No One Knows How Anesthesia Works. Scientists May Have Just Found a Huge Clue.

A new study of neural oscillations during varying stages of consciousness shows that anesthesia doesn’t just knock us out—it ...
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Study finds chickens beat AI models in consciousness ranking

A preprint paper submitted to arXiv on Jan. 22, 2026, ranks common chickens higher than leading AI systems on a new ...
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Scientists May Have Discovered Why We Gained Consciousness

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Consciousness—human or otherwise—is a question that’s plagued history’s greatest thinkers ever since our species first started pondering the cosmos, ...

If AI Consciousness Is Uncertain, Governance Cannot Be

If artificial consciousness never emerges, safeguards will look cautious but harmless. If it does, safeguards may be the ...
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Circular breathwork induces altered states of consciousness linked to improved mental health

Researchers from the Ernst Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience, the MIND Foundation, alongside other collaborators, have found that reductions in carbon dioxide saturation during circular breathwork ...
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Brain Fields, Complexity, and Consciousness

Earlier posts focused on the “easy problem” of consciousness—finding relationships between mental activity and the dynamic patterns measured with various brain imaging methods. This new post advances ...
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Consciousness: why a leading theory has been branded ‘pseudoscience’

Philip Goff has received funding from the Templeton Foundation. Civil war has broken out in the field of consciousness research. More than 100 consciousness researchers have signed a letter accusing ...