Coffee and Consciousness: What Caffeine Really Does to the Brain

Zakiya Lathan, News Editor, Digital and Audio Coffee does more than help us feel awake. On National Coffee Day, research into caffeine offers a fascinating glimpse at the chemistry underlying attention — and the everyday ways we alter our own state of consciousness. For millions of people, changing their state of consciousness is one of […]

Nanoscopic Structures in the Brain Capable of Stabilizing Quantum States: Consciousness Itself May Be a Quantum Phenomenon

Recent research into the possibility that consciousness is a quantum phenomenon has found evidence that nanoscopic structures in our bodies may be capable of sustaining quantum states necessary for such processes to occur.  Previous experiments have found that molecular structures in the chlorophyll found in plant cells are capable of hosting particles in quantum states, […]

An Unidentified Neurological Illness Is Spreading in Canada’s Atlantic Region

A mysterious progressive neurological illness appears to be spreading in two areas along the east coast of the Canadian province of New Brunswick, according to an anonymous source working with the public health authority in the region. Although the condition, called a “Neurological Syndrome of Unknown Cause” by the provincial government, is similar to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease but […]

Using Artificial Brains To Build a Better Nose

It might sound like a concept straight out of a sci-fi horror film, but for the last two decades California-based biotech company Koniku has been developing a computer powered by what is essentially a brain-in-a-jar: a computer module that uses synthetic neurons that harness the processing power of biological brain cells. And the company has […]