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If “coupled” to this enigmatic origin, even a machine could find sentience, according to this controversial theory.

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An unprecedented experiment seven years in the making has shaken the field of neuroscience. Researchers set out to answer one of science’s most puzzling questions: Where does consciousness come from?

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Psychology, it’s said, has a long past but a short history. A popular version lists three stages. First, around the turn of ...

A dancing humanoid robot gyrates to music at a fair in Beijing. - © AFP Pedro PARDO/File A dancing humanoid robot gyrates to music at a fair in Beijing. - © AFP ...