Category: Science
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What Do You See When You Die? Consciousness-Like Activity in Dying Brains Offers Some Hints
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Turns out, there might really be something to the reports of people seeing their lives flash before their eyes. For the first time ever, scientists have caught a glimpse of what human brain waves look like in a dying person, bringing us one step closer to answering the perennial question: what do…
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Black Holes Could Be Back Doors to Other Universes, Scientist Claims
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If true, this theory could explain how all of the matter in our universe was created. SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE are ravenous black holes that pull gas, dust, light and even other black holes into their maw, never to be seen again. Like a riptide pulling swimmers out to sea, the…
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Quantum Entanglement in Your Brain Is What Generates Consciousness, Radical Study Suggests
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This controversial idea could completely change how we understand the mind. gremlin//Getty Images It has long been argued that the human brain is similar to a computer. But in reality, that’s selling the brain pretty short. While comparing neurons and transistors is a convenient metaphor (and not completely out of left field), the brain…
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Your Consciousness Can Connect With the Whole Universe, Groundbreaking New Research Suggests
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This latest clue about the architecture of consciousness supports a Nobel-Prize winner’s theory about how quantum physics works in your brain. A RECENT GROUNDBREAKING EXPERIMENT in which anesthesia was administered to rats has convinced scientists that tiny structures in the rodents’ brains are responsible for the experience of consciousness. To pull…
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This Quantum Paradox Shows We’re Not Real.
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Well, not “locally real,” at least. Yuichiro Chino//Getty Images For over 100 years now, quantum mechanics has rattled the cage of everything we’ve believed we know about physics. Is everything just made of wiggles and waves if you look close enough? How far can one entanglement be stretched—is it long enough to…
