Ask a chatbot if it’s conscious, and it will likely say no—unless it’s Anthropic’s Claude 4. “When I process complex ...

Just before it ceases functioning, the brain may make a last-ditch effort to find unresolved purpose or a reason to stay ...

(RNS) — Shelise Ann Sola grew up in a devout Mormon family in Tremonton, Utah. At 19, after being berated by her local bishop ...

While comparing neurons and transistors is a convenient metaphor (and not completely out of left field), the brain is ...

Answering the question of when consciousness emerges is deeply tied to the mystery of what it actually is and how it can be measured ...