This noninvasive technology reaches deeper into the brain, with greater resolution, than techniques such as EEG and MRI. It ...

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 ...

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Biohacking has moved far beyond supplements, trackers, and wearables. The next frontier is the environment itself. As performance optimization gets more advanced, innovators are beginning to ask a new ...

A philosopher at the University of Cambridge says there’s no reliable way to know whether AI is conscious—and that may remain true for the foreseeable future. According to Dr. Tom McClelland, ...

Pioneering artist, Pinar Demirdag, shares lessons from being the first creative professional made obsolete by AI—and how that ...

After writing a book about how using psychedelics in a therapeutic setting can change your consciousness, that's the question journalist Michael Pollan found himself struggling to answer. "There's ...

Google DeepMind has hired an in-house philosopher to explore the boundaries of machine consciousness and ethics. This move ...

What is consciousness? It is one of the most perplexing questions in science. You would expect our intimacy with it to give us a leg up in understanding how it works, but this has proven to be more of ...