Walk into consciousness labs, and you will mostly find studies on humans relying on verbal reports. This evidence is then ...

Consciousness is what we are most familiar with. Feeling the sun's warmth on our face, the joy of seeing someone we love, or the thrill of being on a rollercoaster—every single experience we ever had, ...

Consciousness evolved in stages, starting with basic survival responses like pain and alarm, then expanding into focused awareness and self-reflection. These layers help organisms avoid danger, learn ...

Right now, the debate about consciousness often feels frozen between two entrenched positions. On one side sits computational ...

New work explores why consciousness evolved and what observing birds can teach us about its biological purpose.

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 ...

Deepak Chopra says consciousness is like the mythical Hydra — answer one question and two more spring up. (Photo by Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Brain Mapping Foundation ) After decades spent ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andréa Morris reports on emergent intelligence in diverse systems. Last year, scientists inferentially detected the existence of ...

As claims about conscious AI grow louder, a Cambridge philosopher argues that we lack the evidence to know whether machines ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. I would think so. Our general understanding of what it means ...

Each April, Financial Literacy Month brings renewed focus on budgeting, credit scores and retirement accounts. Although these are important topics, the conversation often stops short of what people ...