Do we need concepts like spirituality and transcendence to explain “American Exceptionalism”? My argument all along has been that America is an exceptional country because of its exceptional kind of ...

The Starship, SpaceX's most ambitious rocket to date, could enable humanity to preserve itself and avoid permanent destruction. That's according to Elon Musk, CEO of the space-faring firm. Musk ...

An experiment seven years in the making has uncovered new insights into the nature of consciousness and challenges two prominent, competing scientific theories: Integrated Information Theory (IIT) and ...

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Consciousness art : attending to the quality of experience / Lawrence Rinder and George Lakoff -- Bateson through the looking glass / Steve Kolpan -- Ascension : a poem / by Franck André Jamme -- Bill ...

Researchers have developed a new algorithm that can accurately track a patient's level of consciousness, easing strain on clinicians and enabling new treatments. Visit a neurological ICU during a ...