness, and Presence: A Neurobiological Perspective. Int J Yoga. 2022 May-Aug;15 (2):144-149. doi: 10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_77_22. Epub 2022 Sep 5. PMID: 36329768; PMCID: ...

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 ...

A new study involved high-resolution scans that enabled the researchers to visualize brain connections at submillimeter spatial resolution. Together, these pathways form a 'default ascending arousal ...

Modern life accelerated the trend toward isolation even before the pandemic, and now the symptoms of loneliness, weakened relationships, depression, and anxiety have only deepened. One reads that a ...

Kaia Ra, author, oracle and spiritual teacher, has become an influential voice in conversations linking spirituality with ...

Dr. Neil Theise, physician, scientist, philosopher and author of Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being, invites us to trade our limited, individualistic view ...

Two concepts haunt modern science like unsolved riddles. Information—the currency of the digital age, the stuff of genes and neurons, perhaps the fabric of reality itself. And consciousness—the inner ...