In the history of Hollywood transformations, few moments have remained as persistent in the public consciousness as Renée ...

A snorkeling trip turned tragic this weekend when a 60-year-old Minnesota man died after losing consciousness in the waters ...

When I was about 6 years old in the early ‘40s, my 16-year-old brother was sent to a sanitarium for tuberculosis patients. He ...

Before the lights go down at “Liberation” on Broadway, the audience is talking. No, we mean really talking. That's largely ...

What is the evolutionary advantage of our consciousness? And what can we learn about this from observing birds? Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum published two articles on this topic. Although ...

Re “What Is It Like to Be a Computer?,” by Barbara Gail Montero (Opinion guest essay, Nov. 10): Dr. Montero’s essay argues that artificial intelligence may one day become conscious. But I wonder if ...

Dr. Montero is a philosophy professor who writes on mind, body and consciousness. Not long ago, A.I. became intelligent. Some may dismiss this claim, but the number of people who doubt A.I.’s acumen ...

As a journalist who covers AI, I hear from countless people who seem utterly convinced that ChatGPT, Claude, or some other chatbot has achieved “sentience.” Or “consciousness.” Or—my personal favorite ...

Beyond spirited dinner party debate, establishing which creatures have consciousness matters in terms of animal welfare and conservation policy. A Michigan State University philosophy scholar has ...

If you don’t know anything about neuroscience, that’s okay — one researcher’s striking theory might send us all back to the start anyway. Consciousness is typically defined as immediate awareness of ...