A piece of our mind
October / November 1976 From “Pharmacology and the Brain”: Since ancient times, drugs have been…
The world’s largest collection of malformed brains
These cross-sections of a human brain were used for teaching. The collection had been neglected…
Understanding the mind
Inside the three-pound lumps of mostly fat and water inside our heads we can, in…
Is everything in the world a little bit conscious?
Panpsychism is the belief that consciousness is found throughout the universe—not only in people and…
How big science failed to unlock the mysteries of the human brain
In September 2011, a group of neuroscientists and nanoscientists gathered at a picturesque estate in…
Our brains exist in a state of “controlled hallucination”
When you and I look at the same object we assume that we’ll both see…
“I understand what joy is now”: An MDMA trial participant tells his story
Nathan McGee was only four years old when he experienced the trauma that would eventually…
What would it be like to be a conscious AI? We might never know.
Jefferson Test / AI subject: Robert / Date: 07.12.2098 Session #54 Interviewer: Hi, Robert. Tell…
Five poems about the mind
DREAM VENDING MACHINE I feed it coins and watch the spring coil back,the clunk of…
I taught myself to lucid dream. You can too.
When I was 19—long before I ever thought I would land a career writing about…