THE UNIVERSE could be teeming with consciousness, right down to some of the smallest particles which make up the cosmos, a professor has sensationally claimed.

A popular definition of consciousness is the awareness of internal and external environments. Since functional machines are aware of their environment, perhaps we should recognize that as ...

Consciousness is not just a matter of philosophy, opinion, or religion. It’s a matter of hard science. It’s a matter of understanding the brain and the mind—a trillion-stranded sculpture ...

Consciousness also refers to being awake, aware, and responsive to one’s surroundings. When someone is passed out or in a coma, we say they are unconscious.This definition, which is based on ...

A simple definition of consciousness is sensory awareness of the body, the self, and the world. The fetus may be aware of the body, for example by perceiving pain. It reacts to touch, smell, and ...

THE DEFINITION OF CONSCIOUSNESS is a notoriously slippery concept that philosophers, scientists—and now AI engineers—have debated for centuries.

It’s difficult to agree on one definition of consciousness, so it’s confusing to read reports that someone who was in a coma for 15 years suddenly regained it.

In humans, the definition of consciousness is vague and speculative.For example, the Glasgow coma scale measures the expectation that a patient will regain consciousness, rather than defining its ...

Far more animals than previously thought likely have consciousness, top scientists say in a new declaration — including fish, lobsters and octopus. Recent research backs them up.