The human brain—along with every other brain for that matter—evolved with gravity as an anchor. What happens when you remove ...

Glancing at the world in 2026, I wouldn’t exactly say that humanity is raising consciousness. Except in one sense: Some ...

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 ...

The ‘doorway effect’ suggests that when information is removed from working memory, it immediately seems to leave ...

When you interact with a large language model (LLM) – one of the systems behind chatbots such as ChatGPT and Claude – it can ...

Consciousness is usually defined by neuroscientists as the ability to have subjective experience, such as the experience of tasting an apple or of seeing the redness of its skin. The leading theories ...

Anthropic’s new Claude research reveals a hidden internal “global workspace” that resembles human conscious processing, ...

What gives rise to human consciousness? Are some parts of the brain more important than others? Scientists began tackling these questions in more depth about 35 years ago. Researchers have made ...

Anthropic found an intriguing inner working element of modern LLMs. Does this give light to the advent of AI consciousness.

The origins of consciousness have been debated by philosophers for centuries. Each conscious person has a sense of "being me," which invariably gives rise to the question of where that sense ...

The emergence of an unplanned ‘mental workspace’ inside Claude offers a chilling look at AI intent, while serving as a ...