Ever since we published our very first issue 123 years ago—yes, we're old—Popular Mechanics has endeavored to help you understand all kinds of technological marvels, from the tools in your shed, to ...

Christof Koch is taking on one of science’s deepest mysteries: how the brain creates conscious experience, or whether it ...

Understanding the interplay between consciousness, energy and matter could bring important insights to our fundamental understanding of reality. With the rise of brain-interface technology and ...

A few years ago, I climbed over a gate and found myself gazing down at a valley. After I'd been walking for a few minutes, looking at the fields and the sky, there was a shift in my perception.

Artificial intelligence has made simulation theory easier to imagine. A computer can now produce a recognizable face that ...

Watch Sri Sri explore fundamental concepts of spirituality, consciousness, and the nature of reality, drawing parallels between ancient Vedic texts and modern quantum physics. From Modern Science and ...

For the average person, any explanation about philosophers and physicists warring over the nature of consciousness — no matter how colorfully described — would probably sound like an embarrassingly ...

Quantum Mechanics, Consciousness, and Reality What does quantum mechanics say about consciousness and reality? It turns out that it says very much what observers high on psychedelics say, what mystics ...

In the movie Gravity, the astronauts’ futuristic helmets have special, high-tech shades that can display critical information, such as the amount of oxygen left in the oxygen tank. (The helmet has a ...

Modern physics has been shaped by great minds, yet somehow physics hasn’t explained what the mind is. For decades consciousness was not a respectable area of inquiry in physics, yet the great quantum ...