The emergence of molecules essential for life on Earth is a major question for science. A recent advance shows that amino acids, these fundamental building blocks of life, may have emerged in ...

The two major philosophical positions on the hard problem of consciousness are materialism and dualism. Dualists view mental and physical realms as distinct aspects of reality, while materialists ...

Personal memory and the biology of memory storage -- A child in Vienna -- An American education -- One cell at a time -- The nerve cell speaks -- Conversation between nerve cells -- Simple and complex ...