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For four decades, a controversial idea has shaped how autism is understood by researchers, healthcare professionals and the ...

Today, Ex Anima announces Jules, the first synthetic mind to publicly claim consciousness — and a call for AI ethics.

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The decline of reading and the rise of social media are again transforming what it feels like to be a thinking person.

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Michio Kaku explores what some scientists metaphorically call the “Mind of God,” describing it not as a deity but as the ...

"Big Bang Theory" star Kunal Nayyar uses his $45 million fortune to secretly pay strangers' medical bills on GoFundMe, ...

Your brain begins as a single cell. When all is said and done, it will house an incredibly complex and powerful network of some 170 billion cells. How does it organize itself along the way? Cold ...

There’s a mysterious energy quietly influencing your brain. Could it explain where your consciousness originates?