Mental Phenomena Don’t Map Into the Brain as Expected

Physicists are building neural networks out of vibrations, voltages and lasers, arguing that the future of computing lies in exploiting the universe’s complex physical behaviors.

The key to understanding the origin and fate of the universe may be a more complete understanding of the vacuum.

Supermassive black holes have come to the fore as engines of galactic evolution, but new observations of the Milky Way and its central hole don’t yet hang together.

When the brain encodes memories as positive or negative, one molecule determines which way they will go.

Of all the endless questions children and mathematicians have asked about infinity, one of the most fascinating has to do with its size.

The special trick of consciousness is being able to project action and time into a range of possible futures

Researchers are pursuing age-old questions about the nature of thoughts—and learning how to read them.

Here are some reasons for the natural human tendency to avoid or reject new information that runs counter to what you already know – and some tips on how to do better.

«confirmation bias. It’s the natural tendency to seek out information or interpret things in a way that supports your existing beliefs.»

At a fundamental level, only a few particles and forces govern all of reality. How do their combinations create human consciousness?

Consciousness is your awareness of yourself and the world around you. This awareness is subjective and unique to you.

«all our decisions and actions are actually made unconsciously, although we fool ourselves into believing that we consciously made them»