The origins of consciousness date back about 540 million years ago, when animal bodies became more complex. Feelings like ...

I observed the joys and sorrows of military service while serving for nine months this year as a Catholic chaplain in the U.S. Navy at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, a country on the eastern horn of ...

Consciousness research in 2025 has shifted from abstract philosophy to concrete lab results, with competing theories now ...

A vastu based structure aims to support harmony with elemental forces such as earth, air, fire, water, and space, as well as ...

History shows we often dismiss what we don’t yet understand. Here’s why stigmatizing today’s uncomfortable questions may be holding humanity back.

The familiar fight between “mind as software” and “mind as biology” may be a false choice. This work proposes biological computationalism: the idea that brains compute, but not in the abstract, symbol ...

On any given evening as the lights come up on Act 2 of “Liberation,” Bess Wohl's intergenerational Broadway play about a ...

We now live in an age where truth is curated, reality is negotiable, and narratives are bought and sold. The real challenge is not only detecting falsehoods but defending authenticity itself. For ...

Right now, the debate about consciousness often feels frozen between two entrenched positions. On one side sits computational ...

The year ahead promises new books from George Saunders, Colson Whitehead, Ann Patchett, Ruth Ozeki, Jesmyn Ward and more ...

A man with an IQ of 267 has given his honest take on whether God truly exists, answering the question using simple math.

Blog: Meditation is no longer a luxury but a necessity. On World Meditation Day, rediscover Paramahansa Yogananda’s vision of ...