Research reveals why AI systems can't become conscious—and what radically different computing substrates would be needed to ...

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

The familiar fight between “mind as software” and “mind as biology” may be a false choice. This work proposes biological computationalism: the idea that brains compute, but not in the abstract, symbol ...

A new theoretical framework argues that the long-standing split between computational functionalism and biological naturalism misses how real brains actually compute.

The renewed debate over the Aravalli hills exposes a familiar fault line in India’s environmental governance: the tension between ecological complexity and administrative simplicity.

Quantum technologies are systems that leverage quantum mechanical effects to perform computations, share information or ...

Agentic AI is not the next version of chatbots, and it’s not a new workflow engine dressed up in clever marketing. It’s a ...

DSM diagnoses can be useful. But they can also pathologize normal emotions, and the line between "healthy" and "disordered" ...

AI is no longer optional in corporate travel. But adoption is uneven, and scaling to every leg—ground, air and hotel—remains ...

Aravalli ridges play a key role in moderating heat and reducing the intensity of dust storms in Delhi, Gurugram, Jaipur. One of the most crucial concerns is environmental impact ...

Terahertz (THz) communication has emerged as one of the key technologies for sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks.