The goal isn’t just to isolate consciousness or define it. It is for humans to understand and recalibrate along the lines of universal consciousness, the researchers say.

The more I ponder about life, the more I come to one solid realisation: The biggest curse and predicament of modern Man is ...

What if they were revealing glimpses into a mirror realm in which your consciousness was wandering? To go even further, perhaps recurring dreams suggest a connection to another reality.

Everything we experience is linked to our consciousness. Despite this familiarity, consciousness remains a mystery. Source: Caleb Frith/Unsplash How do you feel right now? Happy? Sad? Excited?

“To make progress here, scientists have proposed a number of tests for consciousness (‘C-tests’); note that by using this term, we are not assuming a universal, decisive test, but instead ...

Now Kuhn, a member of FQxI’s scientific advisory council, has published a taxonomy of proposed solutions to, and theories regarding, the hard problem of consciousness. He produced the organizing ...

Ideally, the word Yoga refers to the union of inner consciousness and the universal consciousness. Originating in India, the practice recommends practitioners follow a complete yogic lifestyle ...

While there were small-scale commemorative efforts in Jewish communities, there were no public memorials or museums to the murdered millions. In fact, the term “Holocaust,” separating the genocide of ...

Photo by Dean Budnick As we honor the life and legacy of Phil Lesh, we revisit this piece from 2001 about his classic Quintet ...

Attributing consciousness to animals based on their responses was seen as a cardinal sin. The argument went that projecting human traits, feelings, and behaviours onto animals had no scientific ...

In the last column, we discussed what I referred to as the American Monster Canon–namely, the main monsters that inhabit the ...