Neuroscientist Christof Koch and the concept of a "Perception Box" help us value the richness of consciousness. Could a ...

A recent study suggests that some form of conscious experience may be present by the time a baby is born—and perhaps even in ...

Xenobots are cells that form new roles beyond their original biological function—for example ... smart guy René Descartes thought only the human mind was conscious (which led to some inhumane ...

Yet, if we take the example of the United States ... narrative that runs through the language - and necessarily all thinking in that language - in which "black" basically denotes "bad" and ...

A couple of years ago I was invited to attend a workshop on animal consciousness with the Dalai Lama. It was a great honour and turned out to be a thought-provoking event. It got me to revisit the ...