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A groundbreaking theory claims that everything in existence possesses some form of consciousness — including the Sun itself.

Fringe Theory Claims the Sun May Be Conscious

By Noor Al-Sibai

Robert Sapolsky, a Stanford neurobiologist, thinks "free will" is really just the culmination of biology, upbringing, and circumstance.

Neuroscience and Brain

Neuroscientist Says We Don’t Have Free Will After All

By Frank Landymore

In a study, scientists at Johns Hopkins University claim to have determined that, yes, you can actually hear the sound of silence.

Scientists Discover That You Can Hear Silence

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

If or when AIs becomes conscious, they're going to need rights, a pair of theorists argue — and the outcomes available to us aren't that great.

Artificial Intelligence

Experts Urge Personhood Rights for the “Conscious” AIs of the Future

By Noor Al-Sibai

Bad news, folks — if this decorated philosopher/theoretical physicist is to be believed, we may not be living in a simulation after all.

Professor Insists That We Actually DON’T Live in a Simulation

By Noor Al-Sibai

Neil deGrasse Tyson Sucked Into Feud With Processed Meat Brand (Again)

By Victor Tangermann

A new book takes a deep dive into panpsychism, a millennia-old theory that argues that all forms of matter experience consciousness.

Science & Energy

Professor: Electrons and Quarks May Experience Consciousness

By Kristin Houser

Instead, according to scientist and philosopher Bernardo Kastrup, some are starting to suspect that matter and reality are complex illusions.

Physicists Are Starting to Suspect Physical Reality Is an Illusion

By Jon Christian

A philosopher wanted to unify the various field-specific definitions physicists have for black holes. He decided that the variety was good for science.

A Philosopher Is Trying to Figure out What Black Holes Really Are

By Dan Robitzski

Artificial Consciousness: How To Give A Robot A Soul

Neuroscience and Brain

Artificial Consciousness: How To Give A Robot A Soul

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists Want to Create a Universe in a Lab, And They Actually Could

Scientists Want to Create a Universe in a Lab, And They Actually Could

By Zeeya Merali

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Fact: Asking Whether We Live in a Simulation is Not A Scientific Question

The Idea of Creating a New Universe in the Lab Is No Joke

The Idea of Creating a New Universe in the Lab Is No Joke

By Zeeya Merali

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Artificial Intelligence

Should We Make An “AI Kill Switch” or Give Robots Rights?

By Kelsey R. Marquart