Experts believe entangling a brain with a quantum computer could finally reveal where consciousness comes from.

An unprecedented experiment seven years in the making has shaken the field of neuroscience. Researchers set out to answer one of science’s most puzzling questions: Where does consciousness come from?

The measurement problem in quantum mechanics looks at how an experimental outcome changes, simply by observing it.

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 ...

In 2025, consciousness remains science’s greatest unsolved mystery - part experiment, part philosophy, and part poetry. From ...

For centuries, the concept of consciousness has intrigued philosophers and scientists alike. Often deemed too abstract for scientific exploration, consciousness has been largely left to philosophical ...

It’s not for want of data. Ever since Francis Crick, the codiscoverer of DNA’s double helix, legitimized consciousness as a topic for study more than three decades ago, researchers have used a variety ...

People also receive the constant messages in varying degrees depending on their openness to its signals. Those who have read the book "The Secret Life of Plants" learned of Cleve Backster's ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Science routinely puts forward theories, then batters them with data till only one is left standing. In the fledgling science of ...