Ratha Saptami is a beautiful occasion to celebrate the blessings of Lord Surya and share joy with those around us. Sending heartfelt wishes to family and friends on this auspicious day strengthens ...

In a faith-based column, Rev. Trish Sullivan Vanni reflects on nonviolence, conscience and the spiritual meaning of peaceful ...

"Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can ...

Log on to the internet any day of the week and you’re likely to find groups of Black people, from all corners of the diaspora, engaging in what I like to call the Cleanliness Olympics. It’s Black folk ...

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 ...

What if your conscious experiences were not just the chatter of neurons, but were connected to the hum of the universe? In a paper published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, I present new evidence ...

Some declarations spread because they soothe the human psyche on many levels. They sound smart. The words alone seem to offer both a pithy and a profound insight. They sound superior. They profess a ...

Renzo Lanfranco receives funding from the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) and the Strategic Research Area Neuroscience (StratNeuro). Most of us go through the day without thinking much ...

Consciousness is fundamental; only thereafter do time, space and matter arise. This is the starting point for a new theoretical model of the nature of reality, presented by Maria Strømme, Professor of ...

Colin Klein receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Templeton World Charity Foundation. Andrew Barron receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Templeton ...

Re “What Is It Like to Be a Computer?,” by Barbara Gail Montero (Opinion guest essay, Nov. 10): Dr. Montero’s essay argues that artificial intelligence may one day become conscious. But I wonder if ...

When a patient undergoes conscious sedation, they are given pain and relaxation medications via an intravenous (IV) line in the arm. Unlike general anesthesia, the patient remains awake throughout the ...