What if bacteria are conscious? New research suggests all life experiences awareness through unique lenses—and humans can ...

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Beyond spirited dinner party debate, establishing which creatures have consciousness matters in terms of animal welfare and conservation policy. A Michigan State University philosophy scholar has ...

The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon. Recent studies increasingly support the notion that life and consciousness are inherently linked. Several emerging theories provide ...

Beyond spirited dinner party debate, establishing which creatures have consciousness matters in terms of animal welfare and conservation policy. A Michigan State University philosophy scholar has ...

Growing up on a remote ranch in New Mexico, Megin Nichols learned early that the health of animals, humans and the environment are deeply connected. Today, that belief — rooted in her childhood ...

No one can say with scientific confidence why we exist or what happens when we die. In fact, scientists have a tenuous grasp on what it even means to be conscious. But our purely human urge to ask the ...

New fossil research shows how human impacts, particularly through the rise of agriculture and livestock, have disrupted natural mammal communities as profoundly as the Ice Age extinctions. Fossil ...

For centuries, consciousness has puzzled philosophers and scientists alike. What makes us aware? Where does the spark of experience come from? For many years, the answer seemed obvious. Awareness was ...

A review of over 100 years of neuroscience research asks if some brain regions are more important than others for consciousness. What gives rise to human consciousness? Are some parts of the brain ...

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