If you could take an apple and break it into smaller and smaller parts, you would find molecules, then atoms, followed by ...

In a controversial 2025 paper, a researcher proposed a theory that consciousness may give rise to matter—not the other way around. Should this theory hold up, it would rewrite our understanding of ...

Tenets of quantum mechanics and special relativity, among other theoretical ideas, lead inexorably to string theory.

Consciousness is fundamental; only thereafter do time, space and matter arise. This is the starting point for a new theoretical model of the nature of reality, presented by Maria Strømme, Professor of ...

A peer-reviewed paper published in Frontiers in Psychology proposes that consciousness is not simply a byproduct of brain activity but instead acts as a top-down force that shapes neural processes.

Over 100 scientists and philosophers recently decried a leading consciousness theory as pseudoscience in an open letter, sparking a debate about the challenges of probing such a profound enigma.

“I think, therefore I am,” René Descartes, the 17th-century French philosopher and mathematician, famously wrote in 1637. His idea was straightforward: even if your senses, the world, or your body ...

The debate over the source of human consciousness has persisted for thousands of years, dating back to Plato and Aristotle. While we have made huge advancements in neuroscience in recent years, our ...

Consciousness, the essence of our subjective experiences, remains one of the grandest mysteries of modern science. According to a 2022 paper published in Nature Reviews Neuroscience, four dominant ...

A letter, signed by 124 scholars and posted online last week, has caused an uproar in the consciousness research community. It claims that a prominent theory describing what makes someone or something ...