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Physicist says the 'hard problem of consciousness' isn't real
When Carlo Rovelli's bicycle chain comes off, he calls a bike-shop mechanic, never a particle physicist - even though ...
When I was little, I didn’t understand why calendars were in a grid, because to me, the months of the year present in the ...
New research reveals that Dante Alighieri's Inferno wasn't just a masterpiece of literature: it was a gedankenexperiment in impact physics. From multi-ring craters to shockwaves that reshaped the ...
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have found that the human brain can process complex language even under general anaesthesia, challenging long-held assumptions about consciousness. The study ...
In recent days, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins wrote an op-ed suggesting AI chatbot Claude may be conscious.
There may be an ultraheavy explanation for the mystery surrounding the origins of the highest-energy particles ever observed.
Richard Dawkins caught hell on social media for suggesting it does.
The body's internal rhythms and our perception of time are deeply linked, shaping everything from sleep to overall health.
Most people think the multiverse is just about "what-if" scenarios – other versions of you where you took that job in another city or turned left instead of right. But to a physicist, the multiverse ...
Renowned biologist Richard Dawkins suggests that AI chatbots like Claude may appear conscious due to their sophisticated capabilities, sparking debate about AI consciousness. Despite their human-like ...
The strange quantum nature of time moves one step closer to being untangled, thanks to new research on optical ion clocks.
Parashat Bechukotai is not a theology of reward and punishment. It is a blueprint for cause and effect. A call to grow up ...
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