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Your Memories Could Be Resurrected After You Die. We’re Just 20 Years From the First Test, Scientists Say.
Could that let you live forever? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The idea that physical changes in the brain enable us to store memories has been around for thousands of years. More recently, scientists started thinking that it could be possible to preserve structures in the brain that contain memories and other information representing our identity—and access
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The Universe Is Intelligent—And Your Brain Is Tapping Into It to Form Your Consciousness, Scientist Says
That could mean intelligence is a fundamental property that structures like the brain interact with. The universe has no brain. It has no gray matter, no nervous system, no neurons firing electrical impulses—and yet, that physical structure may not be where intelligence and consciousness actually come from. Intelligence may exist and evolve on its own, without emerging within
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Consciousness May Not Be Uniquely Human, New Theories Suggest—Rewriting Everything We Know About the Mind
Now, scientists think consciousness might be older and more widespread than previously believed. Here’s what you’ll learn in this story: Consciousness has long evaded our understanding. Not only are researchers unable to define what consciousness is—whether it be basic self-awareness or some kind of higher connection with the universe—but they also aren’t exactly sure where it comes
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This Theory Says Time Has Three Dimensions. It ‘Really Messes Up’ What We Know About the Cosmos, Scientists Say
Getty ImagesBut it also makes the concept of time-traveling into alternate futures a reality. Here’s what you’ll learn in this story: What would the universe look like if you could travel faster than light? The answer may provide a surprising explanation to the mysteries of quantum mechanics. Our universe plays by certain rules, which originate from different branches
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Gravity May Be Key Evidence That Our Universe Is a Simulation, Groundbreaking New Research Suggests
One of nature’s most familiar forces might be doing something far stranger than we ever imagined. From ancient Greek philosopher Plato to Neo, hero of the dystopian film fantasy The Matrix, humans have long pondered the true nature of reality. Can we trust what we see, taste, touch, smell, and hear to be real—or have we not
