Mind & MortalityExplainer
What Happens When We Die?
Medicine can describe how the body and brain shut down. Whether anything of us continues is a question science cannot reach, and traditions answer it differently.
TOPIC
Consciousness.
Stories tagged #Consciousness
Mind & MortalityExplainer
What Is Consciousness?
Science can map which brain activity goes with experience. Why any of it feels like something from the inside remains one of the great open questions.
Mind & MortalityExplainer
What Do Near-Death Experiences Tell Us?
Near-death experiences are real experiences that can change lives. What causes them, and what they mean, is still an open scientific question.
Extraordinary ClaimsClaim examination
Are We Living in a Simulation?
What a famous 2003 argument really claims, how scientists have tried to test the idea, and where science runs out.